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Communication

1 Establish liaison with the jurisdictional 5 Test backup communications
procedures.
JIC within 15 minutes of notifying the
IC that the JIC is operational.
6 Identify a public health spokesperson
2 Draft and approve public information for whose experience is applicable to the
nature of the emergency (e.g., health
anticipated phases of response within 2
hours of establishing the agency’s EOC. director, health officer, epidemiologist,
etc.).
3 Identify key partners (e.g., other health
jurisdictions, law enforcement, hospitals,
etc.) and convey initial public health 7 Develop and convey SOCO through the
ICS structure.
information to these partners no later
than 1 hour after approval of such infor-
8 ed to situation boards) as needed, but at
mation by the agency’s IC. Update and distribute SOCO (e.g., post-
least every 4 hours.
4 Establish a schedule to update partners on
a regular basis.

Early Recognition/Surveillance and Epidemiology

1 Establish event-specific surveillance with- 5 Complete epidemiology investigation
in 60 minutes of establishing the EOC.
plan (including tools and forms) within 2
hours of establishing the agency’s EOC.
2 Establish a preliminary
6 Prepare field staff prior to deployment,
case definition.
including PPE if needed.
3 Communicate adjustments to surveillance
as needed to and from the internal public
health IC. 7 Establish time interval(s) for updating
epidemiology investigation plan based on
reassessment of available information.
4 Implement changes/enhancements in
surveillance within 1 hour of approval by
the internal public health IC.

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