{"id":199,"date":"2016-08-24T20:07:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T20:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/three-rivers\/?page_id=199"},"modified":"2026-09-14T16:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:04:28","slug":"emergency-preparedness-and-response","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/three-rivers\/emergency-preparedness-and-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Preparedness and Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3 Easy Steps To Prepare For An Emergency\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MzaGbHkndts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong>PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (PHEP)<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three Rivers Health District, along with the resources of VDH, works with local government, healthcare providers, law enforcement, fire and rescue, schools, and non-profits to ensure integration of agency resources in community emergency planning. Three Rivers Health District participates in state and local emergency trainings as well as conducts emergency training for our professionals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We support the public health of our communities through an all-hazard approach to preparation, collaboration, education and rapid intervention.\u00a0 Our efforts involve state, regional and local partners working toward common goals to enhance readiness during an infectious disease outbreak such as pandemic flu, COVID-19, a bioterrorism event, a nuclear disaster, or a natural disaster such as a hurricane.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funding to support these efforts is provided through grants from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Health Resources Services Administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Contact Information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Health Emergency Preparedness Coordinator : Tatiana Pedroza<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phone:\u00a0 804.592.8051<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:Tatiana.Pedroza@vdh.virginia.gov\">Tatiana.Pedroza@vdh.virginia.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><strong>Three Rivers Medical Reserve Corps<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Medical Reserve Corps is a national network of locally led units of medical professionals and support volunteers.\u00a0 The Three Rivers Health Medical Reserve Corps began in 2008. Volunteers support the health district in both emergency and non-emergency situations. The MRC collaborates with local hospitals, local county governments, the American Red Cross, and community emergency response teams (CERT) to increase capacity in emergencies. The MRC also participates in education, training, and exercises.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/mrc\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">For more information or to volunteer<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MRC units throughout the state actively improve and protect their community\u2019s public health by supporting:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health education and preventative health screenings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Efforts to provide medical services to at-risk populations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicable disease outbreak response.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Volunteer emergency preparedness training and exercises.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local, state and national response to terrorism attacks and disasters; providing staffing support for medical services, emergency shelters, mental health outreach, dispensing sites for medications and vaccinations, disease investigations and environmental health efforts for food and human safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To become a VA Medical Reserve Corps Volunteer, please submit an application in the<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vvhs.vamrc.org\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b><span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Virginia<\/span> <span style=\"color: #333399; text-decoration: underline;\">Volunteer Health System<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><b>.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Contact Information:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator:\u00a0 Kenneth Lucas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phone:\u00a0 804.210.3369<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email: <\/span><a href=\"mailto:Kenneth.Lucas@vdh.virginia.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kenneth.Lucas@vdh.virginia.gov<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (PHEP) Three Rivers Health District, along with the resources of VDH, works with local government, healthcare providers, law enforcement, fire and rescue, schools, and non-profits to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":473,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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