The Fairfield Health Department, located in Lancaster, Ohio, has been serving the community since 1893. It has various divisions that include community health development, public health nursing, environmental health and emergency preparedness division. The division of community health development provides health education and promotion for Fairfield County and the surrounding region. It offers various grant-funded programs that address the health and wellness needs of the citizens. Its nursing division is responsible for providing public health nursing services to the residents. It offers its services to address the chronic, acute and communicable diseases through community planning, health education and public health nursing services. In addition, the Fairfield Health Department s environmental health division maintains the environmental hazards through a variety of safety programs, such as food protection and education, maintaining public pools, vector and rabies control, sewage treatment programs, sewage treatment system operation and maintenance, landfills and providing composting facilities.