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Crimson Contagion

Crimson Contagion was a series of multi-format pandemic preparedness exercises conducted by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under US President Donald Trump.1)

The series of exercises was created in response to “the need for the nation to better prepare for incidents in which DHS/FEMA is not the lead federal agency.” It included two tabletop exercises, a seminar, and a functional exercise to examine issues related to response structures, information exchange, coordination of resources, and policy decisions.

History

Exercises

Exercise series:

  • Internal HHS Pandemic Influenza Tabletop Exercise (TTX)
    • January 23 – 24, 2019
    • Internal HHS staff
  • Chicago and Illinois Pandemic Influenza TTX
    • April 10, 2019
    • Chicago / Illinois / Region V focused
  • Federal Interagency Seminar
    • May 14 – 15, 2019
    • NSC, federal interagency partners, and participating states
  • Crimson Contagion 2019 Functional Exercise (FE) – Completed
    • August 13 – 16, 2019
    • Local, state, federal, private-sector, and non-governmental organization participation

Participants

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Department of Health and Human Services. (2020, January). Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Crimson Contagion 2019 Functional Exercise After-Action Report. 2020. govermentattic.org. https://www.governmentattic.org/38docs/HHSaarCrimsonContAAR_2020.pdf
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