Emergency Preparedness and Response Services (EPRS)

The Emergency Preparedness and Response Services (EPRS) division of the Oklahoma State Department of Health protects and promotes the health and safety of Oklahomans through mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery from public health emergencies, including infectious disease outbreaks, natural disasters, and acts of terrorism.

A major disaster that causes numerous fatalities, severe illness, injuries, disruption of normal life, and/or property loss has powerful impacts on Oklahoma’s economic, physical, and social infrastructures. EPRS coordinates emergency response planning and operations across the agency and with other state agencies, hospitals, EMS agencies, health care coalitions, local and tribal governments, and response partners. To prepare for and respond to an emergency of great severity and magnitude requires surveillance, rapid response, dependable communication systems, a trained and available workforce, and volunteers to help perform essential tasks.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is the lead agency for public health initiatives including public health and medical systems emergency preparedness and response activities; and the OSDH Emergency Preparedness and Response Service (EPRS) coordinates emergency response planning and operations for the agency.  

Mailing Address:
Oklahoma State Department of Health
Emergency Preparedness and Response Service
123 Robert S. Kerr Ave., Ste 1702
Oklahoma City, OK 73102-6406

Physical Location:
Oklahoma State Department of Health
123 Robert S. Kerr Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73102 

Phone: (405) 426-8600