Acushnet MA Office of Emergency Management

08/27/2026

ACUSHNET POLICE DEPARTMENT

SEEKING DISPATCHERS

WHAT WE OFFER
• Competitive pay
• Overtime Availability
• Experienced applicants preferred & may start at a higher rate of pay depending on the number of years
• Paid time off
• Up to 25 Vacation days/year
• 15 sick days/year
• 15 holidays/year
• 3 personal days/year
• Longevity pay
• Clothing Allowance

ELIGIBILITY
• E911 Next Generation Equipment Certification
• 40 Hour Public Safety Basic Telecommunicators certifications
• 32 Hour APCO Emergency Medical Dispatching Certification
• BLS CPR card

APPLY
Send a letter of interest and resume to Provisional Police Chief Gary Coppa
[email protected]

08/26/2026

**********CRUISE NIGHT ROAD CLOSURE********

CRUISE NIGHT - THURSDAY 08/27/2026

Main St. will be closed from So. Main St. to Wing Rd. between the hours of 4:00pm and 8pm.

Traffic heading north from So. Main St/Main St will be detoured down to Crompton Street. At the end of Crompton Street traffic will turn right onto Allen Street then proceed up Allen Street to Main Street.

Traffic travelling south from Main St. will be detoured down Allen Street. Traffic will continue down Allen Street then turn left onto Boylston Street, which will lead you to Main St. where you can turn right ONLY.

In short, Crompton Street will become a one way north and Boylston St will become a one way south. Please be patient and expect delays, seek alternate route if at all possible.

08/26/2026

September is National Preparedness Month.

FEMA’s Ready campaign is a good reminder that most of this starts at home, before anything happens. Four simple steps:

1. Know your risks. For us that is mostly severe weather, power outages, flooding, and winter storms.
2. Make a family plan. How will you get alerts? Where do you meet if you get separated? Who is the out-of-town contact?
3. Build a kit. Water (one gallon per person per day for several days), non-perishable food, flashlight, radio, extra batteries, first aid, medications, copies of important papers, and supplies for kids and pets.
4. Stay connected to the town. Sign up for Acushnet emergency notifications so we can reach you: https://accountportal.onsolve.net/acushnet

Wireless Emergency Alerts will also come through on most phones. Keep WEA / Government Alerts turned on.

More at Ready.gov/kit and Ready.gov/plan.

Acushnet Office of Emergency Management

07/22/2026

07/12/2026

TIME TO SAY GOODBYE!
After a considerable amount of thought, I have decided that it's time to turn off the radios and pagers and call it a day. I am retiring from the Acushnet OEM after 18 years of service to the Town of Acushnet, a total of 50 years in public safety/emergency management. It was quite the ride. What I will miss the most is the work done on our page; I tried to add something daily to help educate folks on emergency preparedness, warnings and general information about Emergency Management. When I first took over this page, we only had 60 followers, we now have 3,556 followers from all over.
Some of the more memorable moments during my time with the Acushnet OEM was the Microburst of 2008, The Blizzard NEMO and of course the COVID pandemic.
The COVID pandemic was the highlight of my career in with Agency. When the Town of Acushnet declared a State of Emergency, The Acushnet OEM was placed on an Alert Standby ... which lasted for two years. Days after the declaration our agency was tasked with assisting with the Meals on Wheels program. Hundreds of meals were delivered by our team to our community's most venerable. Afterwards, our agency assisted with the Farm to Family produce program also assisting with the dispensing of fresh food to town residents. But it didn't end there, we were approached by the then Chief Gallagher to assist with COVID testing. What started as just setting up barricades and cones ended up with our members doing registration and then then our EMT's did the actual testing and at the end, helped train student nurses in how to perform the covid tests. Although many of our members were themselves at risk for COVID, they still stepped to the plate, which resulted in 7 members catching the tread disease. After they recovered, they returned to finish the job. At the end of the pandemic our agency assisted in testing nearly 17,000 individuals. Leading these men and women was one of my proudest moments. With all that said, I wish all our followers the best. I also hope whoever takes over this page, does so with the same zeal and enthusiasm that I have put into it. Goodbye all! - Ed

07/12/2026

A MESSAGE FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
Temperatures will soar well into the 90s Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs of 93-98F in many locations. It will feel even hotter given increasing humidity. This will push heat indices to 98-103F Tuesday and Wednesday.

07/06/2026

TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN
There is a risk for flash flooding today into tomorrow. Please DO NOT drive into flooded roadways. If you encounter an impassable road STOP - Turn around and wait or seek an alternative route.

07/06/2026

FLASH FLOOD RISK PROBABILITY
This graphic indicates the probability for localized flash flooding across southern New England. This graphic indicates the highest probability is from southern CT and onto the south coasts of both RI and MA.

07/06/2026

FLOOD WATCH INTO TUESDAY FOR CT/RI/SE MA
Periods of heavy rain are expected at times into Tuesday across CT/RI and SE MA. Widespread 1-3" of rain are expected, but localized narrow bands of 4-6" of rain are possible within 6 hours...which would bring the potential for Urban as well as River/Small Stream Flooding.