First Hours: Resources

CDC has developed and gathered resources to aid health officials as they communicate with the public in the first hours of an emergency.

These include the following:

• Short and Extended Messages
  Short and extended messages giving health and safety information for the first hours
• Radio Scripts
  Radio live reads (scripts) in short and extended formats
• Slates, B-roll, and Sound Bites for Broadcast Media Use
  News slates, sound bites with CDC subject matter experts, and B-roll for broadcast media use produced in English and Spanish
• Message Template for the First Minutes for All Emergencies
  The suggested template below could be used in the first minutes after a suspected terrorism incident when little is known.
• University Research Reports
  Formative research reports on botulism, pneumonic plague, VX and dirty bomb written by the University of Alabama at Birmingham; University of Oklahoma; St. Louis University and University of California, Los Angeles as part of the Pre-Event Message Development Project (PEMD).
• Key Websites and Online Resources
  Additional online resources and documents to help public health officials prepare for emergencies, including terrorism incidents
• Creative Briefs