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Emergency
Contacts
Report suspicious
packages or substances
by
calling your local law enforcement agency at 911. --
First responders or healthcare providers
contact your local health department. Report illnesses
to
your local health
department.
If your
local health department is unavailable:
contact the Washington State Department of Health
at: 1-877-539-4344 from 8-5, Monday through Friday.
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The information on these pages will help you understand and prepare for potential public health emergencies such as
natural disasters, bioterrorism or outbreaks of
infectious disease. You will also find information about what the
Department of Health is doing to prepare.
This site is divided into the following areas:
General Information
Basic information, how to prepare for an emergency,
phone hotlines,
and links.
Local Health Agency and Healthcare Provider information
Technical information and links for public health and healthcare
professionals.
Emergency Resource Guide 2008
The guide contains 46 fact sheets on a variety of preparedness topics.
Individual fact sheets are available on our
fact sheet page along with translated version of many in Cambodian, Chinese,
Korean, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese. A full
version of the Guide is available for download.
Preparación y respuesta a emergencias de salud Pública
Recursos en el idioma español
You can find more information about specific diseases on these
pages:
Pandemic Influenza
SARS
West Nile Virus
Seasonal Flu
Smallpox
Some files on this site require free readers. Download
a reader.
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