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0 OCHD Preparedness Agreement With Person County HD Fv nA-~ n 5. Develop and implement health and safety plans for public health responders to include (at a minimum) guidelines for personal protective equipment (PPE), prophylaxis, mental health and ersonal safet . 6. Develop and implement a community containment policy, in accordance with the pandemic influenza Ian, b Ma 31, 2010. 7. Maintain current and updated 24/7/365 contact information for each Local Health Department. This information should include telephone numbers, pagers, and other information needed to alert the LHD to critical events and/or recommend needed emer enc res onses. 8. Conduct a minimum of two (2) exercises by May 31, 2010. It is anticipated that local public health will conduct or participate in numerous exercises during the grant year. Local health departments (LHDs) are, at a minimum, required to exercise the following components of their planning activities: • Exercise some aspect of your Quarantine and Isolation policy • Exercise some aspect of your Communications Plan • Exercise SNS Ian 9. Develop and implement a corrective action plan with 60 days after each drill or exercise based on recommendations from our After Action Re ort 10. Continue to implement the Division of Public Health's National Incident Management System (NIMS) Workforce Training program. Maintain an updated database of trained individuals within each health department. Report the aggregate number of individuals trained both newt trained and total trained uarterl . 11. Develop and/or maintain an OSHA compliant respiratory protection program as offered by the PHRST by May 31, 2010. Coordinate and schedule annual fit testing. Staff participating in the program should at a minimum include environmental health staff, EPI Team staff, clinical staff, risk mana er, and the ublic health re aredness coordinator. 12. Develop, implement and exercise a telecommunication plan to encompass the use the NC Medical Communications Network (NCMCN) in accordance with the PHP&R Telecommunication Plan. This plan will list the different types of communications that the counties have to communicate with the Regions and the State. It will include the type of communication and who will be usin it. 13. Maintain radio equipment (both Pack Radios as well as 800 megaherz) as assigned to each health department to communicate with Local, Regional, and State emergency communication networks. Coordinate radio checks, training, maintenance and upkeep of Pack radios with PHRST 4. Follow the guidelines in the NC Office of Emergency Medical Service "Dial Code" (http://facility-service.state.nc.us/EMS/technolg.shtml). LHDs will maintain the current tem late of fre uencies assi ned to radios, includin the Pack Radio . 14. Update county SNS plan in accordance with most current CDC guidance and incorporate all elements of the SNS local assessment tool. All LHDs MUST have an SNS plan. The most current version of the CDC SNS tannin uidance is Version 10.02. 15. Provide an updated electronic copy of the SNS plan to PHP&R. This plan must have a "last updated date" within six (6) months to be considered up-to-date. Plans shall include the location and contact name and phone number of the local receiving node and points of dispensing, address all elements of the most current SNS local assessment checklist, and any pertinent MOAs or MOUs. Each county shall also submit an electronic copy of their checklist scored and with a e numbers of each item. 16. As part of the overall exercise requirements, SNS plans must be exercised annually. You may exercise a portion of or the entire SNS plan. To count as the yearly SNS exercise, counties must exercise either the entire plan or a different portion of the plan that was exercised the year prior. After Action Report (AARs) must be completed within 30 days and submitted to PHP&R within 45 calendar da s of the exercise. Page 2 of 6