Be Food Safe!

Food handling safety risks at home are more common than most people think.  The four easy lessons of Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill can help prevent harmful bacteria from making your family sick.  To find out more about food safety, visit befoodsafe.gov.

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Mahoning County Emergency Preparedness Planning

 

The Mahoning County District Board of Health is working with our county emergency response partners to ensure citizens are protected if a bioterrorism attack, disease outbreak or natural disaster when it happens in our community. These events could have long term impact on the community’s health and safety and disrupt our daily routines.

During a public health emergency information will be posted on this website for response and recovery. If you would like to receive alerts regarding public health events please sign up by clicking here.

 

Be Prepared

1. Be Informed:  Learn what to do before, during and after a disaster

• Learn how to teach others to turn off electricity, gas, and water
• Update insurance policies
• Know how fire extinguishers work (check fire extinguishers, replace batteries flashlights twice a year)
• Safeguard copies of important documents

2. Make a Plan: Plan to protect yourself and your family.  Make sure to include your pets.

      http://www.ready.gov/tailor-your-plan

3. Build a Kit: Assemble disaster supply kits for your home and car.

       http://www.ready.gov/build-a-kit

 

Additional Planning Resources

• Ready:  www.ready.gov
• Ohio Department of Health: http://www.odh.ohio.gov/healthpreparedness/emergencypreparedness.aspx
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://emergency.cdc.gov/
• FEMA: http://www.fema.gov/

 

Local Emergency Preparedness Plans

• Mahoning County Public Health Emergency Response Plan
• Community Containment Annex
• Continuity of Operations Appendix
• Mahoning County Public Health CBRNE Terrorism Response Annex
• Mass Dispensing Annex
• Epidemiology Response Annex
• Emergency Risk Communications Annex

The District Board of Health is an Academic Health Department Affiliated with the Northeast Ohio Medical University

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