Emergency Preparedness and Response

The MMS and its Committee on Preparedness work to enhance the health care system’s capacity to prepare for, detect, and respond to the consequences of natural disasters, terrorism and other health emergencies.

Get Involved

• MA Responds
  Volunteer to assist with a public health event or emergency.
  

Educational Resources

• Ukrainian Save a Life video series
  
• MA Responds Volunteer Orientation Curriculum
  
• Active Shooter Preparedness 
• If You See Something, Say Something ™
• Stop the Bleed
• Pediatric Disaster Life Support
• Traumatic Incident Stress for Provider and Patients
  
• DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness
• MMS Online CME Courses on Public Health Issues
  

Useful Websites and Information

• MA Responds Newsletter: Summer 2019
• MA Responds Newsletter: Spring 2019

• Office of Preparedness and Emergency Management (OPEM)
• CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response
• Harvard School of Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health Influenza Information for Healthcare Providers and the Public
  

Upcoming Events