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Five Disaster Health Response Capabilities

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Horizontal timeline graphic showing five disaster health response capabilities, each represented by a circular blue icon and connected along a single line:

  1. Capability 1 – Build a Disaster Health Response Network
    Establish a coordinated network for disaster health response.
    Icon: connected nodes representing a network.

  2. Capability 2 – Align Plans, Policies, Processes, and Procedures
    Align plans, policies, processes, and procedures related to clinical excellence in disasters.
    Icon: clipboard with a process-flow diagram.

  3. Capability 3 – Increase Medical Surge Capacity
    Increase statewide and regional medical surge capacity.
    Icon: ambulance with a medical cross.

  4. Capability 4 – Improve Situational Awareness
    Improve statewide and regional situational awareness.
    Icon: U.S. map overlaid with a connected network and marked locations.

  5. Capability 5 – Develop and Test Readiness Metrics
    Develop readiness metrics and conduct an exercise to test capabilities.
    Icon: ascending bar chart.

The five capabilities are arranged from left to right along a connected timeline, illustrating a progression from building a response network to measuring and testing readiness.