Disasters and Emergencies:
The Role of the Environmental Health System
Our Primary Role
During a natural disaster or other emergency, such as a terrorist
attack, the primary role of Minnesota’s Environmental Health
system is to provide services essential for protecting and ensuring
the well being of the people in affected areas, with an emphasis
on prevention and control of disease and injury.
Our Priorities
Our environmental health priorities include:
- Ensuring an adequate supply of safe drinking water.
- Providing food protection measures.
- Ensuring basic sanitation services.
- Promoting personal hygiene.
- Assisting the efforts of first responders by providing health
risk consultations or advising on exposure pathways.
- Providing information to emergency managers to help assess
the scale of the emergency to ensure an effective response.
For more information on this page, please refer to the Emergencies Contact Us Web page.
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