List of Emergency Winter Hubs - January 2025 Emergency Winter HubsWest Warwick - West Warwick Civic Center, 100 Factory St.Open: Monday, January 20, 4:30 PM - Thursday, January 23, 10 AM. Westerly - WARM Center, 56 Spruce St.Open: 24 hours for the winter months. Woonsocket - 356 Clinton Street – Open Monday, January 20, 5:00 PM Open: Monday, January 20, 5 PM. The following overnight drop-in shelters are available 24/7. Pawtucket - OpenDoors, 1139 Main St. Providence - Crossroads: 162 Broad St. Providence - Emmanuel House, 239 Public St. South Kingstown - Welcome House of South County, 8 North Rd, Peace Dale, RI For a list of local warming centers, click here. After clicking here, scroll down to see the list of warming centers. Additional Winter Weather Resources and InformationCDC Winter Weather: Before, During and After - https://tinyurl.com/3j3ecwe6 List of Community Action Agencies - https://tinyurl.com/mt4exmy7 RI DOH Winter Health Tips - https://tinyurl.com/557j2cba RIEMA Winter Weather /Extreme Cold Preparedness - https://tinyurl.com/56nb2z3r Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms - https://tinyurl.com/szrs5why
BRIC and FMA 2024 - Notice of Funding Opportunity 2024 Building Resilient Infrastructure & Communities (BRIC)FEMA has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the BRIC grant program. The Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) BRIC NOFO can be accessed at FY 2024 BRIC NOFO. RIEMA encourages reviewing the BRIC NOFO before applying, as it provides detailed program information and other grant application and administration requirements. 2024 Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)FEMA has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the FMA grant program. The Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 24) FMA NOFO can be accessed at FY2024 FMA NOFO. RIEMA encourages reviewing the FMA NOFO before applying, as it provides detailed program information and other grant application and administration requirements. For additional information on BRIC and FMA, click here.
Power Failures Power failure is the most comment incident that can occur from severe weather and other incidents. For example, strong wind, lightning, and wet snow can cause tree branches to break and fall, potentially bringing down power lines. A widespread terrorist incident could disrupt major power sources and extreme heat can cause them to overload which could lead to rolling blackouts. Heat waves also have the potential to cause blackouts in heavily-populated areas, due to the heavy use of air cooling devices. In some instances brownouts will occur, either intentionally or unintentionally, which results in electricity reduction. Brownouts are a drop in voltage in a power supply system that may be caused by a disruption of an electrical grid, or it may be imposed in order to prevent a blackout. In today’s technologically advanced society, we rely heavily on electricity to perform some essential day-to-day functions. Download our Power Failure Preparedness Guide and follow the tips for dealing with a possible power failure before, during, and after it occurs Power Failure Preparedness Guideline PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Additional Resources Map of Current Power Outages Report a Power Outage Disaster Supply Kit PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes Family Emergency Communications Plan PDF file, less than 1mbmegabytes