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Social Media Emergency Ready in Hoboken, NJ

Twitter has proven itself an essential component in keeping people safe. I put together a list of local, state and federal official social media emergency accounts for Hoboken, NJ.

Fox News contributor Jennifer Cerbasi wrote a great article detailing how to keep your family safe via Twitter. Here is my emergency social media contact list for Hoboken, NJ based on Jennifer's guidelines.

To see the latest emergency news, visit my Hoboken NJ Emergency List.

Local Emergency List
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Your city’s official account: @CityofHoboken

Your local police and fire departments: No official social media, phone (201) 420-2100

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Your city’s Office of Emergency Management: No official social media, OEM website, phone #s are

  • OEM Coordinator – Kenneth Ferrante, 201-344-5034
  • OEM Deputy Coordinator – Joel Mestre, 201-420-5618

Your city’s mayor and council members:

Utility companies (i.e. PSE&G, Con Edison): @PSEGdelivers

State Emergency List

Your state’s Governor: @ChrisChristie

Your state’s Office of Emergency Management: @readynj

Your state’s police department: @NJSP

Transportation agencies/organizations (i.e. MTA, NJ Transit, Port Authority): @NJ_TRANSIT

Local news agencies (They will post announcements about news conferences, which you may be able to stream live on your phone): @News12NJ, @jerseyjournal, @njdotcom, @hobokenpatch, @hudson_reporter

National Emergency List

FEMA: @fema

FEMA for your region (Click here to find your state’s region): @femaregion2

National Weather Service: @usNWSgov

National Guard: @USNationalGuard

Department of Homeland Security: @DHSgov

American Red Cross: @RedCross

Center for Disease Control Emergency: @CDCemergency

Family & Friends

Close family and friends, rather than acquaintances, you would need to contact or locate in case of an emergency.

The Metro Moms Network team are the first people I would call in an emergency: @jenifernyc1, @zgbmom3, @maryvidalnj, @matinaloffredo, @pj_kaiser. And if the entire NYC region was underwater, I would call our fiction editor @debramarrs

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Kathy Zucker, CEO of Metro Moms Network, mother of three young children and New York Life Keep Good Going Shorty Award winner and judge, writes about juggling career and family in an urban setting. Read her MomCondoLiving blog, follow her on Twitter (@KathyZucker), friend her on Facebook and watch her on Youtube.

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