Welcome - Borough of Perkasie Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

Open 24-hours.........Resources and Information for your emergency preparedness......

READY Notify has replaced the CAN (notification) system. If you registered with CAN we ask that you register now with READY Notify (www.readynotifypa.org). We apologize for the inconvenience. Information you provided for CAN will be deleted.

Click HERE for the County press release about CAN.

This page was updated on:
02/03/2009

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Contact:

Perkasie Borough Emergency Management Coordinator

Community Alerting Network - System Update... Bucks County is no longer subscribing to the CAN System (as was reported in last year's Borough of Perkasie Newsletter. Bucks County Ready Notify PA has replaced this system for notifying you of local or regional emergency information. Please click on this banner and it will take you to the Bucks Count Ready Notify Web site - Register Online Today!

Perkasie Borough Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

The goal of the Perkasie Borough Emergency Management Agency is dedicated to prepare for and respond to, if necessary, the many types of emergencies that could affect the citizens, businesses and government located within the borough, as well as any adjacent municipalities that request assistance. This involves careful consideration of potential hazards and their effects, minimizing any adverse effects by planning, mitigation and public education, understanding and preparing for response and recovering from an emergency event (Emergency Management Primary Goals: Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery).

The Office of Emergency Management was established October 15, 2007 by action of the Perkasie Borough Council under Ordinance #922 - Perkasie Borough Codes Chapter 10: Emergency and Disaster Management.

Special Needs Registry

A partnership of the Bucks County commissioners, Bucks County Emergency Management Agency and the Bucks County Health Department have introduced a Special Needs Registry for citizens who would have difficulty during an evacuation due to a physical or cognitive limitation. The Registry is free and voluntary and strictly confidential. This registry will be used by emergency responders to help them make the best use of the limited time available in an emergency to assist our special needs citizens.

You can access the Registry by going to: www.specialneedspa.org for more information or to register .

Is Your Number Up?

Is your house number clearly visible at night from both directions?
Is your house number clear of any bushes or trees?
Click HERE for 9-1-1 calling basics and proper house number displaying.
PREPARE NOW so you can be found easily in an emergency!

Perkasie Borough Code
Chapter 137 requires numbering of residences within the borough. Go the extra step to ensure your safety; make sure your numbers are easily seen from the road from both directions in a moving vehicle! Reflective numbers are excellent and help at night when many emergencies occur.

Contact Information:
Perkasie Borough Office of Emergency Management
Stephen H. Reichman, Sr., Emergency Management Coordinator
Email: emc@perkasie-ema.net
Web URL: www.perkasie-ema.net

* * * Winter Weather * * *
Weather Links to help you prepare:

* Accuweather * The Weather Channel * Weather Underground

* NOAA National Weather Radar Mosaic *

* NOAA Wind Chill Information *

Perkasie Borough Code Requires Snow & Ice Removal From Sidewalks in the 3-Foot wide path for the entire length of the sidewalk adjoining your property within 18 hours after the cessation of snowfall, sleet or freezing rain, etc. (Borough Code Chapter 152) Other restrictions are outlined in this section - Click this banner for Borough of Perkasie Codes Online

Help Your Neighbor! If you know of a neighbor who cannot remove ice or snow from their sidewalks or driveway, invest in making a new friend, be caring and do a great deed by removing the snow or ice for them... before they ask you!

Flooding Potential is high in the winter due to melting snow and runoff.

Bedminster Flood Gauge (Upstream north of the Borough of Perkasie)

ARE YOU READY?

For the Flood?

Click HERE for Flood Safety Information

An In-Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness

Watch out for FLOODING - Click HERE!

NOAA: TURN AROUND - DON'T DROWN! NEVER drive through a flooded roadway. Vehicles will stall out and a swift water flow could easily overturn or take the vehicle into the water flow into dangerous waters.

NEVER drive through a flooded roadway. Vehicles will stall out and a swift water flow could easily overturn or take the vehicle into the water flow into dangerous waters.

DO NOT ENTER! Flooded roadways pose danger for those who enter. During flooding in the past two years Perkasie emergency services responded to motorists who were stranded due to attempting to cross flooded roadways. If your need to access is an emergency seek out emergency responders and make them aware of your need, but, DO NOT ENTER the water.

Students, parents, teachers and staff members should anonymously report situations that may put students in jeopardy at school by calling the Bucks County School Watch Hotline 24-hours, toll-free at 1-877-888-7140.

The hotline is intended to help keep schools safe by notifying local school and law enforcement officials of potential acts of violence, theft, weapons on campus, drug and/or alcohol abuse before they occur. Trained telecommunicators answer the call, gather information and relay that information to the local police department and respective school district officials. If you know of or have heard of a threat to school safety, call the hotline!

* please note: this is a reporting line only. It is not a public information line where you will be able to obtain information on a school emergency situation.

It happened at Columbine High School and Virginia Tech; many dead and wounded...

It DID NOT happen at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High and Winslow Township High (NJ) because someone made the call!

You can PREVENT School Violence!

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