Community Alerting System Swift911

  • Sussex County’s Division of Emergency Management has the ability to notify all Sussex County residents in the event of an emergency through its Swift911 system.
  • When activated by officials, this automated system calls homes and businesses in the affected area and delivers a recorded message to notify the public about the emergency and what actions they may need to take.
  • The system will be used for the following types of events:
    • missing person alerts
    • emergency evacuations
    • local security and crime alerts
    • weather emergencies
    • hazardous materials events
  • All landline telephones serviced by Verizon, Embarq and Warwick Valley Telephone (WVT) are already in the system, however, cell phone and some VOIP phone numbers are not.
  • If you would like to provide additional methods of contact, update your information or remove yourself entirely, utilize the link above
  • More about Community Alerts