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Florida
Background During emergencies, public health and/or emergency management staff establish a Joint Information Center (JIC) to track important information and communicate it to the public....
Florida Department of Health
Florida uses "dark site" templates to prepare for internal and public communication during disasters
Background During a health emergency, agencies' roles in communicating information both internally and to the public become increasingly important. Agencies' communication strategies need to ensure...
Background State and local health departments across the country have been planning to address radiological threats, whether accidental (eg, incidents at nearby nuclear power plants) or manmade (eg...
Background In April 2010, the British Petroleum (BP) Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion killed 11 people and spilled thousands of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. As tar balls and oil sheen...
Background During emergencies, jurisdictions operating under the National Incident Management System frequently establish a Joint Information Center (JIC) to develop and coordinate communications...
Background A significant number of Florida's 19 million residents are likely to be considered vulnerable during or following a disaster. Approximately 18% of Floridians are elderly, 23% have a...
The Florida Department of Health developed a Concept of Operations to expand its vaccination campaign beyond the ACIP priority groups. The document allowed county health department (CDH) Directors/...
The purpose of Florida's Antiviral Stockpile program is to assure that anyone who has a prescribed need for medication to treat influenza-like illness has access to it, regardless of their ability...
The Family Preparedness Guide for People with Disabilities was created by two Florida agencies to assist families in preparing for a variety of emergencies. The guide provides general instructions...
"The Fifth Guy" is a sophisticated and highly entertaining social marketing campaign. Its message is based on two concepts: 1) Low interest in pandemic flu would undermine audience receptivity to...
