Common use of Situation Clause in Contracts

Situation. ‌ RPH located at ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ is a countywide Public Health Agency serving all communities in Richland County with the exception of Shelby City, in which Shelby City Health Department (SCHD, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇) maintains its own Environmental Health Department, Vital Statistics and contracts some nursing services through Galion City Health Department in Crawford County. This ERP encompasses Shelby City Health department and the city of Shelby per their health commissioner and department of health request. A three person Board of Commissioners governs the county. Ohio Congressional Districts 7 and 12 Ohio House. District 2, and Ohio Senate District 22, represents the county at the federal and state levels. RPH/SCHDs recognize a public health emergency as “Any incident, event, or situation demanding immediate action on the part of the public health system in order to prevent disease and injury or maintain public health within the community of service. Emergencies can be natural or man-made (deliberate or accidental)”. All hazards have the potential for causing a public health emergency but could include an occurrence or imminent threat of a communicable disease, contamination caused or believed to be caused by Bioterrorism, an epidemic or pandemic disease, a natural disaster, a chemical attack or accidental release, or a nuclear attack or accident that poses a substantial risk of a significant number of human fatalities or incidents of permanent or long-term disability. Therefore, the entire population of Richland County could be affected by a public health emergency. Potential Impacts may include: • Community-wide limitations on maximal health for residents; • Widespread disease and illness; • Establishment of new diseases in the State; • Heat-related illnesses and injuries; • Hypothermia; • Dehydration; • Widespread injuries or trauma; • Overwhelmed medical facilities; • Insufficient resources for response, especially medical countermeasures; • Insufficient personnel to provide adequate public health response; • Development of chronic health conditions within a population; • Lasting impairments of function or cognition; • Development of birth defects; • Premature death. A. Emergency Support Function #8‌ Public Health Emergency Support Function #8 (ESF-8) – Health and Medical Services provides coordination of local and regional jurisdictional resources in response to public health and medical care needs following a minor/major disaster or emergency, or during a developing potential medical situation. The plans that currently support the ESF-8 and Health Care Coalition (HCC) interface include: • RPH/SCHD Emergency Response Plan; • Richland County Emergency Management Agency Emergency Operations Plan;

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