Emergency Preparedness: being ready should disaster strike

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Each year, smoking kills more people than AIDS, alcohol, drug abuse, car crashes, murders, suicides, and fires combined.


Healthy people 2010 objective:

Increase the proportion of adults who are vaccinated annually against influenza and ever vaccinated against pneumococcal disease.

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Agents, Diseases and Threats

Information and Helpful Resources

Accessibility to current information on potential threats to public health and safety is an important part of emergency prevention and preparedness. The following links provide information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on potential bioterrorism agents, chemical agents and radiation emergencies. THD encourages you to report information concerning suspicious or criminal activity to the proper local, state or federal authorities.

 Bioterrorism Agents: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/bioterrorism/

 Chemical Agents: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/chemical/

 Radiation Emergencies: http://www.bt.cdc.gov/radiation/