Welcome to the “Oromocto Emergency Alert Service” (OEAS) offered by the Town of Oromocto Emergency Operations Centre.
The alert system gives a warning to Oromocto residents/business owners to take action and protect themselves from an emergency or disaster. This self-registry system is activated by trained Town emergency operations personnel through the Voyent Alert program to deliver vital information regarding any threat. It is a free service that provides emergency notification to you via any means you select (mobile apps, text/SMS alerting, email or voice dial). You can register for one or more communication channels.
Your information is held in a secure database and is accessed only when an emergency occurs or is expected in your area. When this takes place, an automated message will be sent directly to the contact information you have provided to us. Only those registered will be contacted by this service when an announcement is made.
Register for Voyent Alert!
Registration is FREE, simple, and entirely anonymous. You can choose to receive alerts via mobile app, email, text message, or voice call.
What to Expect
Personalized Communications:
Voyent Alert! provides informative communications. Critical information such as emergency shelter locations and preferred evacuation routes from your location are provided.
Follow Multiple Locations:
Voyent Alert! allows you to create and follow multiple locations such as “Kids School” or “Mom’s House”. Any event or communication related to your followed locations will be forwarded to you along your preferred communication channel.
No Message Fatigue:
Voyent Alert’s smart alerting capabilities ensure that you will only get notified when a communication is relevant to you or one of the locations you are following.
Communications Your Way:
Receive alerts over a wide variety of communication channels including mobile apps, text/SMS alerting, email or voice calling You can register for all or one of them.
Privacy is Paramount:
Registration is anonymous, and no information volunteered or derived is shared or used for marketing or data harvesting purposes. Locational information from your followed locations is only used to determine its proximity to an alert event and to provide critical context within the communications (such as distance and direction).
Leaving is Easy:
Both mobile applications and web-based accounts provide access to an unsubscribe feature accessed via the menu icon on the top right of the screen/page. If the service isn’t working out simply click on the “Unsubscribe” button and you won’t be hearing from us again.
If you know of someone who would like to register for this service, but does not have internet access, registration forms are available at the Service Centre at the Oromocto Municipal Building.
Emergency Operations Centre
The Town of Oromocto has a detailed Emergency Operations Plan and a fully functional Emergency Operations Centre located at its Municipal Offices on Doyle Drive.
The Committee meets regularly and routinely exercises its plan. Some of the other activities of the Committee include:
- Contingency planning for high-risk hazards
- Regular updating and review of the Disaster Plan
- Regular updating of after-hours contact numbers for area businesses
- Pre-identifying evacuation and reception centres and entering into signed agreements with the building owners
- Securing funding for back-up generators for the Emergency Operations Centre, Fire Department, Works Department and for the waste water pumping stations
- Conducting training and exercises designed to test the disaster plan
- Involvement with Provincial agencies and other municipalities for planning
- Initiating a mutual response agreement with the City of Fredericton and the Village of New Maryland
The Oromocto Emergency Operations Centre works closely with the New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization (NB EMO), a division of the provincial government. NB EMO coordinates preparedness, response and recovery operations during emergencies and administers disaster financial assistance programs. The Provincial Emergency Operation Centre (PEOC) is located in Fredericton NB. From this facility, the “whole of government” response to an emergency is coordinated.
For more information on NB EMO:
www.gnb.ca/emo-omu
1-800-561-4034
https://twitter.com/NBEMO_OMUNB
https://www.facebook.com/NBEMO.OMUNB
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