Staff Flu Shot Program Keeps City’s First Responders Healthy

Did you know that every employee at City Hall is an emergency first responder?

Ensuring that everyone who works for the City of Indian Wells remains healthy is actually beneficial for the entire community. Why? Because it’s City staff members who will be on the front lines of recovery and relief efforts in the event a natural disaster or major emergency strikes Indian Wells.

This is a primary reason why, for the past 15 years in every budget cycle, dollars are allotted to try to mitigate flu season at City Hall with an influenza, or flu, shot. The flu is a potentially life-threatening illness, which can easily be transmitted from co-worker to co-worker, particularly in offices where employees work in close proximity. As a preventative measure to keep your first responders in good health, productivity thriving and illness at bay, the City of Indian Wells offers free voluntary flu shots to City employees.

If you would like more information about the seasonal flu vaccine, please visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s website at www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm.