Provides safety programs in the areas of: residential security evaluations, firearm safety, Halloween safety, school safety, bicycle safety, neighborhood watch programs, personal safety, traffic safety, and child passenger safety.

Rsponsible for the control and extinction of fires in urban or wilderness areas; the inspection of buildings and hillside property to ensure potential fire hazards; and the maintenance of equipment and trained firefighters necessary for a quick and efficient response to fires when they occur. Also provides 24 hour emergency medical services. All firefighters are cross-trained as paramedics.

Provides a multi-session class that reviews techniques and strategies to educate individuals in ways that they can prevent themselves from falling. Participants learn to view falls and fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals for increasing activity, make changes to reduce fall risks at home, and are encouraged to exercise to increase strength and balance.

Provides a program that prepares students to be safe when they are home alone. The program is designed to enable any adult that enjoys teaching pre-teens to facilitate an introductory level program to prepare students to care for themselves when parents are away for short periods of time. The 90-minute program teaches students how to practice safe habits, how to prevent unsafe situations, and what to do when faced with dangers such as power failures or weather emergencies.

Responsible for the control and extinction of fires in urban and wilderness areas; the inspection of buildings and hillside property to ensure potential fire hazards; and the maintenance of equipment and trained firefighters necessary for a quick and efficient response to fires when they occur. Also, provides emergency medical services and ALS transportation to local hospitals.

Offers crime prevention and safety programs in the areas of: fraud protection, child abuse prevention, juvenile delinquency prevention.

Offers in-home enviromental and medical assessments of homes to protect against health hazards. Program focus is on mold and other asthma triggers. Licensed santarians and nurses are available for consultation. Also families that have children with asthma may qualify for grants to make necessary modifications to negate dangers.

These classes are more in-depth than the SLIP program and include exercises to help with balance. The classes address the fear of falling, balance, and exercise. Classes meet once a week for eight weeks.

Performs health and safety insepctions of housing units and assesses for rehabilitation. Performs lead based paint and lead pipe assessments as well as polution and soil contamination checks.

Offers a paramedicine program to reduce the number of non-emergency 9-1-1 calls. Provides home consultations and preventative care, home safety assessments, social services referrals, education and assistance with health care system navigation. The program will track participants’ progress to monitor improvements.

Program to help senior citizens who have fallen at home. Working in conjunction with local EMS, the home health division will follow up with senior citizens who have called EMS when they have fallen. KCHD will send a public health nurse to assess the home environment and the individual and then we can provide adaptive equipment if needed, offer recommendations, make referrals to other agencies and connect with the individual’s healthcare provider.

Provides programs to highlight the dangers of electricity in the home, at work, and in agricultural settings.

Provides a multi-session class that reviews techniques and strategies to educate individuals in ways that they can prevent themselves from falling. Participants learn to view falls and fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals for increasing activity, make changes to reduce fall risks at home, and are encouraged to exercise to increase strength and balance.

Classes help participants learn about the most common causes of falls, preventing falls, and decreasing the risk and fear of falling.

Offers classes and information on basic infant care, such as bathing, nutrition, and distinguishing cries. Class offered to new or expecting parents. Upon the completion of the class, the client will receive a layette.

Fall Prevention workshops are offered as part of our Senior Program. This exercise program focuses on improving balance.

Provides home safety assessments, home safety modification items, and falls prevention programming, including: * Tai Chi for Arthritis * Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls * Stepping On * GeriFit

Provides safety programs in the areas of: residential security evalulations, firearm safety, halloween safety, school safety, bicycle safety, neighborhood watch programs, and personal safety.

Responsible for control and extinguishing of fires in an urban setting; provide emergency medical services to the community the inspection of buildings and property to eliminate potential fire hazards; provide community wide fire safety, first aid, CPR, and life safety education; and training of firefighters and emergency medical technicians to maintain high quality of service in a timely manner.

Operates a poison hotline. Does not provide pill identification services. Offers information and education on poison prevention and treatment. Provides literature and speakers on toxic products, poison prevention and treatment.

Provides information to help people protect themselves from environmental hazards. Advocates for and assists with policy development of environmental health issues. Focuses on topics such as housing related health hazards, asbestos, air pollution, asthma triggers and controls (especially for children), carbon monoxide, chemical accidents, global warming, household hazardous waste disposal, lawn care, lead, mold, ozone, pesticides, and radon. Offers speakers and printed materials about health and environmental threats.

The "Be Poison Smart!"® Program provides poison prevention education to health care providers, students, parents and the general public.

Offers interactive, small group, evidence-based workshop that meets for eight (8) weekly sessions. Topics include managing fear of falling; physical risk factors for falls; developing habits, techniques, and strategies to prevent falls; and home safety. Participants learn to view falls and fear of falling as controllable, set realistic goals for increasing activity, and learn evidence-based exercises that improve balance, strength, and flexibility.

Offers online topical guides to increase public awareness of the measures that people can take before, during, and after a major disaster or emergency. Topics include: - Chemical Emergency. - Covid-19. - Drought. - Earthquake. - Extreme Heat. - Fire. - Flood. - Flu. - Food Safety. - High Wind Safety. - Highway Safety. - Hurricane. - Landslide. - Nuclear Explosion. - Poisoning. - Power Outage. - Terrorism. - Thunderstorm. - Tornado. - Tsunami. - Volcano. - Water Safety. - Wildfire. - Winter Storm.

Responsible for the control and extinction of fires in urban or wilderness areas; the inspection of buildings and hillside property to ensure potential fire hazards; and the maintenance of equipment and trained firefighters necessary for a quick and efficient response to fires when they occur.