Communicable Disease & Emergency Preparedness
Preventing Disease, Preparing for Emergencies
Protecting our community's health requires both proactive disease prevention and comprehensive emergency preparedness. The Fremont County Department of Public Health & Environment works diligently on two critical fronts: investigating and controlling communicable diseases to prevent their spread, and maintaining robust emergency response capabilities to protect residents during public health crises.
Through surveillance, rapid response, and coordination with local and state partners, we strive to keep Fremont County safe from both everyday health threats and emergency situations.
Communicable Disease Prevention
Communicable disease prevention, investigation and control is a core public health service in Colorado. Most cases of infectious disease require some type of public health investigation to control and prevent the further spread of disease. Fremont County Department of Public Health and Environment responds to infectious disease cases and outbreaks that pose a threat to the health and safety of Fremont County Residents.
Communicable diseases are those that are transmitted person-to-person, animal-to-person, or vector-to-person. Examples of communicable diseases we have in Colorado include Rabies, Plague, Salmonella, E. Coli, Influenza, COVID-19, West Nile Virus, etc.
The Colorado State Health Department provides guidance on requirements for investigating and preventing the transmission of these diseases and we follow that guidance to protect our community from the spread of those diseases. To find more information on communicable diseases in Colorado please visit: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/health/communicable-diseases.
To find more information and to see current national outbreaks and health topics please visit: https://www.cdc.gov/.
Emergency Preparedness
Emergency Preparedness is something everyone should be thinking about. Here at Fremont County Department of Public Health & Environment we develop and maintain Emergency Operations Plans so that we are prepared in case of a Public Health emergency. We work with other agencies in our county and in our region to perform drills and exercises yearly to test our preparedness capabilities.
Regular collaboration with our response partners such as emergency management, law enforcement, emergency medical services, fire, hospitals and long-term care facilities helps us to transition efficiently and effectively into emergency response when the need arises. During an emergency response that affects public health we serve as the ESF-8 (Emergency Support Function- 8 Health and Medical) lead, supporting the response in the Emergency Operations Center.
For information on how you can be prepared for an emergency, please visit:
To receive local emergency alerts please sign up at: https://member.everbridge.net/355009111785665/login.
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