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Regional Emergency Information

State Emergency Software Applications:

  • HAN (Maine health Alert network)
  • WEBEOC (web based, local, county/state emergency operations center)
  • EM Resource (Statewide Hospital Status-test version)
  • Maine Responds(Maine Emergency Volunteer Registry Portal)
Our mission:
To protect the health and lives of people in Maine by strengthening the ability of health agencies and partner organizations in Southern Maine to detect, contain and manage public health threats and emergencies.

Maine CDC Emergency Consultation and Disease Reporting Hotline
1-800-821-5821

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Headlines

Lessons from the Front Lines (Lessons from H1N1 by the Trust for Americas Health) click..

Interim Recommendations for Facemask and Respirator Use to Reduce Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Transmission click..

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H1N1 (Flu) Information
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  1. Maine Public Information hotline for Swine Flu: 1-888-257-0990

  2. Maine CDC Emergency Healthcare Professional (only) Hotline 1-800-821-5821

  3. State of Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) Swine Flu infomation

  4. US Centers for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC) Swine Flu information
  5. World Health Organization (WHO) Swine Flu information
  6. The current WHO phase of pandemic alert is 6

  7. Flu Tracker map of all cases

  8. Facemask and Respirator use

  9. Tools and Resources for Influenza Preparedness

  10. New swine flu informational poster

  11. More information on flu and swine flu

What you can do:

  1. What you can do to prevent getting the Flu

  2. Interim Guidance on Antiviral Recommendations for Patients with Confirmed or Suspected Swine Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection and Close Contacts

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EM Resource launched in Southern Maine Region


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EM Resource a Maine CDC hosted web application was recently released for use in Southern Maine and across the state. This tool will be used to track and monitor hospital and health center based emergency preparedness resources and capabilites. It is initially being used to track H1N1 illneses and resources throughout the state. All Hospitals and FQHC's have been contacted in our region to sign up. For more information, contact Paul Weiss

Upcoming Regional Drills and exercises:

  1. EOC Table Top Exercisememalogo
    Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009
    Time: 9:00 AM
    Location: MEMA, 45 Commerce Drive, Suite 2, Augusta‚ Maine 
    Contact: Jeremy Damren, State Exercise Coordinator (jeremy.damren@maine.gov), 207-624-4400

  2. October 2009 (Proposed) Wild Fire Tabletop Exercise Cumberland, York and Oxford Counties

  3. October 29, 2009 MEMA EOC Functional Exercise Contact: Jeremy Damren—MEMA River Flow Advisory Commission Meeting

Regional Training offerings:

Maine Health Alert Network (HAN)

The new HAN is now launched.   You can sign up for this free service if you are a: Medical Staff, Fire/Rescue, EMS, EMA, Public Health, Health Officers, Mental Health, Laboratories, Industrial Health/Safety, Veterinarians, Mortuarial/Funeral, Special Needs Health Staff, Childcare, Eldercare, Visiting Health Professionals, School and College Health, and all Health Professionals and Administrators.

 The old HAN is now not in use, in order to recieve health alerts, YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR THIS NEW SYSTEM.  

Paul Weiss is the Southern Maine regional administrator.
  Contact him for a new user name and password.

What is HAN?  To get trained and started, click here> info

If you already have an account, here is the HAN web link

Hazmat and Decontamination Courses for 2009

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SMRRC has finalized its Hospital Hazmat and Decontamination Course for 2009. We are working with trainers from the Central Maine RRC and will offer adhoc scedule for individual hospitals in our region.

  1. Hazmat Ops Level Course

If you are interested in a course, please contact Penny Hudson at hudsop@mmc.org or FAX: 207-662-5139.

 

Dr. Paul Biddinger's presentation from our July 8, 2008 "Local Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness: A Tabletop Exercise for Sagadahoc County & Neighboring Communities."

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