Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response Division

Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response Division of Emergency Operations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC Response Activities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response Division of Emergency Operations

Strategic Focus VISION: DIRECTOR’S INTENT Use the principles of the incident management system to manage CDC’s resources to support public health activities, events, and exercises in coordination with internal partners and external stakeholders. Assist with the deployment of assets, gather and disseminate information for public and scientific communities. To be recognized as CDC's national center for public health preparedness and emergency response. MISSION: DEO provides CDC's core incident management structure to coordinate and execute preparedness and response activities.

Mission Essential Tasks § Maintain and provide, 24/7/365, a single point of information entry concerning public health threats and events § Maintain situational awareness and alert CDC and HHS leadership § Analyze, synthesize, and summarize all operationally relevant information for incidents § Establish and maintain effective communications and coordination with partners § Provide logistical support § Coordinate CDC’s incident management training and staffing

Emergency Management Program (EMP) • A single, integrated program where emergency management principles and public health practice intersect • Administered by the OPHPR’s Division of Emergency Operations • Focused on prevention, protection, Facilities mitigation, response, and recovery activities • Pulls expertise from CDC institute, and as needed during management of centers, offices Processes the emergencies EMP Trained Staff

Progress of Emergency Management What have we done? 2002 -- 2012 • Establishing CDC’s preparedness and response network by developing CDC’s Emergency Management Program What are we doing? 2013 -- 2023 • Expanding CDC’s Emergency Management Program What is on the horizon? 2024 -- 2034 • Scaling-up actionable emergency management

CDC’s Unique Response Capability § Epidemiology and surveillance § Laboratory § Public health expertise § Strategic National Stockpile § Select Agency Program § Quarantine and community mitigation § Public health preparedness and state readiness

Operations Branch Functions Analyze, synthesize and summarize all operationally relevant information for incidents Inform decision makers Coordinate CDC’s response activities 24/7/365 Triage phone calls to CDC experts Provide audio-visual system support to the CDC EOC

Logistics Support Branch Functions Coordinate all CDC medical evacuation missions and air logistics missions Manage property accountability Coordinate and track specimen, supply, and equipment shipments Procure and manage supplies in response to emergency deployment operations Provide logistics planning support

Plans Branch Functions § Develop and coordinate individual, staff, and collective training requirements for response plans § Develop, coordinate, and publish CDC’s All-Hazards planning for response § Design, schedule, develop, and conduct CDC’s exercises of the allhazards plans § Maintain response event documentation § Provide effective analytical after action reports and improvement plans for the agency’s exercise and response operations § Develop, coordinate, and public contingency plans

Emergency Risk Communication Branch § Lead the Joint Information Center (JIC) in CDC’s Emergency Operations Center § Leads agency-wide emergency risk communication planning and preparedness activities § Manage emergency information clearance process § Liaison to federal interagency public affairs group (ESF 15) § Coordinate cross-agency communication activities

Situational Awareness Team § Develop and disseminate geographical information system products § Gather and summarize critical information CDC programs and external partners § Collect, validate, and analyze information critical to disasters § Establish information collection activities § Provide incident information consolidation as requested

Emergency Personnel Staffing Team § Management of field and incident management system personnel § Coordinate with readiness and deployment groups within the agency § Coordinate with incident management, program, and agency leadership § Maintain and report about staffing statistics § Plan and process awards for service in emergency response

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