You can learn about emergency water purification among other things at the Public Health Preparedness Summit that is being held in Anaheim California on February 21 - 24, 2012. This summit is being held to regroup, refocus, and refresh, by providing information about preparedness in a disaster or crisis situation.

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There have been significant measures that have been taken over the past decade, which sustain public health capabilities, and the capacity for responding and planning for disasters and emergencies.  There have been many lessons that have been learned from the September 11, 2011 attack, along with hurricane Katrina, which are responsible for accomplishments in emergency and disaster preparedness.

There have been initiatives like the Presidential Policy Directive 8, National Health Security Strategy, and the Presidential Executive Order that pertained to medical counter measures in case of a biological attack, or disaster situation.  Even with these strides that have been made, now federal funds are dwindling resulting in a bleak economic outlook, causing the state, local, and territorial health departments to no longer aim at doing more with less. These agencies are finding themselves eliminating critical preparedness activities, the ones that can mean the difference between life and death during a disaster or crisis situation.

With these developments preparedness for survival has been thrown into the hands of the citizens.  This means things like emergency water purification for survival in a disaster situation must be handled on a personal, family by family basis.  People have to take preparedness into their own hands, if they want any chance of survival during a survival or crisis situation.

The 2012 Public Health Preparedness Summit will be holding workshops, Plenary sessions, Town Halls, Interactive sessions, Sharing sessions, Poster sessions, and other Partner sessions, along with continuing education being offered.  A variety of topics will be covered, so try and attend if possible.

The Plenary panelists include:

Jack Herrmann, MSEd., NCC, LMHC
Senior Advisor & Chief, Public Health Preparedness,
National Association of County and City Health Officials

Elisabeth H. Lyman, MPH
Deputy Director, Public Health Emergency Preparedness
California Department of Public Health

Ron Norby
Deputy Agency Director,
Orange County Health Care Agency

David L. Lakey, Commissioner,
Texas Department of State Health Services

Melissa Friel
Director, Center for Emergency Response and Terrorism,
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services; Jefferson City, MO

D. Sean Smith, D.O.
Emergency Physician, St. John's Regional Medical Center
Physician President, Mercy/St. John's Clinic—Joplin and Kansas Division; Joplin, MO

Chris Harmon
Chief Emergency Services Officer,
American Red Cross Greater Ozarks Chapter; Springfield, MO

Lillian Shirley, BSN, MPH, MPA
President, National Association of County and City Health Officials Director,
Multnomah County Health Department; Portland, OR

Scott Z. Burns
Writer, Contagion

W. Ian Lipkin, MD
Director, Center for Infection & Immunity,
John Snow Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University

Nicole Lurie, MD, MSPH
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response,
Department of Health and Human Services, RADM, Public Health Service

Alexander Garza, MD, MPH
Assistant Secretary and Chief Medical Officer, Office of Health Affairs,
Department of Homeland Security

Brian Kamoie, JD, MPH
Senior Director for Preparedness Policy,
National Security Staff, The White House

Matthew J. Hepburn, MD
Director for Medical Preparedness Policy,
National Security Staff, The White House

RADM Ali S. Khan, MD, MPH
Assistant Surgeon General and Director,
Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Donald A. Henderson, MD, MPH
Distinguished Scholar and Professor of Public Health and Medicine,
Center of Biosecurity of UPMC, University of Pittsburgh; Baltimore, MD

The information that will be provided at the summit will help you understand why it is so important to prepare for a disaster by learning how to make clean water from dirty water with emergency water purification.

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