Emergency Public Information and Warning: Resources

Emergency Dark Site: A Toolkit on How to Build, Use, and Maintain a Dark Site for Public Health Emergencies [1]
This toolkit, from the Santa Clara County Advanced Practice Center, is intended to serve local health departments in setting up a public health department emergency dark site -- a static Web page used to post critical public health emergency messages when a server goes down. 
 
Get Ready for Call Center Surge: A Toolkit for Local Health Departments [2]
Develop or enhance existing resources and partnerships to increase call center capacity and improve the effectiveness of phone-based emergency communications with the public. This Advanced Practice Center toolkit was developed by  with a focus on rural and suburban settings.
 
Risk Communication in Rural Settings [3]
Developed by Ware County Board of Health (An Advanced Practice Center mini-site), Risk Communicating Resources for Rural Areas is a toolkit to help rural public health departments communicate their message to the community during an emergency or disaster. The goal of this toolkit is to put comprehensive, accessible, and ready-to-use materials in the hands of local health departments. The tool contains information on the following topics: Communicating during a natural event, Communicating during a biological event, Communicating during a chemical event, Communicating during a radiological event, Communicating during a mass vaccination/medical event, How to have a Joint Information Center in your community, and Non-traditional ways to communicate. Now includes: Social Media Templates.
 
Staff Allocation Decision Guide [4]
This tool, from NACCHO Advanced Practice Center, Multnomah County Health Department, guides an experienced Local Health Department (LHD) administrator or Incident Commander (IC) through decision-making processes to allocate staff between two major types of public health operations both in advance of, and during, a public health emergency. The tool applies to any incident calling for both disease investigation and prophylaxis operations.