DEP organizational chart for 9/11 emergency response, Sept 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

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Helicopter will drop larvicide on wetlands ■ Areas conducted to determine if any residents should wear protective more applications will be neces- clothing if outside between dusk inaccessible by sary. and dawn and should wear a ground will be A Health Department spokes- "1^ woman said helicopters will fly treated over 3 over the targeted areas today in There have been three human days to keep an effort to plan tomorrow’s cases of the disease in New York spraying. state this year, all in New York mosquito e, City — two 00 the Island and one VectoLex CG, a granular bac- Queens population down terial agent, is the same product the Health Department has used A 44-year-old Richmond man this season to treat catch basins and a 73-year-old Westerleigh ADVANCE STAFF WRITER and other areas of standing woman were confirmed to have water where mosquitoes breed, the virus. Several dozen more Marshes and wetland areas in The larvicide, which is harmless Islanders have been tested for several sections of Staten Island to humans, kills the pesky bugs the disease, and city officials will be targeted starting tomor­ before they can grow into adults have found increasing numbers row for an application of larvi­ and start biting. of infected mosquitoes in the cide by helicopter, the city “In addition to the benefits of Health Department announced immediate mosquito reduction The Richmond man, who be- last night. in these areas, [applying larvi- came ill on Aug. 5, said he trav- The move is in response to re­ cide] will also reduce the mos- eled throughout the Island and quito population that survives in officials could not pinpoint cent findings lowing a “consid­ the winter months,” said Health where he became ill. The Wes- erable number of mosquito lar­ Commissioner Dr. Neal Cohen in terleigh woman liked to spend vae in some nonresidential a faxed statement. “While we time in her backyard and left areas of the borough.” The are approaching the end of the the borough only once during the aerial dropping of the larvicide, peak mosquito season. West Nile weeks leading to her July 31 hos- called VectoLex CG, is neces­ virus is still present in the city. pitalization. City officials sary because these areas are in- New Yorkers should continue to therefore believe she was in­ accessible by ground, the city take precautions until the end of fected close to home. said. the season, which is marked by For further details on the lar­ The application will take two hard frosts.” vicide operation or on virus find- place tomorrow through Friday Dr. Cohen advised that people ings, call the West Nile Virus In­ between the hours of 6:30 a.m. over 50 are at the greatest risk formation Line at 1-877-WNV- and 6:30 p.m., weather permit- of developing severe complica- 4NYC, which is available 24 ting. Further studies are being tions from the virus, but that all hours a day, seven days a week.

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