Preparedness and Response

Western Pyramid Public Health

Region Mission Statement

The Western Pyramid is a group of public health departments from the western Kansas counties of Finney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearney, Lane, Scott, Sherman, Wallace, and Wichita that collaborate and share resources for public health emergency planning and response. In order to recognize a biological event or naturally occurring disease outbreak in
a timely manner, the Western Pyramid strives to provide surveillance and reporting of diseases and syndromes for the nine counties it serves.

In our endeavor to plan for and respond to a public health emergency, we strive to prevent or minimize harm to the public by effectively coordinating an emergency response among our partners with the ultimate goal of maintaining the health and safety of the communities in the Western Pyramid Public Health Region.

It shall be our mission to protect every person that lives, works, and visits our nine-county region. We also offer assistance and support to those counties that border our public health region during a public health emergency.

For the Regional coordinator please contact, Melissa Wachendorfer, RN @ 620-397-2809.

Pandemic Flu Planning Checklists

These checklists are intended to aid preparation for a pandemic in a coordinated and consistent manner across all segments of society:

Pandemicflu.gov - Planning checklists

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