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This Heatwave Emergency Preparedness & Response Plan aims to establish an effective, efficient, coordinated public health preparedness and response plan to prevent mortality, morbidity & disability because of heat. It relates to the preparation, readiness and responsiveness of the health care system in Northwest Syria, specifically of emergency departments and emergency medicine systems, to environmental heatwaves and extreme heat events.
The most important actions to take during a heat-wave are: to avoid or reduce exposure, to communicate risks effectively, to take particular care of vulnerable population groups and to manage mild and severe heat illness.
The specific objectives of this guiding document are:
- To guide health sector’s response coordination to heatwaves
- To elaborate procedures for alert, detection, rapid risk assessment and grading for heatwaves
- To elaborate structures for decision making, command & control through incident management systems on responding to heatwaves at different levels.
- To describe response procedures including decision making, command & control and concepts of operations at different levels during a heatwave emergency response.
- To provide guidance to non-health stakeholders as well as non-state actors on their role and responsibilities during a heatwave.
This Heatwave Emergency Preparedness & Response Plan provides a public health multi-sectoral emergency management model for Northwest Syria. The specific scope of the Heatwave Emergency Preparedness & Response Plan is to provide a clear framework for the coordination of operations and management during emergencies and disasters for all actors within the health care system in NWS
The targeted audience for this document includes all public health emergency preparedness and response stakeholders within Northwest Syria.