Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) in New Mexico

The Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) is a federal effort to accelerate emergency response capacity in high risk/high population centers across the nation. Planning efforts are focused on an aerosolized anthrax scenario, and the goal is to provide medical countermeasures to one hundred percent of the defined CRI population within forty-eight hours. This population encompasses the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) inclusive of the City of Albuquerque, Bernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance and Valencia Counties and Cochiti, Isleta, Jemez, Sandia, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Santo Domingo and Zia Pueblos.

New Mexico’s SNS program is administered by the Bureau of Health Emergency Management. For more information, contact the State SNS Coordinator at (505) 476-8231 or send an e-mail.

Click here to visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website on the Strategic National Stockpile.

There is additional information for cities, counties and states on implementing an SNS plan available at the National Association of County and City Health Officials.