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Resources

Emergency Preparedness for Every Emergency

With the input of the S&C Emergency Preparedness Stakeholder Communication Forum, CMS has compiled a list of useful national emergency preparedness resources to assist State Survey Agencies (SAs), their State, Tribal, Regional, local emergency management partners, and health care providers to develop effective and robust emergency plans.

Resources, updates, and links will be regularly posted on this Web site including:

  • Public health emergency declarations
  • Emergency preparedness tools
  • Emergency preparedness training
  • Survey & Certification Public Health Emergency Frequently Asked Questions – All Hazards
  • SA Emergency Preparedness Promising Practices
  • Pandemic Flu information

Click on the links below to access a variety of emergency preparedness resources.

Downloads
Survey and Certification All Hazards Frequently Asked Questions - Updated 09/02/2011 (PDF, 480 KB)

Hurricane Irene - Question and Answers Updated 09/01/2011 (PDF, 97 KB)

S&C Emergency Preparedness Glossary (PDF, 381 KB)

List of Helpful Emergency Response Related Web sites (PDF, 61 KB)
Related Links Inside CMS
Survey and Certification Memo 10-06 Concerning H1N1 Flu (PDF, 439 KB)

Survey and Certification Memo 09-30 Concerning North Dakota and Minnesota Flooding (PDF, 65 KB)

Survey and Certification Memo 08-36 Concerning Hurricane Ike (PDF, 67 KB)

Survey and Certification Memo 08-33 Concerning Hurricane Gustav (PDF, 500 KB)

Survey and Certification Memo 08-27 Concerning the Midwest Floods (PDF, 61 KB)

CMS Emergency Web site

CMS Frequently Asked Questions Related to Disasters

Survey and Certification Promising Practices (PDF, 133 KB)
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