Emergency Watch Neighborhood Preparedness Program

The number one citizen request to the Municipality of Anchorage Office of Emergency Management is for disaster preparedness materials. The Emergency Watch Program responds to these requests and provides a neighbor led community education initiative designed to prepare neighborhoods for the reality that city services will be overextended for up to seven days after a disaster.

The Office of Emergency Management provides citizens that volunteer to be a neighborhood leader with an Emergency Watch Starter Toolkit and a 2-hour orientation at the Emergency Operations Center.  These leaders are then asked to hold one short planning meeting, and one annual exercise in their neighborhood.  These meetings include information about personal disaster preparation and developing a neighborhood emergency plan.

Call 343-1402 to find out when the next Neighborhood Leader Orientation will be held at the Office of Emergency Management located at 1305 E St.  or email emergencywatch@muni.org and include your name and phone number in the text.

Check out the Emergency Watch Program
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Register your neighborhood
and receive orientation invitations for the
Emergency Watch Program

Do you think you live in an existing Emergency Watch Neighborhood?  Click here and follow the instructions to check.

Contact the Office of Emergency Management for more information.

Emergency Watch Line: 907-343-7050 Fax: 907-343-1441

Email: emergencywatch@muni.org

Current Emergency Information: 907-343-4701