Areas of Focus
Areas of Focus
SWC’s Emergency Preparedness primarily focuses on response to the following areas of potential attack: Biological Agents, Chemical Agents, Natural Disasters and Zoonotic Diseases.
A number of factors contribute to a strong community facing a successful emergency response:
- Planning (Creating a number of documents that outline responses philosophies, contacts, MOUs, etc.)
- Education (New approaches are created to problems known and unknown on a daily basis.)
- Partnerships (One person/group will not be able to serve as the sole emergency response for a community. It takes a team effort.)
- Repetition (Practice, practice, practice.)
These areas of focus are utilized throughout the management of the four phases of an emergency:
- Mitigation (Reducing the chance of an emergency happening.)
- Preparedness (Cycling of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating and taking corrective action.)
- Response (Mobilizing the appropriate emergency services into the disaster area.)
- Recovery (Rebuilding to return a community to normal or near-normal conditions.)
NIMS
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) is one of the common tools utilized during an emergency response. This scaleable system provides a universal approach for managing incidents, allowing different agencies or individuals trained in different locations to work from the same core concept and terminology.
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Crystalynn Kuntz
Emergency Preparedness Regional Coordinator
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Kalen Ost
Emergency Preparedness Information Specialist
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Public Health
Physical Address
500 E. Front Ave.
Bismarck, ND 58504
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 5503
Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: 701-355-1540Fax: 701-221-6883
Hours
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm