FAIR LAWN
OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

FAIR LAWN ADDS EMERGENCY TELEPHONE ALERTING SYSTEM

Residents with non-published numbers should contact OEM 

The Borough of Fair Lawn will be adding an additional means of community alerting when it activates the Emergency Telephone Alerting System on/or about May 1, 2002.

The system, which was funded through corporate donations, will allow the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to provide very specific emergency information via the telephone to local residents at a rate of 15,000 notifications per hour.  The borough has entered into a contract with Community Alert Network (CAN) an Albany, New York firm to provide the service.  Telephone alerting uses the same technology as telephone marketing.  The system will have fifteen pre-recorded messages that will begin dialing when a proper access code is provided to the CAN operator.

Additionally, the CAN system utilizes a mapping software program that will allow for very specific information being provided in a very specific area.  As an example, if flooding is expected along the Passaic River, a drag of the computer mouse along the river will notify residents in the Passaic River flood zone only.

Residents with non-published telephone numbers should contact the office of Emergency Management to have their name, address and telephone number added to the contact database.  OEM can be contacted by calling 201-794-5390 or on-line at www.fairlawn.org.

This system was made possible through a donation by:  The Burton Agency, Emergency Management Advisors, Fisher Scientific, Merck Medco, Nabisco, Sandvik Coromat, and SK Energy.

If you wish to add your number to the system, please click here.