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How You Will be Notified of an Emergency

If there is an emergency public notification, you will be alerted by one or more of the following warning signals.

Tone-Alert radio sounding a tone followed by a message.
The loud, steady tone of the town emergency management siren, lasting 3 to 5 minutes.
Broadcasts from loudspeakers on emergency vehicles. This is known as "Route Alerting".
Special announcements on local Emergency Alert System radio stations. Click here to find a radio station near you.
A message on TTY's (telecommunication devices for the deaf to assist the deaf and hard of hearing to include teletypewriter) if you have registered with your town's emergency management office to be notified over TTY in case of an emergency.

The Rapid Emergency Notification Telephone System (RENTS). In the event of a serious emergency requiring public notification, a recorded message can be sent to every listed business and residential phone in an EPZ community alerting them to the emergency and directing them to tune to a local Emergency Alert System (EAS) radio station for further information. This notification system can be used for all types of emergencies including one at Vermont Yankee.

EPZ residents who wish to register their unlisted landline telephone number or personal cellular telephone number to the RENTS call list can do so by following these instructions.

If you are notified by telephone, please listen to the entire message.

If you hear any of these signals, tune to an Emergency Alert System radio station in your state immediately. Check with your neighbors, especially the elderly or those who have difficulty hearing or seeing, to make sure they have received the warning signal and know what to do.

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