Monday - Friday
8:30 - 2:00

(973) 948-3520

133 Route 645
Sandyston, NJ  07826

Office of Emergency Management

Emergency Management Coordinator

Kevin Pumphrey

973-600-8519

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Community Alerting System Swift911

Sussex County’s Division of Emergency Management has the ability to notify all Sussex County residents in the event of an emergency through its Swift911 system.

When activated by officials, this automated system calls homes and businesses in the affected area and delivers a recorded message to notify the public about the emergency and what actions they may need to take.

  • The system will be used for the following types of events:
    • missing person alerts
    • emergency evacuations
    • local security and crime alerts
    • weather emergencies
    • hazardous materials events
  • All landline telephones serviced by Verizon, Embarq and Warwick Valley Telephone (WVT) are already in the system, however, cell phone and some VOIP phone numbers are not.
  • If you would like to provide additional methods of contact, update your information or remove yourself entirely, utilize the link above
  • Find out more about ​Community Alerts click here 
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JCP & L "My Town" Information on Local Power Outages

The MyTown link on the Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) 24/7 Power Center provides comprehensive municipal outage and infrastructure information for every municipality in the company’s service area.

Designed to help JCP&L customers access the important information they need during power outages, MyTown includes a summary of current outages as well as a snapshot of each community’s electric infrastructure.

During major weather events, expanded information is available, including the cause of the outages, the time of the earliest reported outage, and the estimated restoration time.

To obtain the latest outage information about your municipality, click the “MyTown” link on the JCP&L 24/7 Power Center or go to www.firstenergycorp.com/mytown .

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Sussex County Sheriff's Office

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Register Ready New Jersey

nj special needs registryNJ Register Ready was created to help people with disabilities in times of emergency. NJ residents with special needs are encouraged to add their personal information to this special needs registry. The information provided will be shared with emergency response agencies so that responders will be better equipped to serve registrants in the event of an emergency or evacuation in their area. No one else will have access to the information.

To keep this registry current, registrants are required to update their registration information each year.

Learn more about this program and register online.