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Click HERE to go to the Department of Homeland Security's Public
Health Preparedness Office
The mission of the Public Health Preparedness Office is to provide an organized and responsive public healthintervention to all emergencies. Public Health emergencies include natural events (like the floods) and intentional acts (like the use of biological weapons for mass destruction.) The Health Department serves as a community resource for education, training and information on public health emergencies. Bioterrorism is a unique form of terrorism which entails the use of biological
organisms for the sole purpose of spreading potentially deadly
diseases. Bioterrorism is the unlawful or threatened use of
microorganisms or toxins derived from living organisms to produce
death or disease in humans, animals, or plants. The act is intended
to create fear, inflict injury and/or death, and to intimidate
governments or societies in the pursuit of political, religious,
or ideological goals. In the event of a bioterrorism emergency, the health department has established emergency procedures to help protect the community. These procedures include the release of public information on ways residents can protect themselves, and agreements with specific local agencies to set up outlying medication clinics, as necessary. Finally, the health department participates as a member of the emergency response community to work collaboratively on any public health emergency.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: Federal Emergency Management Agency Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Maryland Office of Preparedness and Response Maryland Emergency Management Agency
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Public
Health has a critical role in bioterrorism preparedness and response.
Public Health response includes identifying the disease, stopping
and preventing the spread of disease, and establishing dispensing
sites to treat affected persons, and provides information to
the community on ways to avoid contamination.
