1. Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response Division of Emergency Operations Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

2. CDC Response Activities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response Division of Emergency Operations

3. Strategic Focus DIRECTOR’S INTENT Use the principles of the incident management system to manage CDC’s resources to support public health activities, events, and exercises in coordination with internal partners and external stakeholders. Assist with the deployment of assets, gather and disseminate information for public and scientific communities. DIRECTOR’S INTENT Use the principles of the incident management system to manage CDC’s resources to support public health activities, events, and exercises in coordination with internal partners and external stakeholders. Assist with the deployment of assets, gather and disseminate information for public and scientific communities. VISION: To be recognized as CDC's national center for public health preparedness and emergency response. MISSION: DEO provides CDC's core incident management structure to coordinate and execute preparedness and response activities.

4. Mission Essential Tasks  Maintain and provide, 24/7/365, a single point of information entry concerning public health threats and events  Maintain situational awareness and alert CDC and HHS leadership  Analyze, synthesize, and summarize all operationally relevant information for incidents  Establish and maintain effective communications and coordination with partners  Provide logistical support  Coordinate CDC’s incident management training and staffing

5. Emergency Management Program (EMP) A single, integrated program where emergency management principles and public health practice intersect Administered by the OPHPR’s Division of Emergency Operations Focused on prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities Pulls expertise from CDC centers, institute, and offices as needed during the management of emergencies Processes TrainedStaff Facilities EMP

6. Progress of Emergency Management What have we done? Establishing CDC’s preparedness and response network by developing CDC’s Emergency Management ProgramEstablishing CDC’s preparedness and response network by developing CDC’s Emergency Management Program What are we doing? Expanding CDC’s Emergency Management ProgramExpanding CDC’s Emergency Management Program What is on the horizon? Scaling-up actionable emergency managementScaling-up actionable emergency management 2002 -- 2012 2013 -- 2023 2024 -- 2034

8. CDC’s Unique Response Capability  Epidemiology and surveillance  Laboratory  Public health expertise  Strategic National Stockpile  Select Agency Program  Quarantine and community mitigation  Public health preparedness and state readiness

9. Operations Branch Functions Analyze, synthesize and summarize all operationally relevant information for incidents Coordinate CDC’s response activities 24/7/365 Provide audio-visual system support to the CDC EOC Triage phone calls to CDC experts Inform decision makers

10. Logistics Support Branch Functions Provide logistics planning support Coordinate and track specimen, supply, and equipment shipments Coordinate all CDC medical evacuation missions and air logistics missions Procure and manage supplies in response to emergency deployment operations Manage property accountability

11. Plans Branch Functions  Develop and coordinate individual, staff, and collective training requirements for response plans  Develop, coordinate, and publish CDC’s All-Hazards planning for response  Design, schedule, develop, and conduct CDC’s exercises of the all- hazards plans  Maintain response event documentation  Provide effective analytical after action reports and improvement plans for the agency’s exercise and response operations  Develop, coordinate, and public contingency plans

12. Emergency Risk Communication Branch  Lead the Joint Information Center (JIC) in CDC’s Emergency Operations Center  Leads agency-wide emergency risk communication planning and preparedness activities  Manage emergency information clearance process  Liaison to federal interagency public affairs group (ESF 15)  Coordinate cross-agency communication activities  Gather and summarize critical information CDC programs and external partners  Collect, validate, and analyze information critical to disasters  Establish information collection activities  Provide incident information consolidation as requested

13. Situational Awareness Team  Develop and disseminate geographical information system products  Gather and summarize critical information CDC programs and external partners  Collect, validate, and analyze information critical to disasters  Establish information collection activities  Provide incident information consolidation as requested

14. Emergency Personnel Staffing Team  Management of field and incident management system personnel  Coordinate with readiness and deployment groups within the agency  Coordinate with incident management, program, and agency leadership  Maintain and report about staffing statistics  Plan and process awards for service in emergency response

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