Preparedness Planning and Response Assessment

These resources will assist local health departments to improve their overall planning and response activities.

• Plan to Be Safe Campaign-One of Montgomery APC's most popular tools, this three-step educational toolkit teaches basic emergency preparedness actions to the community through customizable materials in over five different languages.  Learn more... Another component of the Plan to Be Safe Campaign is Marta the Planner, this short educational video covers all three steps of the campaign in a friendly engaging way.  Learn more...
• Emergency Response Planning for Child Care Providers-A collaborative effort between the child care community and public health, this toolkit is designed to plan and prepare child care providers for emergency events and to assist in the recovery effort by helping children cope with traumatic events.  Learn more... Another training module, the COOP Training for Child Care Providers is an additional training module for child care providers is intended to build upon emergency response training with additional tools and resources to develop at COOP plan for emergency events.  Learn more...    
• Emergency Checklist for Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities and Group Homes-Developed to assist facilities in planning for emergency events, this checklist covers training, planning and assessment of emergency planning efforts.  Learn more...  
• Emergency Checklist for Case Management and Home Care Services-Designed to ensure that clients receiving home care and case management services are better prepared in case of an emergency, this checklist is designed to work with the case manager and the client to develop an emergency plan.  Learn more... 
• Emergency Preparedness Training Curriculum for Latino Health Promoters-Developed with the Montgomery County Latino Health Initiative Program, this curriculum is based on results from focus groups to develop a training for health promoters on emergency preparedness to increase the knowledge and change behaviors in the latino community on preparedness. Learn more...Furthermore, an additional module was developed titled, Pandemic Flu Training Module for Health Promoters this module focuses on Pandemic Flu materials for Latino Health Promoters to use in their community.  Learn more...
• All of Montgomery APC Computer Modeling Software and Trainings, including the Clinic Planning Model Generator and eMedCheck, are available here...
• Computer Models-Montgomery County, APC has developed numerous computer models with the University of Maryland, Institute for Systems Research, including the Clinic Planning Model Generator, eMedCheck, Alternate Care Site (ACS) Surge Model and online Computer Modeling Training Courses. 
• Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) Tipsheet-This tipshet guides local health departments through the second phase of COOP planning, the process of identifying critical functions and services.  Learn more... 
• Notes from the Field: A Collection of Emergency Preparedness Exercises and Evaluation Reviews-Compiled by Montgomery County APC and NACCHO Exercise and Evaluation Workgroup, this collection of resources is intended to assist public health emegency planners design, implement and evaluate public health exercises.  Learn more...