Bed Bugs
Volunteers cleaned the station, brought in an exterminator and treated the area with high temperatures to get rid of the bed bugs
911 call operators first found bedbugs in a room at the Public Safety Answering Center II and bug-sniffing dogs have been finding the critters ever since
The bedbugs reappeared at a Jamestown EMS station despite several treatments to remove them
Calhoun County EMS reached out to other agencies for advice on how to prevent infestations, which included carrying minimal equipment into homes
One employee noticed bug bites; the service’s two stations and all of the ambulances have been treated
After finding a single bed bug, the department hired an exterminator, set 140 traps and moved employees into trailers while the building is treated
The Allegheny County Emergency Services has contacted a pest controller to handle the situation
Concerns started after a medical call at a home that had a heavy infestation of bedbugs
Over the past two months infestations have been found at three separate locations, causing concern that the problem will spread