More Ways To Be Informed:
Stay informed during a disaster through emergency broadcasts.
Find out what kinds of disasters, both natural and accidental, are most likely to occur in your area and how you will be notified.
Methods of getting your attention vary from community to community. One common method is to broadcast via emergency radio and TV broadcasts. You might hear a special siren, or get a telephone call or emergency workers may go door-to-door.
The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national public warning system that requires TV and radio broadcasters, cable television systems, wireless cable systems, satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) providers, direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service providers and wireline video service providers to offer to the President the communications capability to address the American public during a national emergency. The system also may be used by state and local authorities to deliver important emergency information such as AMBER (missing children) alerts and emergency weather information targeted to a specific area.
NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards
The National Weather Service (NWS) continuously broadcasts warning, watches, forecasts and non-weather related hazard information from a nearby National Weather Service office to specially configured NOAA weather radio receivers. Learn more about the National Weather Radio and consider purchasing a NOAA weather radio receiver.
Click here to learn more about the NOAA Weather and All Hazards Radio
Additional Ways to Stay Informed from the National Weather Service:
Click here to visit the National Hurricane Center web page.
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Click here to learn about National Hurricane Center Advisories in Alternate Formats (mobile, RSS, email, etc.)
Click here for Emergency Alerts
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Automated Climate Data, Local Forecasts, Marine Forecasts & Tide Reports are also available 24 hours a day from your local NWS Office at 631-924-0517.
SuffolkAlert Emergency Notification System
Sign up to receive emergency notifications from the SuffolkAlert.
Public Information For Emergency Events
Click here to view the: PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR EMERGENCY EVENTS web page. The Suffolk County Office of Emergency Management will Provide Instructions and Information for Suffolk County Residents on this web page as needed during Significant Emergencies Events.
The National Terrorism Advisory System, or NTAS, replaces the color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS). This system will more effectively communicate information about terrorist threats by providing timely, detailed information to the public, government agencies, first responders, airports and other transportation hubs, and the private sector.
It recognizes that Americans all share responsibility for the nation's security, and should always be aware of the heightened risk of terrorist attack in the United States and what they should do.
Learn more about the National Terrorism Advisory System.
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New York State’s All--Hazards Alert and Notification System
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The Suffolk County Department of Fire Rescue and Emergency Services uses a Facebook and Twitter page to provide fire safety and emergency preparedness information for Suffolk residents. During an emergency the Suffolk County Office of Emergency Management will provide information and/or instructions for Suffolk Residents on these Facebook and Twitter pages as needed. Please note that emergency information and instructions will distributed to residents via radio, television, Code Red and the county web page in addition to these Facebook and Twitter pages.
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