by Gino Sisco | May 19, 2020 | Environmental Services, Threat Preparedness
Jefferson County’s COVID-19 Task Force, a group made up of representatives from the county, municipalities and community stakeholders, has been meeting twice weekly to review and interpret guidance received from the governor’s office. The documents below...
by Gino Sisco | Apr 30, 2020 | Environmental Services, Threat Preparedness
If you are a currently permitted child care or licensed home day care and would like to reopen you must first contact the Bureau for Children and Families and apply to open as a Critical Care Center. Once you have done that and BCF notifies our office you are pending...
by Gino Sisco | Apr 29, 2020 | Environmental Services, JCHD News
RABIES ALERT: This is a follow-up to our April 16th alert for the Mordington Circle area of Charles Town. Please be advised that we now have additional reports of cats charging people in this same area. This behavior is indicative of rabies. Do not approach any...
by Gino Sisco | Apr 16, 2020 | Environmental Services, Threat Preparedness
RABIES ALERT! This is a public health notification that the Jefferson County (WV) Health Department has issued a “Rabies Alert” for the Mordington Circle area of Charles Town The WV Office of Laboratory Services notified our office (JCHD) on April 16, 2020 of a...
by Gino Sisco | Apr 14, 2020 | Environmental Services, Threat Preparedness
We are happy to announce we are now accepting new well and septic system applications again. It may take longer than usual to process applications due to sanitarians working on COVID-19-related issues. Thank you all for your patience during the temporary...
by Gino Sisco | Apr 8, 2020 | Environmental Services, Threat Preparedness
Update 4/14/2020 – we are now accepting well and septic applications again. Due to the increased workload related to COVID-19, our office will temporarily not be accepting new well and septic applications. We will still handle final inspections and repairs. Our...