Preparedness

The Levy County Health Department (CHD) Public Health Preparedness program is READY. After a year long community wide effort in 2010-2011, the National Project Public Health Ready certificate was awarded.

Each of the three PPHR project goals: all-hazards preparedness planning, workforce capacity development and demonstration of readiness through exercises or real events, has a comprehensive list of standards that must be met in order to achieve PPHR recognition.

The 'preparedness cycle' is one element of a broader National Preparedness System. Levy County uses this continuous cycle to ensure readiness. Our goal is to ensure Levy County Health Department and healthcare partners are prepared for, can respond to, and recover from a bioterrorism event, outbreak of infectious disease or other public health emergency.

Our Partners:

Levy County Healthcare professionals and facilities are critical partners in a disaster to meet the needs of those injured or ill.

Levy County Emergency Management becomes the critical coordination point in a county wide disaster to activate an Emergency Operation Center. Levy CHD takes the lead in Health and Medical Response under Emergency Support Function 8 at the Levy County Emergency Management.

Levy CHD is supported by the Department of Health Bureau of Preparedness and Response.

Levy CHD is part of Region 3 Domestic Security Task Force.

Levy County School Board supports the county by providing shelter to people needing to evacuate during an emergency. Levy CHD provides nursing staff for a Special Needs Shelter. A registration form for space in this shelter is found on the Levy County Emergency Management registration form page

The Levy County Medical Reserve Corp (MRC) supports the Public Health and Healthcare preparedness system. The MRC develops and maintains a pool of local pre-identified medical and non medical volunteers to augment the staff of the health department in emergency medical operations and vital public health activities.

Levy County is a rural area that relies on the cooperation of all businesses, citizens and resources within the county to respond to an emergency. This has been demonstrated time after time when the community pulls together to "get things done".