Under the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Grant, the Fairfield County Health Department is required to notify the public on emergency planning activities.

The Fairfield County Health Department Emergency Response Plan and its annexes describe health department activities in response to natural and manmade disasters, terrorist incidents, and infectious diseases.

 All emergency response plans are reviewed, exercised and updated in such a manner that they are consistent with local, regional, state and federal regulations, standards and policies and comply with the National Response Plan (NRP), National Incident Management System (NIMS) and National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) contributing to the National Preparedness Goal.

 Listed below are the planning activities scheduled for 2012 Quarter #2: