Sample Forms • Disaster Assessment, Response and Recovery Checklist • Boulder Co PH Disaster Report Boil Water Order Inspector Checklist for Retail Food Facilities • Boulder Co PH After a Disaster Reopening a Retail Food Establishment Guide and Checklist • Boulder Co PH Disaster Report Fire and Salvage Checklist for Inspectors • Boulder Co PH Inspector Checklist Electrical Outage Sample forms can be downloaded at: bit.ly/wild - fire-guide . • Translate all communications into the primary languages spoken in the impacted communities. • Maintain communications from field operations on the status of closures due to foodborne illness outbreaks, utility shutoffs, lack of water, or other serious conditions. • Document all activities including those experiencing foodborne illnesses with their contact information. Immediate Response Objectives • Ensure safe and clean eating facilities at evacuation centers or mass feeding locations. Conduct inspections or assessments and/or address complaints as appropriate. • Ensure safe and clean eating facilities at command post or base camp locations. Conduct inspections or assessments and/or address complaints as appropriate. • Reach out to impacted food establishments with disaster guide information. • Address complaints and make sure food outbreak investigations occur in a timely manner. • Identify and order correction of any critical violations at feeding locations. • Establish protocols to separate (to the extent possible) any individuals with diarrhea and/or vomiting in base camps, mass care evacuation centers, or other lodging facilities to prevent further transmission. • Ensure public messaging is provided in any Public Safety Power Shutoffs where, for example, high winds can bring downed trees or debris into contact with energized lines, damage equipment, or ignite a wildfire. This may include regulated facilities as well as households.
Recovery Objectives • Identify and map regulated facilities within the wildfire zones and conduct inspections or assessments to determine their status. • Determine wildfire and smoke impact on regulated food and market facilities. Inspect and document as appropriate for necessary follow-up inspections. • Ensure reopening procedures are established and followed by facilities that have been closed. • Ensure contaminated foods are properly managed and disposed of. Establish mechanisms to pick up and destroy contaminated foods from homes and commercial locations soon after the wildfires are contained. • Provide technical assistance and consultation to owners/managers of food establishments on food safety. • Assist and educate regulated food establishments in re-opening following a wildfire. Ensure appropriate inspection and permit requirements are met. • Ensure reopened regulated facilities can provide safe and hygienic food preparation and service. • Provide messaging on home food safety following wildfires where power outages may have occurred. Ensure messaging is available online and via print and in the primary languages spoken in the community. • Ensure regulated facilities or institutions housing sensitive individuals or populations such as hospitals, schools, prisons, or senior care facilities are operating under current regulatory requirements if within impact areas of the wildfire smoke. • Assist and educate the public and community on appropriate disposal practices for spoiled, contaminated, or exposed foods, including any available assistance. • Address complaints and ensure continuance of food outbreak investigations.
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