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Webinar: Planning for PPE Preservation
Oct. 29, 2020 at 2 p.m.
This free webinar provides an overview of how to use the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Preservation Planning Toolkit to plan and implement preservation strategies. Using your own data, you will learn about PPE preservation strategies to fit your specific needs and how to increase the duration of a specified PPE supply.
Webinar sponsors: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Updated July 15, 2020
The CDC has published interim guidance on COVID-19 for all first responders. This includes the fire service, emergency medical services (EMS), law enforcement and emergency management officials. If you anticipate close contact with persons with confirmed or possible COVID-19 in the course of your work, please read this guidance.
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