• Install a smoke alarm near bedrooms and on each floor of your home. Test it monthly and change the battery once a year.
• Install a Carbon Monoxide alarm near bedrooms and on each floor of your home. If your alarm sounds, call emergency services (911 or your local fire dept.), and immediately move to fresh air. Know the symptoms of CO poisioning: headache, fatigue, dizziness and shortness of breath. If you experience these symptoms, get fresh air right away and contact a doctor.
• Make sure heating heating equipment is installed properly. Have a trained specialist inspect and tune up your heating system each year.
• Kepp portable heaters at least 3 feet from anything that can burn, including bedding, furniture and clothing. Never drape clothing over a space heater to dry.
• Keep children and pets away from space heaters. Never leave children in a room alone when a space heater is in use.
• If you use a kerosene heater, use only the fuel recommended by the manufacturer. Never put gasoline in a kerosene heater - it could explode.
• Have your fireplace chimney and flue inspected each year and cleaned if needed. If you use a wood-burning stove, have the chimney connection and flue checked each year
• Never use your range or oven to heat your home, even for a short time.

• Be prepared. Before cold weather hits, make sure you have a way to heat your home during a power failure.
• Keep on hand extra blankets, flashlights with extra batteries, matches, a first aid kit, manual can opener, snow shovel and rock salt, and special items (e.g., diapers).
• Stock a few days supply of water, recommended medications and food that does not need to be refriderated or cooked.
• Dress in several layers to maintain body heat. Covering up with blankets can also conserver heat.

• Dress warmly, paying special attention to feet, hands, nose and ears.
• Avoid shoveling snow if you are out of shape. If you have a history of heart trouble, do not shovel snow unless your doctor says it's okay.
• Do light warm-up exercises before shoveling and take frequent breaks.
• If possible, push snow in front of you. If you have to lift, pick up small amounts and lift with your legs, not your back. Do not toss snow over your shoulder or to the side.
• Don't drink alchohol before or while shoveling snow. Never smoke while shoveling.
• Use rock salt or de-icing compounds to remove ice from steps, walkways and sidewalks. Sand placed on walkways may also help prevent slipping.
• Do not put your hand in the snow blower to remove impacted snow or debris. turn the machine off and wait a few seconds. then use a stick or broom handle to remove the material.
• Do not leave the snow blower unattended when it's running.

• Keep emergency gear in your car for everyday trips:
• Cell Phone
• Flashlight
• Jumper Cables
• Sand or Kitty Litter (for traction)
• Ice Scraper, Snow brush, and small shovel
• Blankets
• Warning Devices (e.g., Flares, Reflectors)
• For long trips, keep food and water and extra blankets in the car.
• If your car is parked outside, make sure the exhaust pipe and the area around it are free of snow before you start your car.
• don't sit in a parked car with the engine running unless a window is open. Do not let your car run while parked in a garage.
• Walk on sidewalks if possible. If sidewalks are covered in snow and ice and you must walk in the street, walk against the flow of traffic and as close to the curb as you can.
• Don't wear a hat or scarf that blocks your vision or makes it hard for you to hear traffic.
• when traveling with babies or small children, dress them in bright or reflective clothing.
• Always keep children-whether it is a stroller or on foot- in front of you and as close to the curb as possible.
• Before you step off the curb, make sure oncoming cars and trucks have come to a complete stop.

The Ohio Department of Health Adult Hepatitis Vaccination Project

Shelby Home and Public Health in partnership with the Ohio Department of Health will provide Hepatitis A and B vaccine to clients who have no ability to pay as long as they meet the criteria listed below.

Eligibility:
The free vaccine is for adults, ages 19 or older, who fall into one or more of the followingcategories:
1. Present in settings in which a high portion of adults have risks of HBV infection.
2. Have identified high-risk behavior(s) that put them at risk for HBV

The following listing below describes who is eligible to recieve the free vaccine through this program.

Hepatitis B

• Clients presenting at STD clinics, whether or not they have an STD
• Clients presenting at HIV counseling and testing sites, whether or not they have HIV
• Clients at drug abuse and prevention settings
• Clients served at health-care settings targeting services to injection users
• Clients served at health-care settings targeting services to men who have sex with men
• Inmates at correctional facilities
• Persons infected with Hepatitus C virus
• HIV positive persons
• Contacts of HBV positive clients that are not covered under the Perinatal HBV Prevention Program
• Clients with multiple sex partners
• Clients in group homes
• Sexual contacts of STD and HIV positive persons
• Family planning clients requesting STD services
• Homeless persons
• Sex workers
• Asians screened for HBV at screening events sponsored by Ohio Asian organizations who are not infected with HBV and not immune HBV (with referral card)

• Clients with chronic Hepatitis B or C
• Clients with HIV
• Men who have sex with men
• Current illicit drug users (includes those in substance abuse treatment programs but it does NOT include marijuana users in the absence of other illicit drug use.