Pre-Designated Incident Locations and Facilities
Examples
During a measles outbreak, a designated location, such as an existing clinic, that is easily accessible to public transportation and has ample parking, should be identified beforehand for distribution of emergency vaccinations.
To prepare for serious weather events that may precipitate building closures that affect department of health facilities, backup contingency sites for operation of the department of health must be identified.
It is important that as much preplanning as possible be done before an incident occurs. Pre-designation of a variety of operational locations and support facilities can enhance response logistics when an incident occurs. Departments of health should have pre-designated places for scenarios such as operation of points of distribution, operation of the department of health itself in the event the facility is disabled, locations of disaster shelters, the location of the emergency operations center, etc.