Why a Public Health Workforce Activation Response Plan?
The success of any emergency response will depend on how speedily and effectively a public health department can redeploy human resources. Re-deployed personnel will staff surge response teams and ensure the continuity of essential departmental functions. Re-deployed staff should participate on pre-defined emergency response teams for which they are properly trained. Public Health Workforce Activation planning enables an organization to define surge response conditions, develop surge response teams , define activation and call-out processes as well as establish training and communications systems. This will enable any department to effectively “sort and shift” available personnel in times of emergency.
