Key Points
- After extreme events, it can be challenging to carry out core functions of environmental health, such as safeguarding drinking water, controlling disease-causing vectors, conducting food safety inspections, and ensuring safe and healthy building environments.
- Find resources to help environmental health staff fulfill preparedness and response roles.
Get involved
Visit CDC's Natural disasters and severe weather page for information about health and safety concerns and disaster-specific resources for the public.
Learn about our 10 Environmental Health Training in Emergency Response (EHTER) modules that focus on key environmental health issues and challenges for emergency response.
Read about tools and resources to use during emergencies, including rapid assessment forms and guidance.
Take CDC's Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication (CERC) training online, via webinar, or in-person.
Content Source:
National Center for Environmental Health