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Appendix B:

Menu of Criteria for Evaluating the Performance of
LPHA Emergency Drills and Exercises

Note: Select these criteria based on their relevance to the type of exercise you will
be conducting.Acronyms are defined in Appendix C.

Initial Response Command and Control

1 Identify health department’s internal 4 Establish a public health Incident Action
Incident Commander (IC) immediately
Plan (IAP) within 30 minutes following
upon notification that emergency man- the establishment of the department’s
agement will be used in response to an EOC, describing primary objectives and
incident. overall strategy to be accomplished by the
health department in the first 24 hours of
the incident.
2 Identify and activate* all health depart-
ment internal Incident Command System
(ICS) positions (e.g., public informational 5 Activate appropriate ICS general staff sec-
officer, liaison, safety officer, appropriate tions within 60 minutes of initial activa-
section chiefs, etc.) within 30 minutes, tion of internal ICS.
regardless of time of day (24/7/365).

6 Retrieve and make available to ICS com-
3 Centralize all initial/available/relevant mand staff portions of state/local public
health laws and codes pertaining to the
information to agency’s ICS Planning
Section using a situation board or equiva- specific emergency.
lent within 15 minutes.

7 Activate plan for operating/closing rou-
tine health department operations within
30 minutes of initial activation of internal
ICS.

*activate = notified and in communication, not necessarily on-site.

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