Emergency Notification
How will you know if an emergency has occurred?
The DOH may hear of an emergency or disaster from one of our own bureaus or programs, or from other County agencies such as the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) or a State agency. In order to properly respond to an incident, it is necessary that information reach all appropriate DOH staff in a timely fashion.
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The Health Officer may assemble leadership from all DOH bureaus or the Incident Command Staff.
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The Health Officer will direct that staff notification will occur via e-mail or telephone call-down.
You may be alerted of an emergency by your supervisor, by designated staff in the DOH, or through a computer generated automatic notification system that can send messages by phone, e-mail or pager. The DOH tests this process regularly by conducting call-down drills.
