This year’s Preparedness / Awareness Week will be next week, May 17th through May 21st, 2021, This year we are focusing on public notifications. During the week Emergency Management, Police and Fire Departments will be reviewing the procedures to send the public emergencies notifications. Part of the review will be the actual sending of Code Red Messages and the sounding of the Emergency Warning Sirens. Below is an outline of the week.
MONDAY – May 17th, 2021 – Your Office of Emergency Management will be posting information on it’s Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/NWEmergencyManagement information on the Municipal Warning systems. A Code Red Message will be sent to those in the flood prone area of town regarding a test of the flood siren on Tuesday.
TUESDAY – May 18th, 2021 – The Office of Emergency Management will be posting flood related information on it’s Facebook Page. At 10AM a Code Red message reminding everyone that the Flood Siren will be sounded at 11AM will be sent by the OEM. At 11AM the Police Department will sound the Flood Warning siren and send a message that the sounding was a test.
WEDNESDAY – May 19th, 2021 – The Office of Emergency Management will be posting information on the Emergency Notification Matrix showing the different notification systems and their uses. The OEM will be sending a Code Red Message giving advance notice that there will be a Tornado Siren Test on Thursday at 11AM.
THURSDAY – May 20th, 2021 – The Office of Emergency Management will be posting information on Severe Weather on it’s Facebook Page. At 10AM a Code Red message reminding everyone that the Tornado Siren will be tested at 11AM will be sent by the OEM. At 11AM the Police Department will sound the Tornado Siren and send a message that the sounding was a test.
FRIDAY – May 21st, 2021 – The Office of Emergency Management will be posting information about Preparedness on it’s Facebook Page.
During the week various agencies will be dialing into North Wildwood’s Emergency Radio Station 1640AM and conducting live broadcasts generally consisting of the words testing and a number count. Radio 1640AM will be used to covey updated information that is longer than a Code Red Message. In the event a live message is to broadcasted a Code Red message will be sent first alerting the public to tune to 1640AM at a specific time.