Emergency Preparedness

and Response

While the possibility of a large disaster in Prior Lake is remote, residents should always know what to do should a threat arise.

Though some people feel it is impossible to be prepared for unexpected events, the truth is that taking preparedness actions help people deal with disasters of all sorts more effectively if they do occur.

Bird Flu

As part of preparations for the unlikely event of an avian flu pandemic, the city encourages you to learn all you can and take precautionary steps. Click here for the Minnesota Department of Health's (MDH) newest information on Bird Flu. See also the MDH's site here.

Other resources include:

This Emergency Checklist and some revised information from the Minnesota State Agency here.

This birdflu.state.mn.us site takes you directly to the Minnesota site on Avian and pandemic flu.

This state avian/birddisease site is about Avian flu in birds and what to do in Minnesota.

The official US Government website also has some useful information.

For more information about bird flu or other disaster-related questions, email Prior Lake Police Lieutenant Randy Hofstad or call the Police Department at (952) 440-3555.

Agents, Diseases, & Other Threats

The following links regarding other potential disasters are available at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website http://www.bt.cdc.gov/.

Click on the photo for information on each threat.

Anthrax, plague, tularemia...more

Nerve agents, chlorine, ricin, toxic alcohols...more

Dirty bombs, nuclear blasts...more

Explosions/blasts, burns, injuries...more

Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes...more

E. coli, botulism, avian flu...more