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ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 29

September is #NationalPreparednessMonth! The SNS supports communities with medical supplies, planning tools, & guidance to stay ready for emergencies. Learn how you can partner with us to put lifesaving resources in reach. https://aspr.hhs.gov/SNS/Pages/course-listings.aspx

#StockpileInfo #NPM2025

2025 National Preparedness Month poster by ASPR, featuring three images: a high-stack warehouse filled with pallets, two individuals in a discussion in a warehouse, and a person scanning products in a storage area. Text emphasizes the importance of year-round national community preparation for disasters and emergencies with necessary tools and guidance.

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 29

Behind every mission-ready K9 is a team of dedicated professionals. ASPR/NDMS's National Veterinary Response Team is proud to have supported the U.S. Secret Service during the U.N. General Assembly by keeping working animals healthy and ready to serve. #UNGA

Image collage showing ASPR's Veterinary Response Team providing medical care to working dogs at the U.N. General Assembly, with close-ups of the dogs and team members in action. Text overlay highlights the importance of caring for working animals at the event.

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 24

ASPR’s Strategic National Stockpile is helping states, communities, tribes, and territories prepare for the next public health emergency. During #NationaPreparednessMonth, take our training and sharpen your skills.

🔗https://aspr.hhs.gov/SNS/Pages/course-listings.aspx

#StockpileInfo #NPM2025

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 24

Deadline Extended: ASPR is building a more diverse, agile public health supply chain & sustaining U.S. manufacturing capabilities. We are gathering perspectives from developers, producers & suppliers of essential medicines. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b7d43c146b3045b4938225f76d3af53b/view

Deadline Approaching! Public Health Industrial Base Capabilities and Capacities - Essential Medicines. RFI Deadline: September 26

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 23

Register Today!

At BARDA, innovation fuels preparedness. Join us at the BARDA Innovation Symposium to see how we are working with our partners to develop medical countermeasures that shape the future of health security.

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#BARDAInnovationSymposium

DRIVe | 2025 BARDA Innovation Symposium

Creating networking opportunities with industry and early-stage health security innovators supported by BARDA programs, including the BARDA EZ-BAA, BARDA Ventures, Blue Knight, and CARB-X

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ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 22

Join us for the ASPR Industry Roundtable on Domestic PPE Manufacturing and the Strategic National Stockpile Planning Session.

Every shift. Every emergency. Our nation’s health care workers and patients deserve to be protected.

https://aspr.hhs.gov/PPE-Roundtable/Pages/default.aspx

Register Today! ASPR Industry Roundtable on Domestic Manufacturing of Personal Protective Equipment and SNS Listening Session. October 6 and 7. Washington, DC.

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 19

Medical Operations Coordination Centers help jurisdictions use assets consistently across a region during disasters. Check out ASPR TRACIE’s MOCCs Toolkit to learn how you can establish and operationalize a MOCC. https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/fema-mocc-toolkit.pdf #10YearsOfTRACIE

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ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 18

ASPR TRACIE’s Hospital Crisis Standards of Care template can help emergency managers improve existing surge capacity plans. Learn about best practices for resource allocation decisions, how to triage patients during equipment shortages, and more. https://bit.ly/3J2o1m4 #10YearsOfTRACIE #NPM2025

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 17

Learn about Long Term Care Requirements from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, like establishing consistent emergency preparedness requirements for healthcare providers and establishing a more coordinated response to disasters. https://bit.ly/4nun9J9 #10YearsOfTRACIE #NPM2025

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 16

The EMS Infectious Disease Playbook addresses the full spectrum of infectious agents & serves as a concise reference resource for EMS agencies developing their service policies. 

https://files.asprtracie.hhs.gov/documents/aspr-tracie-transport-playbook-508.pdf  #10YearsOfTRACIE #NPM2025 

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 16

According to the National Weather Service, flash floods are the #1 storm-related killer in the US. At the next #ClinicalReadinessRounds session, experts will share promising practices to prepare for and respond to flash flooding.

🔗 Register Today: https://bit.ly/4bzs1Ye

Promotional image for an HHS/ASPR webinar titled 'Health Care Preparedness and Response for Flash Floods' featuring a flooded road with submerged cars and a mountain backdrop. The webinar is scheduled for September 23, from 12:00-1:00 PM.

