Hurricane Irene: Handy Numbers To Stick To The Fridge

[UPDATED: 2:20 p.m. Saturday]:As Hurricane Irene approaches the Jersey Shore, Bloomfield emergency workers are reminding people that call volume skyrockets during a crisis. Many of the calls are non-emergency calls that could be better handled by another agency. 

The following is a partial list of phone numbers to call related to specific problems you may have:

Bloomfield Emergency Operations Center (opens today at 4 p.m.): (973) 680-4177 

Bloomfield Volunteer Emergency Squad: (973) 748-6785.

Bloomfield Police/Fire Departments (Emergency): 9-1-1 

PSE&G - Downed power lines, gas leaks and other urgent, safety related requests. Available 24 hours / 7days: 1-800-436-PSEG (7734)

Phone service or FiOS television, call Verizon: 1-800-837-4966

Cable TV service, Cablevision: 866-633-0193

NJ Dept. of Health and Senior Services -- state.nj.us/health

NJ Office of Emergency Management -- state.nj.us/njoem

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-- fema.gov

American Red Cross – http://redcross.org

National Weather Service -- nws.noaa.gov/

Preparedness Info (Spanish): listo.gov/

The American Red Cross provides a Power Outage Fact sheet which may be downloaded here: Download Power Outage Fact Sheet.

All emergency situations, however, residents should not hesitate to call 9-1-1.