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Main content The Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) implements partnerships between and among governments and hospitals at multiple levels via staffing, leadership, and funneling grant funding to relevant agencies. Description from the Department of Health and Human Services(link…

Disaster Resource Centers (DRCs)(link is external) are 13 designated hospitals which receive patients in disaster, distributed throughout Los Angeles. Description from the California Emergency Management Services Agency (EMSA): The Disaster Resource Center (DRC) Program was developed to assist the…

Definition Biosurveillance means tracking, recording, and sharing information about illness. The White House-issued National Strategy for Biosurveillance(link is external) defines biosurveillances as "gathering, integrating, interpreting, and communicating essential information that might relate to…

As part of your personal preparedness plan, locate the shelter nearest to you. In a disaster, shelters will be operated by the Red Cross and made openly available to the public, up to capacity. Some information about the function of LA's mass shelters: Why In the event of an…

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