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LHT - Office of Emergency Management - Township of Long Hill, Morris County, New Jersey jQuery Tabs Home Departments General Information I Need Info About... Employment Phone Directory Departments Administrator Affordable Housing Animal Control Clerk/Registrar Construction Engineering Finance Fire Prevention Health Long Hill TV Municipal Court Planning & Zoning Public Works Recreation Tax Assessor Tax Collector Social Services Public Safety Emergency Mgt. Police Department Fire Services First Aid Squad Government General Information Township Committee County & State Code Book Volunteer Form Form of Government New Jersey Municipal Guide Boards, Committees, Commissions "A Way Out" Task Force Board of Health Central Park Vision Communications Environmental Historic Preservation Library Master Plan Planning Board Open Space Recreation Redevelopment Shade Tree Zoning BOA Wastewater Mgt. 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To learn increasingly well-nigh thePolityEmergency Response Team (CERT), USA On Watch (Neighborhood Watch program), Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) or Police Explorers, please contact Director of Emergency Management Shayne Daly at  908-647-6131.  Operation House ID Can 911 find your home when every second counts? ThePolityEmergency Response Team (CERT) is currently working on a project called Operation House ID. This program encourages all property owners to display their House Numbers by purchasing a decorative sign and placing it near their mailbox or archway way. By displaying your help number you squire the police, fire and fist aid members to hands and quickly locate emergency calls.   To order your House ID sign click HERE! Special Needs Registry for Disasters Local Emergency Planning Council (LEPC) Chief of Police Police Lieutenant First Aid Squad Captain Fire Company Chiefs American Red Cross Township Mayor Township Committee Member Township Administrator Public Works Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Superintendent of Schools Representative of Local Newspaper Representative from local businesses Volunteer Residents Meetings: Four Times Each Year The Long Hill Township Emergency Management Program is designed to maximize the resources and personnel misogynist during times of emergencies and disasters and at the same time minimize the threat to life and property from natural and technological disasters. The Township Committee appoints an Emergency Management Coordinator and 2 Deputy Coordinators to prepare disaster management plans, declare a "state of emergency", and coordinate the responses of emergency personnel within the Township. The main focus of the Office of Emergency Management is to coordinate deportment to mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from the effects of an emergency. The Emergency Management Program establishes emergency procedures and coordinates activities involving Alert and Warning, Damage Assessment, Emergency Operations Center, Evacuation, Fire and Rescue, Hazardous Materials, Law Enforcement, Public Heath, Public Works, Radiological Protection, Resource Management, Shelters and Social Services Reception and Care, and Public Schools. This Office is moreover responsible for providing the public with up to the minute information on all disasters and emergencies. To maintain a state of readiness the Office of Emergency Management conducts meetings throughout the year and conducts a series of tabletop and functional exercises to simulate disasters and to test the response capabilities of the township's emergency response personnel and equipment. The office of Emergency Management moreover maintains bilateral aid agreements with surrounding towns as well as the Morris County Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, to reassure spare personnel and equipment will be misogynist and ready when needed. The Local Emergency Planning Council (LEPC) is scheduled by the Township Committee to serve as a forum for profitable in the minutiae of Emergency Management Plans. In wing to the Council, members of the Long Hill Township Citizen Corps, Medical Reserve Corps and Police Explorers can provide spare support by profitable the Emergency Operations Center during times of emergencies and disasters. In the past the Long Hill Township Emergency Management Center has been zingy to coordinate activities during floods, snow storms, structure fires, gas leaks, Y2K, water shortages and motor vehicle accidents involving chemicals or explosives. If you are interested in learning increasingly well-nigh the Long Hill Township Office of Emergency Management, or would like to join one of the Emergency Management Programs, please contact Director Shayne Daly at  908-647-6131. To review what is stuff washed-up by other government entities with regard to Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, we recommend these websites: Federal Homeland Defense Federal Emergency Management New Jersey Homeland Security New Jersey Security Preparedness New Jersey Emergency Management New Jersey School Emergency Preparedness Morris County Emergency Management HazMat exercise  As the threats and emergency needs of our polity transpiration so must the worthiness of the Long Hill Township Emergency Management Team to meet these needs. It was very rewarding to see how the many years of training, planning and testing of the Emergency Management Program comprised of Municipal officials, Police, Fire, First Aid, Public Works and other government agencies can work together to protect and serve the needs of both our polity and our surrounding communities, regardless of what the threat may be. If you have any questions concerning the Long Hill Township Office of Emergency Management Program, please contact Shayne Daly - Director Emergency Management by email at sdaly@longhillpolice.us or by calling  908-647-6131.