The Public Health Preparedness Program at the Casper-Natrona County Health Department is responsible for writing, implementing, testing and updating all disaster preparedness plans. In addition, the staff responds to emergencies in the community from small oil spills to disease outbreaks.

Planning at the CNCHD involves a multidisciplinary and multiagency approach to planning efforts. Plans are updated at least annually, or more often as needed. The Preparedness staff at the CNCHD belong to many multi-disciplinary groups whose goals are to prepare, mitigate, respond to and recover from emergencies in Natrona County.