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	12. WHERE TO GO FOR HELP As mentioned throughout this site, you have many New Canaan resources to draw upon during emergencies and upon the beginning of a pandemic period. For any emergency, call: 911 For non-emergency communications with police, call: New Canaan Police at 594-3500 For questions about information in this site, call: New Canaan Red Cross at 966-1663 As emergency conditions warrant, the Emergency Operations Center will be activated. Multiple phone lines will be available and will be published in this site and on the Town site, for use during such conditions. If a pandemic period begins, an additional Flu Help Desk will be established to handle your questions and direct your inquiries as needed. Numbers to call will be published in this site and the Town site, accordingly For a copy of the "Flu Flyer" summarizing information in this site, click here. Pre-printed copies are available from New Canaan Red Cross, 966-1663. For additional information, click on these resources: www.pandemicflu.gov Department of Health and Human Services, dedicated flu site: FDA: FDA Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Strategic Plan (March 2007). Discusses FDA's role in evaluating vaccines and antivirals, diagnostic approaches to efficiently differentiate among flu virus types, and protective clothing. Newly devised vaccines, for example, may not be suitable for people; and the production methodology may be untenable. OSHA: Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for an Influenza Pandemic (February 2007) Useful discussion for businesses and the use of intervention strategies... masks, hygiene, social distancing.... see page 26 for summary steps businesses can take. CDC: Interim Pre-Pandemic Planning Guidance: Community Strategy for Pandemic Influenza Mitigation in the United States (February 2007) Discusses four principal strategies: isolation and treatment; voluntary home quarantine; dismissal of students from schools; social distancing. Trust for America's Health: Ready or Not (December 2006) DHS: Pandemic Influenza:National Strategy - Implementation Plan (May 2006) Connecticut Dept. of Public Health: Pandemic Influenza Response Plan 2006 (February 2006) DHS: National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza (November 2005) OSAC (U.S. State Department) Overview: Avian Influenza (June 2006) Video Clips (these are .wmv files.... depending on your browser, either click on the link to download the file, or it will ask you where you want it downloaded to, or else right click, then "save target as" or "save link as" and save to a location, then open with Windows Media Player, or another suitable player) Spanish Flu 1918 (Kolata: New York Times) ABC News: Bird Flu 1 (3/13/06) ABC News: Bird Flu 2 (3/14/06) ABC News: Bird Flu 3 (3/17/06) NBC News: Bird Flu (4/21/06) Audio Clips (these are .mp3 files.... depending on your browser, either click on the link to download the file, or it will ask you where you want it downloaded to, or else right click, then "save target as" or "save link as" and save to a location, then open with your favorite mp3 player) CDC Webcast 2/1/07 upon the release of "Interim Guidance" as above Fact Sheets HHS: How does seasonal flu differ from pandemic flu HHS: What is an influenza pandemic CDC: Key Facts about Influenza and Influenza Vaccine WHO: Phases of a Pandemic Select Reading Meet the Press (11/20/05): Flu: Are We Prepared Institute of Medicine (4/1/06): Reusability of Facemasks Annals of Internal Medicine (7/18/06): Planning for Avian Influenza Annals of Internal Medicine (7/18/06): Influenza of 1918, Recollections IDSA (10/31/06): Pandemic Influenza: State of the Science The American Experience: Influenza 1918, transcript