Please sign up for CivicReady alert system here or download the myAlerts app on your smart phone.
All towns on Martha's Vineyard are subscribed to this system which will automatically send you warning notifications of severe weather events (severe storms, tornadoes, etc.) and other potentially dangerous situations in your area. The emergency managers will also use the system to send important local information like Sheltering Info and Road & Beach Closures.
To get help (or if you consider volunteering..)
www.mvdisasterresponse.org
www.redcross.org
www.salvationarmy.org
To report power outages call 1-800-592-2000
Information Resources for Emergencies
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency - www.fema.gov
MEMA - Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency - www.mass.gov/mema
www.ready.gov
www.weather.gov
www.nhc.noaa.gov - National Hurricane Center
Local information resources - websites of individual towns - click here
Newspapers: MV Times www.mvtimes.com 508-693-6100 and MV Gazette www.vineyardgazette.com 508-627-4311
Radio: WMVY 88.7 www.wmvy.com 508-693-4994 , WVVY 96.3 508-693-9379 , WCAI - Woods Hole 90.1 508-548-9600
Facebook - local government agencies pages (local police, towns, Dukes County, etc.)
MV Disaster Animal Response Team (MV-DART) was formed in response to a state law passed after Hurricane Katrina which requires towns to have a plan in place to address the evacuation and sheltering needs of household pets and services animals before, during and after an emergency or natural disaster. The organizers of MVDART include Assistant EMDs, a Health Agent, an Animal Control Officer, a veterinarian, and Red Cross volunteers. Contact Information Email: rabrown1950@comcast.net
Another notification system that is being used by some governmental agencies to alert people of severe storms, tornadoes, missing children etc. is Ping4Alerts!
