NEHA Hurricane Response Guide

Hurricane Response Guide for Environmental Public Health Professionals

Other titles that may be used in the EPH career field also include, but are not limited to: ƒ Environmental Health Specialist/Officer ƒ Public Health Sanitarian ƒ Environmental Health Scientist ƒ Environmental Health Director/Manager ƒ Industrial Hygienist

ƒ Emergency Preparedness Coordinator ƒ Environmental Compliance Specialist

ƒ Food Safety Specialist ƒ Vector Control Specialist ƒ Water Quality Specialist ƒ Air Quality Specialist

ƒ Hazardous Materials Specialist ƒ Occupational Health Specialist ƒ Public Health Consultant ƒ Animal Control EMAC Mission Ready Packages (MRPs)

NEMA has released 120 EMAC Resource Typed Mission Ready Packages. They are designed to address the specific mission in question, limitations that might impact a particular mission, support required to fulfill that mission, space requirements to complete the mission, and the estimated cost for the mission. These are based on the NIMS resource types we discussed earlier, according to: ƒ Category ƒ Kind ƒ Components ƒ Metrics ƒ Type Environmental Public Health Strike Teams Through mutual aid agreements like EMAC, states can request and share resources, expertise, and personnel to enhance emergency response capabilities and support affected communities. EPH Strike Teams may be deployed before or after a hurricane. These teams of specialized EPH personnel support other states during emergencies.

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