Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana

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Program/Service:	Field Sanitation Team Training, Environmental Science
Category:	Environmental Health
Organization/ Department:	Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital
Description:	A forty-hour certification for Field Sanitation Teams on Fort Polk is provided. Classes include: Heat/Cold Injury Prevention, Chemical/Noise Hazards, Water Supply and Food Service Sanitation, Arthropod Management, and Pesticide Application.
Length of Course:	N/A
Fees/ Cost:	N/A
Schedule:	Call for upcoming class dates.
Contact Info/ POC:	337-531-1762 (G3 Schools) 337-531-3402
Web site:	http://www.polk.amedd.army.mil/content/envhealth.htm
Location:	Bldg 3504 Georgia Ave.


Program/Service:	Public Health Sanitation Inspection & Education, Environmental Science
Category:	Environmental Health
Organization/ Department:	Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital
Description:	Inspections of swimming pools, hot tubs, and natural bathing areas weekly (seasonal); food service facilities, vending machines, gymnasiums, barber/beauty shops, and recreational areas. Sanitation education is provided upon request. A sanitation certification course for food service facility managers and employees is offered as necessary.
Length of Course:	N/A
Fees/ Cost:	N/A
Schedule:	Monday - Friday: 0800 - 1600
Contact Info/ POC:	337-531-3402
Web site:	http://www.polk.amedd.army.mil/content/envhealth.htm*
Location:	Georgia Ave., Bldg. 3504


Program/Service:	Wet Bulb Notification
Category:	Environmental Health
Organization/ Department:	Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital
Description:	Get up to the Hour Heat Index information.
Length of Course:	N/A
Fees/ Cost:	N/A
Schedule:	24-Hour Wet Bulb temperatures during Spring-Summer Months
Contact Info/ POC:	N/A
Web site:	http://www.polk.amedd.army.mil/Public/Wetbulb/viewmeasurements.asp*
Location:	N/A

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