Kingwood Township Office of Emergency Management

03/26/2026

Notice to Road Users, Route 519 Closure: A serious motor vehicle accident has necessitated the closure of Route 519 from Babertown Point Breeze to Fairview Road for the next 2-4 hours. Please plan an alternate route.

12/20/2025

Good Afternoon Kingwood. We're down to 263 residents out of power. JCP&L has opened up Ice and Water at both Shoprites in Hunterdon County.

With long duration outages, often CO alarms will start to sound as Generators may be blowing CO into your home. If you CO alarm sounds, Dial 911, get out of the house to fresh air and the fire company will ventilate the house and assist with returning your home to a safe level.

More information can be found on Kidde's website at: https://www.kidde.com/support/carbon-monoxide-alarms/co-levels-info #:~:text=When%20Will%20Carbon%20Monoxide%20Levels,Set%20Off%20Your%20Alarm%3F&text=40%20PPM%3A%2010%20hours&text=50%20PPM%3A%208%20hours&text=70%20PPM%3A%201%20to%204,hours&text=150%20PPM%3A%2010%20to%2050,minutes&text=400%20PPM%3A%204%20to%2015,minutes

From Kidde:
How Much Carbon Monoxide Is Dangerous?
Levels of carbon monoxide exposure range from low to dangerous:

Low level: 50 PPM and less
Mid-level: Between 51 PPM and 100 PPM
High level: Greater than 101 PPM if no one is experiencing symptoms
Dangerous level: Greater than 101 PPM if someone is experiencing symptoms

When Will Carbon Monoxide Levels Set Off Your Alarm?
40 PPM: 10 hours
50 PPM: 8 hours
70 PPM: 1 to 4 hours
150 PPM: 10 to 50 minutes
400 PPM: 4 to 15 minutes

Carbon Monoxide Levels and Their Symptoms
If your carbon monoxide alarm sounds, or you suspect you are experiencing symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, you should immediately leave your home and call 9-1-1. Here are some of the symptoms you can expect from carbon monoxide exposure:

50 PPM: None for healthy adults. According to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), this is the maximum allowable concentration for continuous exposure for healthy adults in any eight-hour period.
200 PPM: Slight headache, fatigue, dizziness, and nausea after two to three hours.
400 PPM: Frontal headaches within one to two hours. Life-threatening after three hours.
800 PPM: Dizziness, nausea, and convulsions within 45 minutes. Unconsciousness within two hours. Death within two to three hours.
1,600 PPM: Headache, dizziness, and nausea within 20 minutes. Death within one hour.

Stay safe Kingwood.

Carbon monoxide (CO) levels in a home are typically measured over time. Carbon monoxide detectors are time-weighted alarms, meaning they measure the buildup of carbon monoxide in a house as time passes.

12/20/2025

10:30am Update: 70 customers have been restored. Total customers out of power in Kingwood is now 293.

Good morning(well not really for some) Kingwood. JCP&L is currently reporting over 23,000 customers out of power. 5,000 of these customers are in Hunterdon County with 363 customers located in Kingwood Township. Use the Map legend below to determine the size of the outage. The larger outages get repaired first and then they work their way down to the single customer outages. Unfortunately for some this may mean being out of power for several days.

We will post restoration times when available from our JCP&L contact. Until then, stay away from downed power lines, avoid closed roads(yes it applies to everyone, please don't go through the barricades), and stay warm.

06/30/2025

Good Morning Kingwood. Starting July 8th, JCP&L will begin Phase 1 of the Baptistown Substation service area improvements. Work will be performed on the roads indicated in blue. The yellow line represents the flow of work. This body of work is expected to continue into December with the goal to improve reliability to the grid and the customers served by the Baptistown substation.

During this time please use caution while driving these roads as the work may narrow roads to a single lane.

If you have any questions, email [email protected].

04/21/2025

Update: As of 5:06pm 4/21 this issue has been resolved.

3:47 pm 4/21

Brightspeed Telephone Issues:

Landline telephone provider Brightspeed is currently experiencing a widespread technology failure. The Hunterdon County Communications Center has determined this is affecting many police department and administrative phone lines. If the public attempts to contact their municipal police department and are met with a busy signal, they should hang up and dial 908-806-5817 to reach the dispatch center. This number should also be used by our partner agencies attempting to reach the dispatch center for any needs. The 911 and Text-to-911 systems remain fully operational. The outage is affecting the Center's ability to receive reports from alarm companies (police, fire, & medical related alarm activations).

There is no timeframe for when Brightspeed expects to complete repairs to rectify the failure.

03/17/2025

Good evening Kingwood. No this is not an early April Fools Joke. Please plan for alternate routes of travel on or about 4/1 for 5 business days if you use Route 651 in your daily travels. Details from Hunterdon County Roads and Bridges below.

Date Posted: March 17, 2025�County Bridge K-47 is located 2/10 of a mile from Federal Twist Road and 2/10 of a mile from Brook Road. Starting on or about April 1, 2025, the bridge will beclosed to all traffic daily between the hours of 8:30 am – 2:30 pm for approximately 5 working days, weather permitting.�County crews will be making Priority 1 repairs.
A detour will be posted.

03/06/2025

Good evening Kingwood. 228 residents in the south part of the township are out of power due to a pole, transformer and wires that came down in Delaware Township. Expected restoration time is 11:30pm this evening which should restore power to the majority of the residents.

02/17/2025

Good afternoon Kingwood,

Unfortunately the winds continue to hinder restoration estimates. JCP&L is advising very little progress will be made over the next 12 hours due to the winds exceeding safe working conditions.

Full restoration is expected for all customers by Thursday.

Ice and water has been activated. ShopRite in Clinton or Flemington are your closest stores if you need ice and water.

02/17/2025

Stompf Tavern Road closed at 90 Stompf Tavern Road due to trees and wires blocking the roadway.

02/17/2025

Good Morning Kingwood. The sun is shining and wind is still howling.

Power outages in the township will mostly be repaired by either 12pm or 7pm today. Single user outages may take longer to restore.

Individuals who need shelter at the Warming Center should call Hunterdon Helpline at (908) 782-4357. Families with minor children seeking shelter should contact NJ-211.

02/16/2025

Barbertown Idell between Tumble Idell and Route 651 is closed due to a pole, live wires and transformer in the roadway.

01/18/2025

Due to the winter storm dangerous cold forecast beginning Sunday, January 19, 2025 and continuing day and night for the remainder of the NWS forecast period, a Code Blue is in effect from 7PM, Saturday, January 18, 2025 until 9AM, Friday, January 24, 2025. Warming center facilities are outlined below.

*The Hunterdon County Warming Center at Hunterdon Helpline will be open beginning 7PM, Saturday, January 18, 2025 and will remain open until 9AM, Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

*The Hunterdon County library system will be available from 9AM to 9PM on the following dates:
Tuesday, January 21
Wednesday, January 22
Thursday, January 23

*The Hunterdon County Warming Center at Hunterdon Helpline will be open from 7PM to 9AM:
January 21 into January 22
January 22 into January 23
January 23 into January 24

This Code Blue declaration is subject to daily review and possible modification.