NACCHO, in partnership with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), recently released a new chemical preparedness handbook for local health departments. The handbook is designed to assist local health departments in developing effective public health preparedness and response plans for low-probability, high-risk chemical incidents. This new resource contains information on chemical incident planning and mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. It also contains several planning checklists with recommended steps and actions local health departments should consider when developing preparedness plans tailored to their communities. Learn more at the NACCHO website and access the Chemical Preparedness Resource Library/Toolkit.