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97 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Kittitas County Public Health Department <br />Environmental Health <br />Table of Contents <br /> <br /> <br /> Topic Page <br /> <br /> <br />I. Purpose 97 <br /> <br />II. Planning Assumptions 97-98 <br /> <br />III. Policies 98 <br /> <br />IV. Responsibilities 98 <br /> <br />V. Concept of Operations 98-99 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I. Purpose <br />Environmental Health (EH) refers to the ability to reduce the risk of human contact with <br />environmental public health hazards in the event of an emergency. Reducing exposure risk pertains <br />to hazards such as contaminated food, air, water, solid waste, hazardous materials, and vectors <br />associated with exposure to infectious diseases, bacteria and pathogens. <br /> <br />II. Planning Assumptions <br />Based on the Kittitas County Hazard Identification and Vulnerability Assessment (HIVA), EH <br />response will most frequently address incidents involving flooding and wildfires. However,