Monroe County Emergency Management is offering this system to strengthen the safety of our communities and to enhance the County’s response to any emergency. We will use the Secure Alert Network to contact you during a major crisis or emergency and offer warning, provide guidance or request assistance. The Network delivers important emergency alerts, notifications and updates to you through your r
egistered devices such as:
email account (work, home, other)
cell phone (via SMS)
pager
smartphone/PDA (BlackBerry, Treo & and other handhelds)
When an incident or emergency occurs, authorized senders will instantly notify you using the system. It is your personal connection to real-time updates, instructions on where to go, what to do, or what not to do, who to contact and other important information. Please click below
https://monroe.alertpa.org/index.php?CCheck=1
Once a fire has started in your home, there is no time to plan how to get out. Sit down with your family today and make a step-by-step plan for escaping a fire that might occur in your home.
• Draw a Floor Plan Of Your Home Show two ways out of every room—especially sleeping areas. Discuss the escape routes with every member of your household.
• Agree On a Meeting Place Select a place where every member of the household will gather outside your home after escaping a fire to wait for the fire department. This allows you to count heads and inform the fire department if anyone is missing or trapped inside the burning building.
• Practice Your Escape Plan Your escape plan should be practiced at least twice a year. Have a fire drill in your home, appoint someone to be the monitor and have everyone in your family participate. Call 9-1-1 from a neighbor’s house.
• Be Prepared Make sure everyone in your household can unlock all doors and windows quickly, even in the dark. Windows or doors with security bars need to be equipped with quick-release devices and everyone in your household should know how to use them.
• Make Your Escape Realistic Things are not the same when there is an actual fire as they are when you are practicing. Pretend during your drill that some exits are blocked by fire and practice alternative routes.
• Test Doors Before Opening Them While kneeling or crouching at the door, reach up as high as you can and with the back of your hand, touch the door, the k**b and the crack between the door and its frame. If you feel any warmth, use another escape route. If the door feels cool, open it with caution. Open it slowly, but be prepared to slam it shut if there is smoke and flames on the other side.
• If You Are Trapped Close all doors between you and the fire. Stuff the cracks around the doors to keep the smoke out. Wait at a window and signal for help with a flash light or by waving a light colored cloth. If there is a phone in the room, call the fire department and report exactly where you are. Smoke and heat both rise and smoke contains deadly gases. During a fire, cleaner air will be found near the floor. If you encounter smoke when using your primary exit, use an alternative escape route. If you must exit through smoke, crawl on your hands and knees, keeping your head 12-24 inches above the floor. Once you are out, STAY OUT and do not return for any reason. And remember to call 9-1-1 from a neighbor’s house. Play IT Safe
Smoke Detectors. More than half of all fatal home fires happen at night while people are asleep. Smoke detectors sound an alarm when a fire starts, waking people before they are trapped or overcome by smoke. With smoke detectors, your risk of dying in a home fire is cut nearly in half. Install smoke detectors outside every sleeping area and on every level of your home, including the basement. Follow installation instructions carefully, and test smoke detectors monthly. Change all smoke detector batteries at least once a year. If your detector is more than 10 years old, replace it with a new one
