Regional Emergency Information
State Emergency Software Applications:
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.
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Online Education & Training For NIMS, ICS, PPE, Radiological Preparedness and Mental HealthEmergency Management Courses.
Maine Epi-Gram, A science-based information guide for Maine's healthcare professionals on issues of public health and infectious disease. Promoting statewide infectious disease surveillance. It is not being published at this time. All past issues of the Epi-Gram are available here. 
Emergency Preparedness Monthly. The Harvard School of Public Health, Center for Public Health Preparedness, Maine Edition.
Headlines
Hospital Surge Preparedness full story..
Guidelines for Epidemics: Who Gets a Ventilator? full story..
Maine Weekly Influenza Surveillance Report
May 21, 2008 full story..
Reportable Diseases in Maine full story...
News archive, click..
Upcoming Events
Maine Health Alert Network (HAN)
The HAN will be officially launched November 1st, so please have all :Medical Staff, Fire/Rescue, EMS, EMA, Public Health, Health Officers, Mental Health, Laboratories, Industrial Health, Veterinarians, Mortuarial/Funeral, Special Needs Health Staff, Childcare, Eldercare, Visiting Health Professionals, School and College Health, and all Health Professionals and Administrators at your facility sign up for this free service.
If you currently receive (HAN) faxes or emails from the current system, THEY WILL END NOV 30th. YOU MUST SIGN UP FOR THIS NEW SYSTEM ASAP.
Paul Weiss is the Southern Maine regional administrator.
Contact him for a new user name and password.
What is HAN? Get started, click here> info + online trainings, fall 2008
If you already have an account, here is the HAN web link
Save the Date for Common Ground Workshop
Topic: Driving by the Light of the Dashboard - Exploring a new tool for public health preparedness situational awareness and early detection
Sponsored by: Maine CDC, Office of Public Health Informatics
When: Thursday, November 13, 2008
Where: Hilton Garden Inn, Freeport, ME
Cost: Free
More Info: Flyer
Registration: Available soon
Questions? Contact: Tammy McLaughlin, AdCare Educational Institute of Maine
Phone: 207.626.3615,
TTY: 207.623.0830,
Email: tmclaughlin@neias.com
A video of the 1938 New England Hurricane and the recovery by the WPA
Images from the July 8th Sagadahoc County Pandemic Flu Tabletop exercise, at Mt. Ararat H.S. in Topsham. Photos by Steve Trockman
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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