Health Department Emergency Preparedness Staffing

Strengthen the preparedness of your local communities, healthcare organizations, and coalitions

Established in 3 Indiana counties

The health department emergency preparedness staffing program started last year on July 1, 2019 in three Indiana counties: Hancock, LaGrange and Noble utilizing grants to fund the positions. 

The program consists of a VPC Emergency Preparedness Specialist working for the county health department.

Get capabilities-based planning, training, exercises, and testing

On-site VPC staff provide your Department required tools and training

Planning and preparation

Your Department receives Attachment A deliverables and assisting the county health department with emergency preparedness initiatives.

As-needed training fills gaps and skills-up staff and teams

Provide needed training based upon gaps identified during initial assessment and review.

Teams on-site with flexible hours based on county needs

Jessica and Joel have been extremely busy with assisting their respective counties during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jessica Price

Jessica Price leads on-site preparedness coverage in Noble and Lagrange counties in northern Indiana.

Email Jessica

“I just wanted to take a second to tell you what a great job Jessica is doing here in our county. She is a rock! You can be proud of her.”

— County Emergency Manager

Joel Heavner

Joel Heavner helps Hancock County’s Health Department train for the next tornado, pandemic, flood, and everything else.

Email Joel

“I could not be more proud to assist the county during this pandemic, we have provided direction and assistance with incident command forms as well as pandemic response”.

— Joel Heavner, amid COVID-19 operations in Hancock Co., Spring 2020