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Health and Safety

The Northern Kentucky Health Department partners with many local agencies to prepare and plan for disasters, including weather-related disasters, infectious disease outbreaks, and other public health threats. We work closely with these agencies on various disaster response activities such as emergency shelter operations and mass vaccination clinics.

Disaster Preparedness

We encourage all families to prepare for any disaster that may impact their family or community by having a PLAN and making a KIT. 

Have a PLAN by talking to your family about what to do:

  • When a Seek Shelter alert is issued during a Tornado
  • When the power has gone out during an Ice Storm
  • When Flooding is in your area
  • When cell phones aren’t working

 

Maintain an EMERGENCY SUPPLY KIT:

  • Keep up on an emergency supply of bottles of water and Gatorade
  • Buy a bit extra of non-perishable foods such as crackers and cereal, soup and canned fruit or vegetables, peanut butter
  • Keep extra bandaids, antiseptic, and over-the-counter medicines that your family uses
  • Store extra bleach, paper towels, soap, toilet paper, and a flashlight with batteries

Flood

Preparedness

Additional Resources

Tornado Preparedness

Winter Storm

Preparedness

Power Outage Preparedness

Chainsaw and Generator Safety

Every year, roughly 36,000 people are treated in emergency rooms as a result of accidents with a chainsaw. The risk of injury increases after dangerous weather, when trees are blown over.

Check out this website for great advice in chainsaw safety.

Medical Reserve Corps

In the event of a widespread disaster, the Health Department will need a large number of volunteers to help support efforts to restore the community. Any individual over 18 years of age,  who would like to contribute their skills and talents to the community in a disaster, are urged to become a Northern Kentucky Medical Reserve Corps member. Those with medical backgrounds, as well as any individual who is willing to support their community in a disaster is welcome.
The Northern Kentucky MRC volunteers are used to support a variety of disaster and emergency events. Examples of activities that MRC volunteers could support include the following:
  • Community education/outreach
  • Community vaccination clinics
  • Disease testing and surveillance
  • Disaster clean-up/recovery support
  • Emergency shelter operations
  • First aid and medical support during large public gatherings
  • Mass dispensing efforts
If you wish to become a member, please go to www.kentuckyhelps.com and select the SIGN UP tab.

More information

For more information, please contact Stella Barber at Stella.Barber@nkyhealth.org.