Critical Signal Technologies (CST) provides in-home personal emergency response (PERS) for seniors, keeping them safe and independent in the comfort of their own homes.

Programs that are responsible for preventing, investigating, controlling and extinguishing fires. Activities include fire safety education, firefighting, investigating the causes of suspicious fires, maintaining equipment and trained firefighters necessary for a quick and efficient response to fires when they occur, and enforcing fire codes which protect lives and property from fires and explosions arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, or from conditions hazardous to life and property in the use or occupancy of buildings or other premises.

Public Water Supply: inspections and surveys are performed at public water supplies.

Permitted Facility Inspections: Operation and maintenance of facilities serving the public will minimize disease outbreaks and health risks. In the Food Protection Program, restaurant inspections are regulated and standardized. Temporary Residence Program inspections include hotels, motels, campgrounds, and children's camps. Public Bathing Facility inspections are performed any place where residents are swimming, with the exception of swimming areas at Allegany State Park. Tattoo/Body Piercing program inspections are performed to prevent infections and transmission of blood-borne pathogens.

Contaminant Control: includes Childhood Lead Poisoning Control if a referral from Nursing Division states child has elevated lead in bloodwork, Clean Indoor Air Act

(CIAA), Adolescent Tobacco Use Prevention Act (ATUPA), and Hazardous Chemical/Radiological Waste Site Remediation.

Vector Control: Rabies Vaccination Clinics offered every January, May and September; Mosquito Surveillance and Control begins in May, ends in August; Lyme Disease/Deer Tick Education programs are ongoing.

Contaminant Control: includes Childhood Lead Poisoning Control if a referral from Nursing Division states child has elevated lead in bloodwork, Clean Indoor Air Act (CIAA), Adolescent Tobacco Use Prevention Act (ATUPA), and Hazardous Chemical/Radiological Waste Site Remediation.

Vector Control: Rabies Vaccination Clinics offered every January, May and September; Mosquito Surveillance and Control begins in May, ends in August; Lyme Disease/Deer Tick Education programs are ongoing.

restaurants includes temporary food events and mobile units, mobile home parks, public health complaints, private water concerns and sampling, required inspections of water supplies and sewage systems for property transfers, rabies – bat in sleeping areas, animal bites, bites/exposure of people and pets by wild animals, sewage problems – both self and neighbors

Programs that are responsible for preventing, investigating, controlling and extinguishing fires. Activities include fire safety education, firefighting, investigating the causes of suspicious fires, maintaining equipment and trained firefighters necessary for a quick and efficient response to fires when they occur, and enforcing fire codes which protect lives and property from fires and explosions arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, or from conditions hazardous to life and property in the use or occupancy of buildings or other premises.

Police and protective services.

The Sheriff's Department protects and maintains a safe environment for the citizens of Essex County. The department includes a Civil Division, which serves and executes the legal processes of noncriminal courts, consistent with NYS law,; a patrol division with certified and trained officers, and the Essex County Correctional Facility.

Programs that are responsible for preventing, investigating, controlling and extinguishing fires. Activities include fire safety education, firefighting, investigating the causes of suspicious fires, maintaining equipment and trained firefighters necessary for a quick and efficient response to fires when they occur, and enforcing fire codes which protect lives and property from fires and explosions arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, or from conditions hazardous to life and property in the use or occupancy of buildings or other premises.

Programs that are responsible for preventing, investigating, controlling and extinguishing fires. Activities include fire safety education, firefighting, investigating the causes of suspicious fires, maintaining equipment and trained firefighters necessary for a quick and efficient response to fires when they occur, and enforcing fire codes which protect lives and property from fires and explosions arising from the storage, handling and use of hazardous substances, materials and devices, or from conditions hazardous to life and property in the use or occupancy of buildings or other premises.

SUNY Broome offers a Defensive Driving Course that offers new approaches to accident prevention. New York State drivers who complete the course become eligible for discounts on their auto insurance.

Smoke Detectors Save Lives

The majority of fatal home fires happen at night, when people are asleep. Contrary to popular belief, the smell of smoke may not wake a sleeping person. The poisonous gasses and smoke produced by a fire can numb the senses and put you into a deeper sleep. Inexpensive household smoke detectors sound an alarm, alerting you to a fire. By giving you time to escape, smoke detectors cut your risk of dying in a home fire nearly in half. Smoke detectors save so many lives most states have laws requiring them in private homes.

Choosing a Detector

Be sure that the smoke detectors you buy carry the label of an independent testing laboratory. Several types of detectors are available. Some run on batteries, others on household current. Some detect smoke using an "ionization" sensor, others use a "photoelectric" detection system. All approved smoke detectors, regardless of the type, will offer adequate protection provided they are installed and maintained.

Is One Enough?

Every home should have a smoke detector outside each sleeping area and on every level of the home, including the basement. The National Fire Alarm Code, developed by NFPA requires a smoke detector in each sleeping room for new construction On floors without bedrooms, detectors should be installed in or near living areas, such as dens, living rooms, or family rooms. Be sure everyone sleeping in your home can hear your smoke detector's alarms. If any residents are hearing impaired or sleep with bedroom doors closed, install additional detectors inside sleeping areas as well. There are special smoke detectors for the hearing impaired; these flash a light in addition to sounding an audible alarm.

For extra protection, NFPA suggests installing detectors in dining rooms, furnace rooms, utility rooms, and hallways. Smoke detectors are not recommended for kitchens, bathrooms, or garages - where cooking fumes, steam or exhaust fumes could set off false alarms - or for attics and other unheated spaces where humidity and temperature changes might affect a detector's operation.

Where To Install

Because smoke rises, mount detectors high on a wall or on the ceiling. Wall-mounted units should be mounted so that the top of the detector is 4 to 12 inches (10 to 30 cm) from the ceiling. A ceiling mounted detector should be attached at least four inches (10 cm) from the nearest wall. In a room with a pitched ceiling, mount the detector at or near the ceiling's highest point. In stairways with no doors at the top or bottom, position smoke detectors anywhere in the path of smoke moving up the stairs. But always position smoke detectors at the bottom of closed stairways, such as those leading to the basement, because dead air trapped near the door at the top of a stairway could prevent smoke from reaching a detector located at the top. Don't install a smoke detector too near a window, door, or forced-air register where drafts could interfere with the detector's operation.

Installation.

Most battery-powered smoke detectors and detectors that plug into wall outlets can be installed using only a drill and a screwdriver, by following the manufacturer's instructions. Plug-in detectors must have restraining devices so they cannot be unplugged by accident. Detectors can also be hard-wired into a building's electrical system. Hard-wired detectors should be installed by a qualified electrician. Never connect a smoke detector to a circuit that can be turned off by a wall switch.

False Alarms

Cooking vapors and steam sometimes set off a smoke detector. To correct this, try moving the detector away from the kitchen or bathroom, or install an exhaust fan. Cleaning your detector regularly, according to the manufacturer's instructions, may also help.

If "nuisance alarms" persist, do not disable the detector. Replace the detector.

Maintenance

Only a functional smoke detector can protect you.

Never disable a detector by "borrowing" its battery for another use.