Storm Emergency Information:

For Electric Service Restoration Information, please visit your Electric Utility Company’s

website. Links to the company storm sites are listed below.

Atlantic City Electric

http://www.atlanticcityelectric.com/home/emergency/

Jersey Central Power & Light

https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/customer/jersey_central_power_light.html

For Gas Service Restoration:

Elizabethtown Gas Company

http://www.elizabethtowngas.com/Home/ContactUs.aspx

NJ Natural Gas Company

http://www.njng.com/safety/emergency.asp

Public Service Electric & Gas

http://www.pseg.com/home/customer_service/outage_info/index.jsp

Gordons Corner

http://www.gordonscornerwater.com/

New Jersey American Water

http://amwater.com/njaw/customer-service/contact-us.html

Middlesex Water

http://www.middlesexwater.com/

Shorelands

http://www.shorelandswater.com/

AC Sewer

http://www.acsewerage.com/

The regulated water and wastewater utilities and their phone numbers and also be found at:

http://www.nj.gov/bpu/pdf/water/regulatedwater.pdf

Wires installed on utility poles carry electricity. And when wires are down, they are dangerous—

electricity can still flow through them.

Never assume that a downed power line is not energized, as it still could be “live.”

TO REPORT A DOWNED WIRE: Contact your local energy provider. Their information

can be found here. They will ask for the nearest cross street or the number of a nearby pole that

has not been damaged and is away from any downed wires. The pole number can be found on

the metal tag attached to the pole.

The bottom line: Never go near or touch an electrical wire. Never go near or touch

anything or anyone that has come in contact with an electrical wire.

 Stay at least 300 feet away from all downed wires--and keep others from going near them

Never drive over downed power lines.

 In the event that a wire comes down on a vehicle with passengers, stay in the vehicle until

professional help arrives to safely remove you from the vehicle.

o If you MUST get out of the vehicle because of fire or other life-threatening

hazards, jump clear of the vehicle so that you do not touch any part of the car and

the ground at the same time. Jump as far as possible away from the vehicle with

both feet landing on the ground at the same time.

o Once you clear the vehicle, shuffle away, with both feet on the ground, or hop

away, with both feet landing on the ground at the same time. Do not run away

through which electricity can travel. Having two people injured instead of one means that

nobody can get help. Call 911 for help immediately.

 Do not attempt to cut or remove a tree that is, or could become, entangled with power

lines. Contact your local energy company for assistance and wait for a professional tree

removal crew to do the job. If you think the tree is dangerous, stay in a sheltered area

away from the tree.

 Do not throw objects up into power lines, as this can cause short circuits that could result

in injuries. This includes items you might not consider conductive, such as ropes and

strings.

 Teach children never to play around electric equipment and never to touch power lines.

about emergencies and disasters that are occurring in New Jersey, and what the NJOEM is doing

to help NJ residents during adverse conditions. NJOEM uses a variety of public information

tools to communicate emergency information, and also information regarding weather closings,

early dismissals, delayed openings, etc.

On the Web ‐ Use credible websites to get information about natural hazards and emergency

preparedness.

The NJOEM works closely with the National Weather Service and the National Hurricane

Center regarding storm

predictions and forecasts.

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CMAS ‐ the Community Mobile Alert System ‐ this nationwide system is now being employed

by the National Weather Service to automatically transmit severe weather Warnings (but not

Watches) to your cell phone. A warning means the hazard is imminent; a watch means

conditions are favorable for the hazard to occur. Your cellphone must be WEA (Wireless

Emergency Alert) enabled to receive these messages, so it depends on themake/model of the

phone. Example: the IPhone 4 was not WEA‐enabled, but IPads and IPods using the new

AppleiOS6 are WEA‐enabled. Also ‐ nationwide ‐ the wireless carriers are still building out the

system, so expect greateruse in the future. There is an opt‐out option, but we recommend that

you do not opt‐out of receiving these NWS messages. Read about WEA alerts here:

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx/WEA/WEA.php