SEMN DHC Updates & More
Our mission is to build healthcare system resilience and capacity in Southeastern Minnesota to better ensure seamless delivery of care during disasters by providing resources and a communication platform for planning, response and recovery activities.
Why does our Coalition exist?
A number of types of disasters could negatively impact a community’s ability to provide effective health and medical services. A regional approach to health and medical capability-building is based on the belief that the medical needs of the citizenry will be best met if healthcare organizations, essential partners, and other partners cooperate with each other and coordinate preparedness and response efforts. The purpose of the SEMN Disaster Health Coalition is to facilitate preparedness to assist communities with building a Health and Medical Services (Emergency Support Function 8/ESF8) Capability to respond to and recover from disasters, especially those with regional impact.
Who is our Coalition?
The SEMN Disaster Health Coalition consists of organizations with responsibilities to mitigate the likelihood of a hazard negatively impacting the ability of a health and medical system to provide services and to prepare for, respond to, recover from consequences of a disaster.
The following groups are represented as part of the SEMN Disaster Health Coalition: Emergency Management, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board, (EMSRB), Hospitals, Long Term Care Facilities, Public Health, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Specialty Medical Services, Tribal Health, and Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD).
Where is our Coalition?
The SEMN Disaster Health Coalition supports health and medical preparedness across southeastern Minnesota, which includes the following counties: Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona.
SEMN DHC Quarter 3 Newsletter Now Available!
The 2026 3Q SEMN DHC Newsletter is now available! Have a peek.
SE MN DHC Partner Compact Agreement
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