ENDWELL FIRE NEWS & HAPPENINGS
REGISTER FOR
NY ALERT
 Have an unlisted or cell phone number?
Be sure to sign up for NY Alert to receive emergency notifications!
You may have heard that “reverse 911" was recently used during the September 7-9, flooding to alert residents to evacuate areas as flood waters rose. However, if you are one of the many people who have an unlisted phone number- either by choice or because you only have a cell phone number- you would not have received notification to evacuate because you are not in the system.
We urge all residents to sign up for NY Alert. Its quick and simple and you will receive notifications via phone calls only for the most urgent notifications- such as imminent flooding, tornadoes in your area, etc.
Once you register for NY Alert, you can chose to sign up for other notifications, such as:
- Severe weather alerts
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Public health alerts
- DOT Alerts - Notifications on accidents and other road closures (and notification when
the road clears)
- Sex offender notifications (when they move in or out of your area)
- Amber Alerts
- Scam alerts
You can chose as many or few as you would like. These notifications are made via text message or e-mail. You can also sign up for notifications in other areas (by county), so if you regularly travel to a certain area in NY State you can receive traffic and weather alerts for that area. Or if you have students at college or an elderly relative that you keep tabs on in New York, you can get alerts for their areas so you can let them know about severe weather or other problems.
Even if you do not chose to receive any notifications, we hope you will at least get your cell phone number into the system so that, in the event of an emergency, you can be contacted with important information.
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