Events such as Hurricane Florence serve as a reminder that we should do whatever we can to prepare for an emergency. One way to stay in touch with your Mercer County government is to connect to the Mercer County’s Emergency Notification System. Our Swift911™ is designed to make phone calls to specific people or areas in the event of an emergency or for sharing important information. Mercer County Office of Emergency Management and other departments use this system to notify citizens by phone of information regarding you or your property. The system can make thousands of calls in a minute to convey vital information. These messages may include information on floods, fires, water emergencies, missing persons, evacuation orders, and weather emergencies. The Swiftreach Network Data has been provided by a third party data provider and only includes listed phone numbers in Mercer County. It is important for residents and business owners to provide contact information such as unlisted, unpublished or cell phone numbers. Accurate numbers in the database help to ensure emergency information will be passed on to everyone in a timely manner.

If you would like to provide an alternate number other than your home number you may also do so. The alternate phone number would be called if your primary phone number is not answered by a person or answering machine.

All calls you receive will have the caller ID of “Mercer County Alert.” Your information will not be provided to any outside agencies or companies.

You can register for notifications at: http://www.mercercounty.org/departments/emergency-management-public-safety/mercer-county-emergency-notification-system

If you’re on social media, you can follow Mercer County at https://www.facebook.com/mercernewjersey/

Or on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MercerPIO.