Emergency Preparedness Logic Model

State of Colorado Bioterrorism Emergency Preparedness Logic Model

The introduction of the Department of Homeland Security after the terrorist attack of September 11, 2011,

fueled the further development of emergency preparedness. The ability of a community to prevent, protect against,

mitigate the effects of, respond to, and recover from incidents is directly related to the effectiveness of the emergency

preparedness of the community. The state helps after an emergency when the local community has expended its ability

to provide necessary services to the citizens. An emergency can happen at any time, requiring action through the

responses of many people from many different agencies, consequently depleting an area of supplies, medical

resources,
and medical personnel. Agriculture, food, water, biological, or fire types of terror attacks are more likely outside the
larger cities as defined by terrorism being a premeditated, unlawful act dangerous to human life or public welfare. An
emergency response to a disaster needs three criteria.

There is an expectation of serious harm and there must be a way

for someone to do something to prevent or reduce the harm in a timely manner. Development of a post-attack logic

model as a tool can show the effectiveness of an emergency preparedness program.

The first steps in the construction of a logic model are the processes necessary to proceed to the outcomes. The

inputs or the resources invested, activities, and outputs are the process procedure (“CDC”, 2018). The resources can be

financial as in funding sources, personnel partners, or staff time and technical assistance. Another input is in-kind

resources of donated time, money, supplies, or space. Funding through the Federal government for Colorado Nine All

Hazard Regions is the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) and is used to prevent, protect against, mitigate,

respond to, and recover from potential terrorist attacks and other hazards (“Grants”, 2018). The CDC (2018) states

Colorado receives $10,094,811 for base plus population, cities readiness initiative, and level 2 chemical laboratory

from FY 2017 Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response (Preparedness, 2018). Other grants are

available
to the state and local health agencies. The state of Colorado requires all local public health agencies to maintain an up
to-date notification list for an emergency epidemic, listing medical care institutes subject to Section 24-33.5-703,
C.R.S., an emergency response plan, and a mutual aid agreement between local health departments (State of Colorado
Emergency Plan, n.d.). Competent workers are a necessity to the ability of the health of the citizens after an emergency
and activities of ongoing training and recertification keeps workers competent, as part of the assurance function.
Activities may also involve the citizens of the state as in “see something, say something” awareness of unusual activity
by a person or group of people, included in the policy development function and part of the output function of the logic
model.
The core stakeholders of national security are individuals and families, communities, emergency management
workforce, the public health workforce, and the healthcare workforce. These stakeholders are supported by the
scientific and academic community, community-based organizations, the non-profit sector, the private sector, and the
federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments according to Healthy People 2020 (Preparedness, 2018). The
strategies used to improve health security are developed by the National Health Security Strategy (NHSS)
(Preparedness, 2018).