The New Indian Point Energy Center Alert & Notification System has been approved by The Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA. The NEW Siren System was placed into service on Wednesday August 27th 2008 at 12:00 noon. This new siren alert notification system provides emergency management officials with a tool for swiftly notifying the public. As part of the siren system upgrade, Entergy and Putnam County have worked
very closely and:

• Installed multi-directional sirens – providing a loud, 360º wall of sound;
• Installed two ways of activating the system (by radio and cellular signal), so if one signal is blocked, another will activate the sirens;
• Increased the number of sirens, which improves sound coverage in the ten-mile zone around the site;
• Most importantly, we added a back-up power system, so in case of a power loss in the region, emergency personnel can still count on power to the sirens.
• Implemented an emergency telephone notification system, which will be used to alert residents by phone.

As part of this transition, we also encourage all too personally register for emergency event alerting and notification via New York State’s new, advanced emergency information system called NY-Alert (http://www.nyalert.gov). This system will deliver warnings and emergency information via the web, cell phone, email and other technologies, which places vital information at your fingertips when you need it most.