| HOW
WILL YOU BE NOTIFIED OF AN EMERGENCY
If
there is an emergency requiring public notification, you will be alerted
by one or more of the following warning signals.
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Tone-Alert
radio sounding a tone followed by a message. |
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The
loud, steady tone of the town emergency management siren, lasting
3 to 5 minutes. (Brattleboro and Vernon only). |
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Broadcasts
from loudspeakers on emergency vehicles. This is known as "Route
Alerting". |
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Special
announcements on local Emergency Alert System radio stations.
Click here to find a radio station
near you. |
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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. |
 A
new automated telephone notification system using the Community
Alert Network (CAN) system has been implemented in the town of
Guilford as a pilot project and is being implemented in other
Vermont Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) communities that do not
have siren coverage, as time permits.
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. Persons with unlisted or unpublished
telephone numbers, a cell phone as their only residential telephone
or devices that block telemarketers should talk with their town Emergency
Management Director or Town Clerk about what they can do to be included
in the notification system. Regular testing of the system is conducted
and the dates and times of those tests are publicized in local media.
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. |
If
you hear any of these signals, tune to the Emergency Alert System 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 and know
what to do.
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