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Preparedness in Your Home

Planning and preparing for a pandemic influenza is just as important as preparing for other types of emergencies and disasters. Emergencies and disasters can happen quickly, and without warning at anytime. Some emergencies may force you to evacuate or confine you to your home. Local officials and emergency responders will be on scene in an emergency and may not be immediately available to everyone.

You will not always know where you or your family will be when a disaster strikes. Taking additional steps now to prepare for any potential emergency or disaster will help your family cope during an emergency.

Family Disaster Plan

You can prepare yourself and your family in advance by creating your own Family Disaster Plan, you should put together an all-hazards disaster preparedness kit for you and your family.
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Prepare a Disaster Supplies Kit

By assembling supplies you might need in an evacuation or if you are confined to your home. Store them in an easy-to-carry container, such as a backpack or duffle bag.
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Extreme Cold

A Prevention Guide to Promote Your Personal Health and Safety, from the CDC.
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Are you Red Cross Ready?

Students and staff from the Oregon School for the Deaf (OSD) created this video in American Sign Language (ASL) to help the American Red Cross Willamette Chapter in Salem, Oregon reach more people in the community.

Additional Resources

Contact

Public Health Preparedness

upcoming events

August 44 pm
BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING

Meeting to be held via video conference. Public may view through the CDH YouTube page.
View upcoming agendas HERE
Note: The Board of Health will meet every Tuesday at 4 p.m. via teleconference unless otherwise indicated to discuss COVID-19 developments.

Serving You During COVID-19

Some CDH events, meetings, and gatherings may still be postponed at this time. Please call us at 208-375-5211 with questions about a specific meeting or gathering. CDH is open and offering services, including food and septic permit applications and processing, primary care clinic appointments (non-respiratory-related).

Call to make a clinic appointment: 208-327-7400

Learn more about how we're serving you during COVID-19 HERE.