The Office of Environmental Health & Safety and the Hazardous Materials Division participated in joint disaster response exercises during the Great Shake Out on October 18, 2018. Activities included the set up of staging and rehab areas, review of procedural guidelines, and instruction on PPE/SCBA equipment use….
Month: October 2018
Health Alert: Typhus Outbreak
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has declared an outbreak of Flea-Borne Typhus in Downtown Los Angeles. As of October 4, 2018, six of the nine cases of the flea-borne disease have been found in persons experiencing homelessness. Read the Health Alert >>…