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Emergency Management
Attention Business Owners:
Please fill out a Cortland County Business Emergency Contact Form and send a completed copy to Courtney Metcalf.
Power Outage Information:
Click on the link for your power provider below to see if your provider is aware of the outage in your area or to report an outage in your area.
National Grid - Upstate NY
NYSEG
Please fill out a Cortland County Business Emergency Contact Form and send a completed copy to Courtney Metcalf.
Power Outage Information:
Click on the link for your power provider below to see if your provider is aware of the outage in your area or to report an outage in your area.
National Grid - Upstate NY
NYSEG
What is Hyper-Reach:
Cortland County utilizes the Hyper-Reach System as a way of notifying the community of emergency situations such as Boil Water Advisories, Severe Weather, Missing Persons, and any other situation occurring that would require a mass notification in a short period of time. The system allows us to contact large groups of people in minutes, for any type of situation. All landline phones in the county are automatically enrolled, but mobile phones can only be included when people register.
Those who register can choose alerts by text, email and/or voice call. Text messages are sent as normal SMS tests, so users can control when they hear the alerts using their normal phone settings. Please be sure that you choose the correct street address so that any Emergency Alerts affecting only your immediate area will reach you.
Cortland County utilizes the Hyper-Reach System as a way of notifying the community of emergency situations such as Boil Water Advisories, Severe Weather, Missing Persons, and any other situation occurring that would require a mass notification in a short period of time. The system allows us to contact large groups of people in minutes, for any type of situation. All landline phones in the county are automatically enrolled, but mobile phones can only be included when people register.
Those who register can choose alerts by text, email and/or voice call. Text messages are sent as normal SMS tests, so users can control when they hear the alerts using their normal phone settings. Please be sure that you choose the correct street address so that any Emergency Alerts affecting only your immediate area will reach you.
Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC):
The LEPC meets from September to June on the first Friday of every month. The LEPC is comprised of # of agencies and business from the Cortland County community.
Chairman:Michael TenKate, Special Ops Captain - Cortland City Fire
Vice Chairman: Kevin Whitney, Deputy Fire Coordinator
| TRAVEL ADVISORY |
Caution is advised since hazardous driving conditions could be encountered. |
| NO UNNECESSARY TRAVEL |
Hazardous driving conditions do exist and no unnecessary travel should take place. A matter of individual's judgement. |
| ROADS CLOSED EXCEPT FOR ESSENTIAL TRAVEL |
This is a State of Emergency declared by the Sheriff or Chairman of the Legislature. Very hazardous driving conditions exist and can threaten life and/or property. |
| ROADS CLOSED EXCEPT FOR EMERGENCY TRAVEL |
This is a State of Emergency declared by either the Chairman of the Legislature. Very hazardous driving conditions exist and can threaten life and/or property. Travel must be limited to travel that is an emergency to protect or preserve life and/or property, and is limited to emergency vehicles or vehicles or persons on their way to or from performing an emergency act associated with the preservation of life or property. |
| STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARATION BY GOVERNOR OF NYS |
The Governor declares a State of Emergency when there is a belief that a disaster has occurred or may be imminent that is severe enough to require State aid to supplement local resources in mitigating or alleviating damages, loss, hardship or suffering. |