Bio-Defense Network supports local public health departments in a number of ways, including:
Closed POD Planning, Training & Host Recruitment
We are experts in all aspects of Closed Points of Dispensing, from helping local public health departments to improve their planning and training, and especially recruiting additional hosts. All of our team members are have been trained in dispensing medication in a Closed POD, and have been involved in the design of programs in several states.
Planning & Conducting Community Public Health-Related Events
Involving the community assures local health departments keep the “Public” in “Public Health,” and Bio-Defense Network supports that by helping design and execute citizen involvement programs of all types.
Advanced Emergency Preparedness Exercises
Bio-Defense Network team members are master exercise practitioners and subject matter experts in homeland security, emergency management and continuity of operations. We are qualified planners for Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Programs (HSEEP), the National Response Framework (NRF), National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the Incident Command Structure (ICS).
Pandemic Planning
The principles of Bio-Defense Network were co-founders in 2006 of PandemicPrep.Org, and continue to serve the group as executive officers. The non-profit organization conducts regular conferences dealing with all aspects of pandemic planning in the St. Louis region, and Bio-Defense Network is prepared to replicate the program in other communities.