Emergency Preparedness

Report an Incident

Use the button above to report an emergency-related incident to CCHN staff.

Overview

Colorado Community Health Network (CCHN) receives emergency preparedness funding through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and the Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) to support CHCs’ emergency preparedness and response efforts. CCHN provides CHCs with technical assistance on emergency preparedness, training planning, exercises, communication, rules and regulations, and disaster coordination. CCHN also provides CHCs with up-to-date information and resources during ongoing emergencies, disasters, or other incidents.

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Situational Awareness

CCHN is currently monitoring the H5N1 avian influenza. Access up to date information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Emergency Preparedness Focus Areas

CCHN provides technical assistance to Colorado CHCs through the Emergency Preparedness Peer Group (EPPG), a peer learning network of Emergency Preparedness leads from Colorado’s 20 CHCs. This group meets monthly to learn and network with peers, discuss hot topics, and share promising practices and resources related to emergency management work.

CCHN also has several templates, examples, and other resources to help CHCs with their emergency preparedness plans and in complying with the CMS Emergency Preparedness rule. To explore those resources, visit the Resource Center.

For information about the Emergency Preparedness Peer Group or to request technical assistance on emergency preparedness, CHCs should reach out to the emergency preparedness contact which can be found on Our Team page.

Colorado CHC emergency preparedness leads can access on-demand training from a variety of sources.

CO.TRAIN: a learning network that provides training opportunities to individuals who protect and improve the public’s health. Powered by CDPHE, CO.TRAIN brings together agencies and organizations in the public health, healthcare, and preparedness sectors to disseminate, track, and share trainings for the health care workforce on a centralized training platform.

National Incident Management System (NIMS): these trainings guide all levels of government, nonprofits, and the private sector to prevent, protect against, mitigate, and respond to and recover from incidents. These training courses provide stakeholders with the shared vocabulary, systems, and processes to successfully deliver the capabilities described in the National Preparedness System. NIMS defines operational systems that guide how personnel work together during incidents. CCHN highlight recommends CHC EP leads complete IS-100, IS-200, and IS-700.

For CCHN-hosted trainings and webinars, see the Webinar Archive.

CCHN supports CHCs’ emergency preparedness and response efforts in collaboration with and using the resources of several key partners:

Resources

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To access additional emergency preparedness webinars, please use your members log in to navigate to the clinical quality page under the member resources tab.

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