IMPORTANT INFO FOR RESIDENTS
REMA is the town agency with primary responsibility for ensuring the Town's resiliency to disasters. REMA's director and deputy director oversee a trained staff of volunteers who stand ready to serve in the areas of planning, communications, operations, and logistics. To that end, REMA has, since 1965, parented the Rehoboth Rescue Squad, a highly trained service of men and women who provide emergency services as First Responders and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), auto/bus/light truck extrication specialists, HAM RACES radio operators, ice & water rescue specialists, animal rescuers, and search & rescue response teams. Together, the members of REMA and the Rehoboth Rescue Squad stand ready for an all hazards approach to emergency management.
As the town emergency management agency, REMA continues to build partnerships through the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as well as through other local entities to ensure the Town's ability to rapidly recover from disasters of all sizes by mitigating hazards, enhancing preparedness, providing effective response (Rehoboth Rescue Squad), and building the capacity to recover.
Among the most recent disasters in Rehoboth's memory were the devastating 2010 spring floods. During that time, REMA activated its members and the Rehoboth Rescue Squad, who provided nearly 200 hours of service to the citizens. In addition to providing service in core areas, REMA activated a shelter at the middle school for displaced persons. In addition to the apparatus operated by the Rescue Squad, REMA also boasts a diesel powered, high output emergency light tower trailer and a mobile command operations trailer in which radio operators can communicate world wide.. Recorded information about EEE is also available by calling the MDPH Public Health Information Line at 1-866-MASS-WNV (1-866-627-7968).
DIRECTOR: William Maiorano DEPUTY DIRECTOR: Bernard Fagundes TELEPHONE: 774-371-0017
DO NOT APPROACH DOWNED TREES, UTILITY POLES, OR POWER LINES. KEEP CLOSE WATCH OF YOUR PETS. BEWARE OF HIDDEN LIVE WIRES. PLEASE USE CAUTION WHEN APRROACHING INTERSECTIONS .
WATER IS AVAILABLE FOR REHOBOTH RESIDENTS AT
ALL THREE FIRE STATIONS
FROM 8 AM TO 9 PM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
PLEASE BRING THE NECESSARY CONTAINERS.
BOTTLED WATER WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED.
334 Anawan Street . 333 Tremont Street . 104 Pleasant Street
POST STORM INFORMATION or dial 911 for emergencies
SAFETY ISSUES
DISASTER INFORMATION and STORM RESOURCES
WATER
SHELTER
REHOBOTH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY or 774-371-0017
IF YOU NEED INFO ON DISASTER RELIEF AND POST-STORM RESOURCES, PLEASE CONTACT THE MASSACHUSETTS CALL CENTER BY DIALING 211
THOSE WHO REQUIRE SHELTERING MAY PROCEED TO THE RED CROSS REGIONAL SHELTER AT ATTLEBORO HIGH SCHOOL, 100 RATHBUN WILLARD DRIVE IN ATTLEBORO.
ALL REHOBOTH RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO DISPOSE OF SPOILED FOOD AT NO CHARGE AT THE TRANSFER STATION FROM 8 AM to 3 PM ON
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3.
TRANSFER STATION FREE FOR RESIDENTS
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