* Provides fire suppression, first response medical, and rescue services. * Offers safety planning, home and work safety assessments, and education. * Assists with detector installations. * Assists with child seat installations.

Provides a program in response to COVID-19 to support individuals and families who have lost family members to death as a result of COVID-19. The program will link crisis counselors with families to provide emotional and spiritual support, as well as targeted short-term case management to assist with navigating through the challenging processes they might be faced with as a result of the death. This might include challenges with moving the family member’s body through the hospital, nursing home, medical examiner and funeral home systems in this time when those systems may be overwhelmed and their processes may be different than they normally are. They may also include linkage to legal resources for estate, custody, immigration or other issues related to the death.

* Provides confidential diagnosis and treatment of STD's.* Offers HIV counseling and testing. * Provides pregnancy testing.* Provides applicable vaccines.* Provides medications to keep HIV negative people from becoming infected (PrEP).

* Provides education to prevent lead poisoning.

Provides surveilleance and plan approval of public water supplies, wastewater treatment plants, individual properties, realty subdivisions, and residential developments. Conducts stream monitoring, pollution investigation, toxic waste surveillance, and ionizing radiation installation inspections.

* Provides information to the community about health department programs such as: Starlight Pediatrics (Foster Care Pediatric Clinic) Comprehensive primary care to children in Monroe County Department of Social Services Foster Care Children's Program Immunization Clinic/Immunization Program Flu Clinics - Annual program for eligible high-risk persons Emergency Clinics; Tuberculosis control - tuberculosis screening

Offers testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases-confidential HIV testing, Hepatitis C testing, and PrEP education and referrals.

Village services

* Provides a hotline where concerned individuals can call and be triaged. If symptoms warrant testing, they will be directed to a site.

Provides information for HIV/AIDS Basics & Other Resources Basic Facts Statistics:http://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/general/statistics/index.htm.HIV and AIDS Facts - Brochure, November 2012 (English) (PDF, 848KB, 12pg.)Spanish - November 2012 (PDF, 1.4MB, 7pg.) Resources Health Care and Prevention What Can I Do If I Have Just Been Exposed to HIV Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself Quiz Talking with Young People about HIV/AIDS & Youth Development Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program (ESAP) and Safe Sharps Disposal Links Between HIV and other Diseases STD & HIV Facts What You Need to Know (About the Links Between HIV & STDs) HIV and Cancer: What is the Link Call the HIV TTY/TTD Information Line at: 1-212-925-95 1-800-541-AIDS (English) 60 Voice callers use the New York relay: 711 or 1-800-421-1220 and ask for 1-212-925-9560. http://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/aids/consumers/hiv_basics/index.htm

Educational/technical information only for West Nile Virus, Lyme Disease, mold, bed bugs, tattoo parlors and tanning parlors.

* Provides education and information on lead risk reduction methods.

* Provides lead poisoning screening

* Provides nursing and environmental home visits for children with elevated lead levels.

Provides home visits by a registered nurse to prenatal women, newborns, and postpartum or breastfeeding women and their families to help answer questions and provide resources.

* Conducts inspections of food manufacturers, grocery stores, warehouses, bottling plants.

* Evaluates and inspects food labeling and advertising.

* Seizes unfit or adulterated food.

* Licenses food operators.

* Samples food products for analysis.

* Investigates consumer complaints.

Provides health information and referrals through telephone counseling by registered nurses. Call for free health information or assistance including free health information, physician and service referrals, program registration information, disease management assistance, post-discharge support for patients and families, pre-procedure instructions for diagnostic testing, follow-up for health screens and post-discharge care management for open-heart patients, including patient education and assistance with medications.

Ensures safe and healthful working conditions for workers by setting and enforcing standards

Aims to prevent human rabies via the testing of suspect animals, the rabies vaccination of pets, the monitoring of biting animals, the monitoring of animals exposed to rabies, and the rabies vaccination of persons with known or suspected rabies exposure.

Coronavirus Update as of 3/26:Offering "tele-ergonomics" safety assessments for your home office setup, provided by Empowerment Ergonomics (ebd-ot.com). There is no charge for this service. Either you can send photos/videos ahead of time with a follow-up call from one of our ergonomists, or we can meet live via Zoom or Skype for the assessment. All our work is grant-funded. Contact with questions or to set up an assessment.Free, grant-funded health and safety training programs and consulting information and assistance on workplace health and safety problems, especially ergonomics.Training and consultation on: basic employee rights employer obligations for safe and healthy workplace indoor air quality developing joint safety committees proper workstation design injury prevention return-to-work assistance

The Environmental Health unit is responsible for inspections of all public pools and bathing beaches to ensure compliance with Part 6 of the New York State Sanitary Code. Inspections are done on a quarterly basis for year-round facilities and monthly for seasonal facilities. Additionally, the unit investigates all complaints, whether general and or illness related to the facilities.

Provides research-based information and education on soil improvement, plant selection, proper plant care, eco-friendly practices, integrated pest management, composting and other issues related to gardening.

Provides financial assistance to reduce lead-based paint hazards in privately owned, residential structures throughout Onondaga County. Common repairs provided by the program include new windows, doors, and siding.

* Provides treatment for patients with active tuberculosis (TB) or latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI),

* Offer testing and follow up to individuals who may have been exposed to tuberculosis.Mantoux TB Skin Test for evalvuation of TB disease and individuals who have been in contact with a case of tuberculosis.

* Offers skin tests for work or school available through our immunization clinics. Call for availability.

Provide information on how to file complaints about non-essential gatherings or any non-essential businesses or entities operating in violation of "New York on PAUSE".

public drinking waterfood served to the publicpublic swimming pools and beacheschildren's campshotels/motelscampgroundsresidential developmentson-site sewage systems (septic tanks and holding tanks)mass gatheringsmobile home parksby requiring construction and operating permits and carrying out site investigations.Investigates public health nuisances such as:*chemical exposures*childhood lead poisoning*tobacco smoking complaints*indoor air problems*threatening or strangely acting wild animals: call for a list of licensed nuisance wildlife control persons (trappers) who will remove the animal at the property owner's expense.*wild animal bites: if the wild animal is suspected of being rabid, call 607-274-6688, 24 hours a day.Rabies: vaccination clinics at different locations throughout the year for dogs, cats and ferrets. Click here for details on upcoming clinics http://www.tompkinscountyny.gov/health/eh/rabies#clinics