Session Name - NPAIHB



Public Health

Chemical Emergency Response Plan

Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:00 – 1:00 PM (Pacific)

Description

Public health personnel are key responders to chemical emergencies including terrorism incidents, and will be encouraged to develop public health emergency response plans that reach out to all entities in the emergency response system.

Presenters

Michael L. Holcomb, Ph.D., Public Health Toxicologist, State of Oregon

Michael L. Holcomb, Ph.D. graduated from Texas A&M University and joined Procter and Gamble in 1988 as a Professional Regulatory Toxicologist. Michael has a Master of Science in Chemistry, a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and a Bachelor of Art in Pastoral Ministry. He was given an opportunity to come to Oregon some 14 years ago by the Hewlett Packard Company to start their Worldwide Regulatory Toxicology Department for the Ink Jet printing cartridge business. Inspired to join public service, he joined the State of Oregon Department of Human Services, Environmental Public Health. Michael’s current primary responsibilities include providing toxicology consultations on chemical weapons of mass destruction and chemical emergency preparedness. His working group is responsible for developing, exercising and revising Oregon’s Public Health Chemical Emergency Response Plan.

Prepare Your Computer in Advance

Download the iLinc Web conferencing software and test your connectivity ahead of time. Click the following link to begin the test: . Be sure to complete Step Two.

For more information, see “Technical Requirements” below.

Registration

The Northwest Center for Public Health Practice works through its partners at state health departments and the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) to coordinate registration. Due to limited space, we encourage group participation at central locations. Please contact the appropriate individual listed below to find out how to participate. If you are not affiliated with one of our partner organizations, please contact Nicola Marsden-Haug.

Partner Contact Person Contact Info

Alaska Sandra Woods sandra_woods@health.state.ak.us

Idaho

DHW Rebecca DeKeyrel DekeyreR@idhw.state.id.us

Dist. 1 Susan Welch swelch@phd1.

Dist. 2 Tara Biesecker tbieseck@phd2.

Dist. 3 Andrew Jackson ajackson@phd3.state.id.us

Dist. 4 Joca Veloz jveloz@cdhd.

Dist. 5 Heidi Detmer hdetmer@phd5.state.id.us

Dist. 6 Michelle Butterfield mbutterfield@phd6.

Dist. 7 Marilyn Anderson manderso@phd7.state.id.us

Montana Tulasi Zimmer tzimmer@

NPAIHB Erin Moran emoran@

Oregon Michelle Buchanan Michelle.A.Buchanan@state.or.us

Washington WEDSS Helpdesk Please register via WAPHTN at



Wyoming NancyJo Ilminen NILMIN@state.wy.us

UW & Other Dani Rowland dani2871@u.washington.edu

Technical Requirements for Web Conferencing

We use iLinc Web conferencing to facilitate interactive distance learning. Participants need a computer with internet connection, a web browser, and a telephone. For more information about iLinc Web conferencing, please visit ilinc-quickstart.

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Learner Objectives

By the end of this session participants will be able to:

▪ Describe initiation, development and exercise of a public health chemical emergency response plan

▪ Articulate the importance of developing plans, resources, and incident management systems prior to a chemical emergency.

▪ List the topic areas to consider in public health chemical emergency preparedness planning.

Target Audience

This session would be appropriate for the following audiences:

▪ Local and state public health officials

▪ Local and state Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers

▪ Local and state emergency managers

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About the Hot Topics in Preparedness Forum

These monthly Web-conferencing events, sponsored by the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice, provide an authoritative hour-long forum for discussing topics that are important to the public health practice community and the tribal health units in the six Northwest states: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming.

The Hot Topics Forum Leader, Dr. Paul Wiesner, has had a diverse career at all levels of governmental public health (local, state and national), including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the DeKalb County (Georgia) Health Department. Support for the forum is provided through a cooperative agreement from CDC through the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH).

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