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 15

The Hospital Incident Command System (ICS) provides hospitals with a standardized approach to emergency response incident management. This ASPR TRACIE resource helps nurses in acute care settings understand the functions within the ICS structure. https://bit.ly/4nsImDe #10YearsOfTRACIE #NPM2025

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 14

During shortages of sterile fluids for intravenous injection, hospitals must modify usual practices for administration to conserve product. Use ASPR TRACIE’s IV Fluid Shortage Strategies Tip Sheet to update your facility’s preparedness plans. https://bit.ly/40WAzFA #10YearsOfTRACIE #NPM2025

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ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 13

ASPR TRACIE’s Health Care Provider Shortages resource can help staff quantify needs, implement strategies to maximize the workforce, supplement staff, and support existing staff: https://bit.ly/49gDQ44 #10YearsOfTRACIE #NPM2025

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 12

ASPR TRACIE’s Mass Casualty Incident Response Module can help prepare healthcare workers with mass casualty triage, preparing for and assessing an incident, and identifying patient needs. Stay in the loop and update your emergency plans today: https://bit.ly/4mTRGA1 #10YearsOfTRACIE

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 11

Reflecting on #911, John Knox has promised: "We will honor your sacrifice. We will stand by your families. We will #NeverForget."

Never again will we be unprepared, unable to help.

Secretary Kennedy stands with every responder, every survivor, every family – and so do we.

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 11

In the darkest moments, NDMS responders bring light.
They were there on #911. They’ve been there for our nation through hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and more.

Healing survivors.
Caring for service animals.
Helping families and loved ones find closure.

#NeverForget #NDMS

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ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 11

ASPR TRACIE’s Health Care System Cybersecurity resource can help healthcare facilities, and the systems they may be a part of, understand the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders before, during, and after a cyber incident. Be prepared: https://bit.ly/46e6dzl #10YearsOfTRACIE

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 11

From tornadoes to wildfires, MRC volunteers answer the call: bringing medical aid, mental health support & hope to communities in crisis. Discover how they carry forward the legacy of #911: https://t.co/Jw6vBMlPBf

#PublicHealth #Volunteer #MRC https://t.co/4w8XkiiNl0

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 11

On #911, the Strategic National Stockpile mobilized medical countermeasures, supplies, and equipment, including trauma, burn, and blast supplies. SNS deployed to NYC in just 7 hours & its plane was 1 of 2 allowed in the airspace.

🔗 https://aspr.hhs.gov/SNS/Pages/Stockpile-Responses.aspx

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 11

ASPR TRACIE’s DASH Tool is an interactive resource that can help hospital emergency planners and supply chain staff estimate supplies during mass casualty incidents & infectious disease emergencies. Learn about the tool and how to use it: https://asprtracie.hhs.gov/dash-tool #10YearsOfTRACIE

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 9

For a decade, ASPR TRACIE has provided resources & technical assistance to support emergency healthcare disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. For the next 10 days, we will share some of TRACIE's top resources in celebration of their 10th anniversary. asprtracie.hhs.gov #10YearsOfTRACIE

Promotional graphic celebrating the 10th anniversary of ASPR TRACIE, featuring four separate images, clockwise starting in the upper left: healthcare professionals attending to a patient, a stethoscope on a keyboard, a close-up of medical supplies, and a hand wearing gloves handling an IV. Text reads: 10 Years of ASPR TRACIE. ASPR TRACIE is Turning 10! Join ASPR as we highlight 10 resources in celebration of TRACIE's 10th anniversary on September 15, 2025.

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Sep 4

September is #NationalPreparednessMonth, but MRC units train every month to stay ready to protect communities. Behind the scenes, the Technical Assistance Assessment helps nearly 800 units & 300K volunteers prepare for emergencies. https://aspr.hhs.gov/ASPRBlog/Pages/BlogDetailView.aspx?ItemID=496

ASPR: HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response @asprgov.bsky.social · Aug 28

For industry pros who develop, produce & supply essential medicines: ASPR is building a more diverse, agile public health supply chain & sustaining long-term U.S. manufacturing capabilities. Share your perspective: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/206d2d86d7ca47fd912990d6e3bcd147/view