News and Announcements

Countywide dispatch plan could save millions
January 6, 2012 -

From The Cape Cod Times – BARNSTABLE — Local officials were briefed Thursday on a regional emergency dispatch study that could save Cape towns millions of dollars. The study, funded [...]

2011 – 2012 Flu Vaccine – Answers to Common Questions
October 6, 2011 -

The flu vaccine recommendations this year are that everyone 6 months of age and older should receive a flu shot. The three vaccine strains in this years vaccine are the [...]

CDC Response to New Movie “Contagion”
September 9, 2011 -

The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta has created a website in response to the opening of the new movie “Contagion”. This site addresses issues such as how does CDC [...]

National Preparedness Month – Interview Link
September 9, 2011 -

BCREPC Chairman, Mashpee Fire Chief George Baker, and Co-Chairman, Dennis Police Department Chief Michael Whalen, discuss emergency preparedness on Cape Cod.  (Special thanks to the Cape Cod Media Center for [...]

BCDHE Irene Response
August 30, 2011 -

Below are a few articles pertaining to the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment’s efforts leading up to and during hurricane Irene. Hurricane Irene: Eye on the storm - Cape [...]

Project spotlights sun protection
August 12, 2011 -

From the Cape Cod Times – CENTERVILLE — As the sun plays cat and mouse with clouds above Cape Cod this week, it might be easy for vacationers to forget [...]

Free Money
July 25, 2011 -

Well not exactly. Under a new initiative the Barnstable County Department of Health and Environment (BCDHE) will offer the first 15 applicants who have a failed septic system and are [...]

Tick talks target Martha’s Vineyard elementary school students
June 24, 2011 -

MVTimes.com – “There’s a giant tick,” a first-grader exclaimed as he recently walked into the Tisbury School gymnasium. But as he soon found, unlike most repulsive parasites of its kind, [...]