Public Health Chemical Emergency Response Plan
Tuesday, February 27, 2007; 12:00-1:00pm (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.
Presenter
Michael L. Holcomb, PhD, 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 as Public Health Toxicologist for Oregon 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.
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
Registration Information
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