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About the Section

The Division of Public Health’s Section of Emergency Programs encompasses the Preparedness and EMS units as well as the Alaska Trauma System and leads the way in preparing the State of Alaska and its citizens for any public health emergency or disaster, either natural or man-made.  The Section accomplishes this goal by:

• working, planning, and training with its partner agencies and providing educational materials for healthcare agencies and the general public;
• conducting training for first responders and healthcare agencies;
• holding readiness exercises for and with our local, state, federal, tribal and non-profit partners;
• ensuring the availability and quality of EMS personnel and agencies in Alaska through guidelines, training, certification, technical assistance, data collection, and quality assurance activities;
• providing emergency planning support for Alaskan communities and healthcare agencies; and
• providing grant funding for statewide hospital and healthcare preparedness and for the operations of the seven EMS Regions.

Related Resources

• DHSS Emergency Operations Plan
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ Preparedness
• Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
• State Emergency Coordination Center

Section of
Emergency Programs

• About Emergency Programs
• List Servs

Preparedness

• About Preparedness
• Alaska Respond
• Contacts

Emergency Medical Services (EMS)

• EMS Home
• About EMS
• Certification
• Training
• EMS Programs
• Contacts
• Forms and Publications
• Alaska Council on EMS

Trauma System

• About the Trauma System
• Contacts
• Trauma Center Designation
• Trauma Training
• Alaska Trauma Registry