Credit: PhotoSpin Local law enforcement and health officials are warning the public about a spate of deaths in beach communities connected to cocaine laced with the highly-potent and often deadly drug fentanyl.
The County of San Diego proclaimed a local emergency on July 6 for the West Fire in Alpine. The proclamation allows the County to request all federal and state assistance available to help fight the fire and rebuild. Current conditions no longer warrant a local emergency and therefore the Local Emergency for the West Fire has expired, effective midnight September 6.
Credit: Pixabay San Diego County is vulnerable to many types of emergencies: fires, floods, and earthquakes just to name a few. These disasters can strike at any time, and we should all be prepared to keep ourselves, and our loved ones, safe. But a 2017 survey conducted by the County found only half of San Diego County residents are prepared to evacuate their homes within 15 minutes. Only 38 percent have an emergency plan.
Offices and libraries of the County of San Diego will be closed Monday, Sept. 3, in observance of Labor Day. Law enforcement, emergency animal response and other essential services will remain open.
What happens when San Diego County Parks and Recreation and the San Diego County Office of Emergency Services team up to encourage emergency preparedness? They launch a Summer Preparedness Camp-aign.
In this edition, we take a look at a what a Local Assistance Center offers up to residents after a disaster, specifically the West Fire in Alpine, and explore the offerings of a Community Transition Center and how it’s helped out people after incarceration.
A recent report by the California State Auditor focusing on County of San Diego Public Health Nursing programs concluded that the County appropriately used its surge plan to address the regional outbreak of hepatitis A, and that its public health nurses are effectively meeting the health needs of children and families they serve. Audit Report […]
