Health/Safety
Health Department inspections: Sept. 17-21
The Garland Health Department conducts weekly inspections of establishments where food is served. Inspections are performed at day care centers, retirement homes, school cafeterias, restaurants and stores. A failing grade includes anything below 60. Any establishment...
City provides electric safety tips
We use electricity to cook our food, heat and cool our homes and power our electronics, but it also presents serious dangers. Staying safe around electricity is important! Electricity attempts to travel to the ground by following the path of least resistance....
Garland reports second human case of WNV
The Garland Health Department received a report of a laboratory confirmed human case of West Nile Virus in an individual who lives on 7400 block of Wellesly Avenue. This is the second confirmed human case reported in Garland in 2018. GHD has treated the area with...
Health inspections: Sept. 10-14
The Garland Health Department conducts weekly inspections of establishments where food is served. Inspections are performed at day care centers, retirement homes, school cafeterias, restaurants and stores. A failing grade includes anything below 60. Any establishment...
First day of fall is Fall Prevention Awareness Day
Sept. 22 is the first day of fall this year. It is also the day that the National Council on Aging designates each year as Fall Prevention Awareness Day.* According to NCOA, falls are the leading cause of fatal injury and the most common cause of non-fatal,...
Health Department inspections: Sept. 3-7
The Garland Health Department conducts weekly inspections of establishments where food is served. Inspections are performed at day care centers, retirement homes, school cafeterias, restaurants and stores. A failing grade includes anything below 60. Any establishment...
Health inspection report: Aug. 27-31
The Garland Health Department conducts weekly inspections of establishments where food is served. Inspections are performed at day care centers, retirement homes, school cafeterias, restaurants and stores. A failing grade includes anything below 60. Any establishment...
City reports human West Nile Virus case
Garland Health Department received a report of a laboratory-confirmed human case of West Nile Virus in an individual who lives on the 3200 block of Bending Oaks Trail (near the intersection of Belt Line and Jupiter roads). This is the first confirmed human case...
Health Department inspections: Aug. 20-24
The Garland Health Department conducts weekly inspections of establishments where food is served. Inspections are performed at day care centers, retirement homes, school cafeterias, restaurants and stores. A failing grade includes anything below 60. Any establishment...
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