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EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS) Delaware Emergency Notification System ¾ To satisfy the need for a Statewide Radio Stations ¾ Emergency telephone notifications to the emergency notification system. public. ¾ A Division of Public Health require- New Castle County ¾ DENS telephone messages include: ment for a Health Alert Network. Primary WDEL - AM 1150 KHz 9 Name (DENS or Activating Agency) WSTW - FM 93.7 MHz 9 Type of emergency 9 Protective action(s), if any Secondary WJBR - AM 1290 KHz 9 Location of additional information, ¾ Designated officials, including Public - FM 99.5 MHz local EAS radio station, TV, etc. Health, will activate DENS by contacting FirstCall or through a Virtual Private ¾ FirstCall, Interactive Network, provides Network via the internet. Kent County the service from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Telephone Caller ID’s may say FirstCall. ¾ Counties and Municipalities can con- Primary WDOV - AM 1410 KHz tact their County Emergency Operations ¾ Emergency is an unexpected, serious WRDX - FM 94.7 MHz Centers for emergency activations. situation requiring prompt action such Secondary WAFL - FM 97.7 MHz as evacuation or sheltering-in-place. ¾ Residential & business telephone numbers geographically coded on ¾ Only during an emergency which may Sussex County adversely affect the health, safety, and computerized maps. welfare of Delaware citizens. Primary WZBH - FM 93.5 MHz ¾ FirstCall operators or designated Secondary WOSC - FM 95.9 MHZ Officials identify calling areas by drawing shapes on the maps. ¾ DENS can be activated in your: NOTE 9 County Emergency 911 Center or ¾ System automatically creates a Comcast Cable television can Emergency Operations Center call-out list from the identified areas. place crawlers of emergency (including the City of Wilmington). ¾ Automatic telephone notifications 9 State Emergency Operations Ctr. messages, received through EAS, are then sent, using messages record- on all channels throughout the 9 State Police Hq. Communications. ed specifically for the emergency. 9 Division Public Health Control Ctr. State. FirstCall Network’s Registration line The Registration Line is a toll-free number for citizens that wish to be notified by their cellular phones. Only one phone number per address is permitted. Registration Line is (866) 484-3264. This process is very user friendly. Callers will be prompted while using the system. The system will ask for: 9 Callers Name 9 Phone Number 9 Street Address 9 City 9 State 9 Zip Code Once the information has been entered, the person registering will receive a message, via the submitted number, as a call back from the system confirming their registration. The DENS project is a partnership between DEMA and the Division of The information is protected, under Public Health (DPH). Initial funding the normal non-disclosure agreement is being provided by DPH. between FirstCall and the State of Delaware. More information is available on the DEMA website: www.state.de.us/dema.