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Emergency Preparedness and Response
Florida Department of Health in Broward County
Contact- Post.CHD06@flhealth.gov
- 954-467-4700
DOH-Broward
The Office of Public Health Preparedness of the Florida Department of Health in Broward County (DOH-Broward) is responsible for coordinating the preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation to natural and man-made disasters/emergencies with potential public health and/or medical consequences. DOH-Broward leads Emergency Support Function 8, Health and Medical (ESF #8) under the Broward County Emergency Management structure in the event of activation of the Emergency Operations Center in response to an emergency. DOH-Broward engages in an ongoing process of planning, training, and exercising with our partners.
DOH-Broward takes an all-hazards approach to planning and was recognized by the National Association of City and County Health Officers in 2010, 2016, and 2023 as a Project Public Health Ready Health Department. Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) is a criteria-based public health preparedness program that assesses local health department capacity and capability to plan for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies. PPHR aims to protect the public's health and increase the public health infrastructure by equipping local health departments with sustainable tools to plan, train, and exercise using a continuous improvement model.
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