Essex County, NY Emergency Services

There will be an Interior Firefighting Operations Training course beginning September 28 at the Moriah Fire Department at 1830 hrs. Pre-Registration is required through Essex County Emergency Services by calling 873-3904.

There will be a Hoarders House Fire Seminar, September 29 at 1900 hours at the Public Safety Building in Lewis. The seminar is being presented virtually and preregistration is required through NYSAFC. There is a fee associated with the seminar. Please see attached for more information and registration info.

*SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT* ...TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING... New Storm Information and Overview... At 1100 AM, the center of Tropical Storm Isaias was located near latitude 39.1 North, longitude 76.1 West, or about 20 miles south-southwest of Frederick, Maryland. Present movement is north-northeast at 35 mph. Central pressure is 993 millibars. ...Continue reading

TORNADO WATCH Effective immediately until 10pm tonight. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 410 INEFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN NORTHERN NEW YORK-CLINTON, ESSEX, FRANKLIN, ST. LAWRENCE.... IN VERMONT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL VERMONT. ADDISON IN NORTHWEST VERMONTCHITTENDEN, FRANKLIN, GRAND ISLE IN SOUTHERN VERMONT. RUTLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBURG, BURLINGTON, DANNEMORA, GOUVERNEUR, LAKE PLACID, MALONE, MASSENA, MIDDLEBURY, OGDENSBURG, PLATTSBURGH, PORT HENRY, POTSDAM, RUTLAND, SARANAC LAKE, SOUTH HERO, ST. ALBANS, TICONDEROGA, TUPPER LAKE, AND VERGENNES.

The revised post Covid shutdown Fire Training Schedule. As always, please call/email Tiffany at 518-873-3904/[email protected] to preregister.

Report for Wednesday, 7/22/2020: # of COVID-19 Tests Total: 8687 # of Positive Cases: 75 *... Total Lab-Confirmed: 59 (1 new case today) Total Suspect: 16 # of COVID-19 Antibody Tests: 3294 * Total Positive Antibody Tests: 69 ** Total ACTIVE Cases: 5 * Number of tests includes persons tested more than once **Antibody testing is not typically used for diagnostic purposes.

COVID-19 Update # of COVID-19 Tests Total: 8602* Total Positive Cases (COVID+): 74... Confirmed...............................58 (2 new cases today) Suspect....................................16 # of COVID-19 Antibody Tests: 3282 * Total Positive Antibody Tests: 68 ** Total ACTIVE Cases: 4 * Number of tests includes persons tested more than once **Antibody testing is not typically used for diagnostic purposes.

COVID-19 Update # of COVID-19 Tests Total: 8450 * Total Positive Cases: 72 (2 new cases today) Confirmed: ..................56... Suspect: .......................16 Total ACTIVE Cases: 2 # of COVID-19 Antibody Tests: 3279 * Total Positive Antibody Tests: ........68 ** * Number of tests includes persons tested more than once. **Antibody testing is not typically used for diagnostic purposes.

Here is the daily update for July 15. You will notice that our chart below has changed slightly as we work to streamline the information we are reporting. While... we will continue to be as transparent as possible, we must balance information sharing with critical COVID-19 response activities and other core public health functions that must be sustained during this time. # of COVID-19 Tests Total: 8114 * Total Positive Cases: 70 Confirmed: 54 Suspect: 16 # of COVID-19 Antibody Tests: 3221 * Total Positive Antibody Tests: 63 ** * Number of tests includes persons tested more than once. **Antibody testing is not typically used for diagnostic purposes. Total ACTIVE Cases: 1

As of Tuesday 07/14/2020 at 5pm: # of COVID-19 Tests Total:8025 * Total Positive Cases: 70 Confirmed: 54 (inmate)... Suspect:16 # of COVID-19 Antibody Tests: 3196 * Total Positive Antibody Tests: 63 ** * Number of tests includes persons tested more than once. **Antibody testing is not typically used for diagnostic purposes.

# of COVID-19 Tests Total:7853 * Total Positive Cases (COVID+): 69 Confirmed...............................53 Suspect....................................16... # of COVID-19 Antibody Tests: 3180 * Total Positive Antibody Tests: 60 ** * Number of tests includes persons tested more than once. **Antibody testing is not typically used for diagnostic purposes. NOTE: Quarantine orders do not include the contacts from the new case. These numbers will be updated tomorrow (7/14).

There are no (0) new cases today. This report includes inmates not previously reported. This Department continues to work with other local health departments, s...tates and NYS and federal correctional facilities on collaborative investigations and reporting. Correctional facilities conduct COVID-19 positive inmate case investigations and isolate all inmate cases. Our Department works with these facilities to conduct contact tracing and issues orders of quarantine as appropriate for residents, such as correction officers and other facility employees, for anyone meeting NYSDOH contact criteria. Thursday 07/09/2020 at 3:55 pm # of COVID-19 Tests Total: 7442 # of COVID-19 Antibody Tests: 3149

Several additional airports are now identifying domestic travelers to local health departments for wider reach of residents/visitors entering the county from st...ates in the NYS Travel Advisory. As of Wednesday 07/08/2020 at 4:15 pm # of COVID-19 Tests Total: 7337 * # of COVID-19 Antibody Tests: 3135 * * Number of tests includes persons tested more than once **Antibody testing is not typically used for diagnostic purposes. Positive tests do not definitively indicate cases. Inconclusive tests are counted in the total number of COVID tests, physicians may conduct further testing based on clinical presentation.