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Phone numbers
For emergency information, reporting illnesses, reporting suspicious substances or packages, drinking water questions or radiation questions

Our public health emergency program
Program activities are described in our annual report

Emergency Resource Guide
Available for download from this site or in print from the state Department of Printing.

H1N1 (swine flu) Information
What you need to know about H1N1 and how to protect yourself from it.

More emergency preparedness Web sites

Fact Sheets (A - Z)

• 9-1-1 emergency calling: How to use it correctly

• Anthrax

• Bioterrorism – questions and answers on how you can prepare

• Bomb threats

• Botulism

• Brucellosis

• Business preparedness

• Carbon monoxide poisoning

• Chemical warfare agents

• Children, helping them after a disaster

• Contact card – Out-of-area emergency contact information

• Disabilities and preparedness

  • Deaf and hard of hearing

  • Mobility disabilities

  • Special medical needs

  • Visual disabilities

• E. coli

• Earthquakes

• Emergency supplies checklist

• Fires in the home

• Floods

  • Cleaning your basement after a flood

• Food, keeping it safe during power outages

• Generators, how to use during a power outage

• Germs, prevent their spread

• Glanders

• Hantavirus

• Hot weather precautions

• Household preparedness

• Hypothermia

• Landslides and mud flows

• Medication distribution during emergencies

• Methamphetamine labs

• Pneumonic Plague

• Pandemic flu

• Poison – accidental poisoning and Washington State's Poison Control Center

• Power outages –
  See also Keeping food safe after a power outage

• Protect your pets

• Psychological and emotional needs during and after emergencies

• Radioactive materials

  • What you should know if there is an attack involving radiation (PDF, 35 K)

  • How to reduce exposure to radiation (PDF, 35 K)

  • Surviving a dirty bomb (PDF, 35 K)

• Sewage spills – cleaning up an indoor sewage spill

• Shelter-in-place

• Smallpox

• Terrorism

• Tsunamis

• Tularemia

• Utilities, how to turn off

• Vehicle preparedness – Supplies to carry in your vehicle and driving tips for difficult conditio

• Viral hemorrhagic fevers

• Water for drinking during emergencies

• Water, how to purify

• Water – alternative sources in an emergency

• Water heaters, how to secure

• West Nile virus

• Winter storms
  See also Hypothermia
  

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  Emergency Information Phone Lines

Report illnesses, dead animals, health emergencies
Call your local health department. Find the Web site with their 24/7 contact number here.

If your local health department is unavailable contact the Washington State Department of Health at:
1-877-539-4344 (from 8-5. Monday-Friday).

For drinking water emergencies
1-877-481-4901 - Office of Drinking Water Hotline available 24/7

For Radiation Emergencies
206-NUCLEAR -  Radiation Protection Program Hotline available 24/7

Accidental poisoning
1-800-222-1222 to reach the Washington Poison Center or any poison center across the nation.

During Public Health Emergencies

Public Health Emergency Information Line – Washington State Department of Health
1-800-556-8744 – (recorded information)  

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Information Hotlines
Hours: M-F: 5 a.m.–8 p.m.; Sa-Su: 7 a.m.–5 p.m. PST
English: 1-888-246-2675
Spanish: 1-888-246-2857
TTY: 1-866-874-2646

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