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Jerzy Chojnacki, OEM Coordinator
Please check this website and related links for emergency preparedness actions. Inquiries for additional information or questions can be submitted by email to oem@shrewsburyboro.com .
- Individual Community Prepardness Newletter
- National Weather Service - Be Prepared When Storms Arise
- Fact Sheet - Disaster Loans
- Special Needs Registry
- Disaster Readiness for People with Special Needs
- Monmouth County Flood Appeal Process
- NJ Health 2019 Novel Coronavirus
- Coronavirus Fact Sheet
- CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
If you sustained losses, damages, or have been rendered homeless from Hurricane Sandy, you may be eligible for disaster assistance. You can call the following numbers or apply on line: 1-800-621-3362 FREE (FEMA), TTY: 1-800-462-7585, http://www.disasterassistance.gov , you can also apply via your smartphone at m.fema.gov
Tips for Back-up Generator Selection for home use
Tips from FEMA on GENERATOR SAFETY
Hazard Mitigation Planning: Natural hazards have the potential to cause property loss, loss of life, economic hardship, and threats to public health and safety. While an important aspect of emergency management deals with disaster recovery those actions that a community must take to repair damages and make itself whole in the wake of a natural disaster an equally important aspect of emergency management involves hazard mitigation. Hazard mitigation measures are efforts taken before a disaster happens to lessen the impact that future disasters of that type will have on people and property in the community. They are things you do today to be more protected in the future. Hazard mitigation actions taken in advance of a hazard event are essential to breaking the typical disaster cycle of damage, reconstruction, and repeated damage. With careful selection, hazard mitigation actions can be long-term, cost-effective means of reducing the risk of loss and help create a more disaster-resistant and sustainable community.
The Shrewsbury CERT members give critical support to first responders in emergencies, provide immediate assistance to victims, organize spontaneous volunteers at a disaster site, and collect disaster intelligence to support first responder efforts.
ABOUT CERT TRAINING
If you join a CERT, you will receive basic-level training in the following areas:
- Emergency Preparedness
- Disaster Medical Operations
- Fire Suppression
- Light Search and Rescue Operations
- CERT Operations/Incident Command System
- Disaster Psychology
- Terrorism Awareness
- Disaster Simulation -- Skills Review
Total training is usually about 20 hours, scheduled in 2-4 hour modules, over a period of weeks or months, in order to address the scheduling needs of team members. It's held in the community or county where you live. Training courses, student materials and equipment are provided free of charge.
If you are an individual looking to join our CERT Team, contact Office of Emergency Management at shrewsburyoem@yahoo.com or call the Borough Clerk at 732-741-4200.
Additional information on the CERT program can be obtained by visiting: http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/
JCP&L Critical Care List Program
JCP&L customers who use electrically operated life support equipment or depend on private well water can register their account with the company to get updates on potential interruptions to their electric service, such as weather-related outages during the summer storm season. JCP&L maintains a critical care list of customers who depend on electrically operated life support equipment. To be included on this list, every year customers must complete and submit an authorization form signed by their physician. The list is used to contact customers should an outage affect their electric service for more than 24 hours. JCP&L also has a list of homes and businesses that depend on electrically operated private wells for water. These customers also are notified if a power outage is expected to affect their electric service for more than 24 hours, in which case they would be advised of locations where water and ice are available.
Both the critical care customer and private well customer lists are provided to county and municipal Offices of Emergency Management. To receive additional information and register accounts for the programs call 1-800-662-3115.
