Environmental Health
Emergency Preparedness Program
Mission:
Rapidly respond to public health emergencies through assessment and reduction of
environmental health threats to human health.
Program Goals:
- Prevent communicable disease and contamination of food and water.
- Develop and monitor environmental health information.
- Inspect and control sanitation measures.
- Ensure safe water and wastewater disposal.
- Control disease vectors and potential epidemics.
- Facilitate laboratory testing of food and water.
- Inspect facilities and shelters.
Important Links:
Environmental Health Emergency Response Manual
Georgia Emergency
Management Agency (GEMA)
Ready Georgia
FEMA's Incident Command System (ICS) Resource Center
CDC's
Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response (EHTER)
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