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Disaster Field Manual Training for
Local Environmental Health Professionals

Connecticut is one of five states in the nation to develop a Disaster Field Manual for local environmental health response. The Disaster Field Manual is the product of a collaborative initiative among CT state agencies, local health departments, and Yale CPHP.

Two trainings have now been held on the manual. To access the 2008 training materials, please visit the 2008 Field Manual training website.

2009 Disaster Field Manual Training for Local Environmental Health Professionals

On May 6th, 2009 a Disaster Field Manual training was held that focused on the environmental health role in mass sheltering operations and on a variety of disaster topics, including: vector borne disease and community interventions; debris removal; workplace and residential chemical hazards following disasters; worker safety and disaster recovery; and public water supplies and disasters: state and local roles.

The training agenda featured:

• Special guest speakers Capt. Mark D. Miller, R.S., M.P.H., Senior CDC Environmental Health Officer;
• A visit from Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle and;
• Presentations from Connecticut state agency leads from DPH and DEP and local environmental health professionals on using manual that included examples of real emergencies that have happened in Connecticut. 

Materials:

• Course Announcement
• Agenda

Presentations:

• Mass Shelter Operations: The Environmental Health Role Mark D. Miller, R.S., M.P.H., Senior CDC Environmental Health Officer
  • Sheltering resources from the presentation
• Update on the State’s Planning for Disaster Debris Management Preparedness Tessa Gutowski, Commissioner’s Office/Planning and Program Development, DEP
  • Debris management resources from the presentation
• Vector Borne Disease Control and Community Interventions Steve Huleatt, Director of Health, West Hartford-Bloomfield Health District
• The Public Health Response to Hazardous Material Releases During & After a Disaster Dave Kallander, PhD, Toxicologist, DPH
  • Chemical hazard resources from the presentation
• Worker Health and Safety at Disaster Sites Tom St Louis, Occupational Health Unit Supervisor, DPH
  • Worker safety resources from the presentation
• Public Water Supplies Dave Cooley, Supervising Sanitary Engineer, Drinking Water Section, DPH

Additional information:

Please contact Kathi Traugh .