Old Bridge Township Office of Emergency Management

09/07/2026

🇺🇸Happy Labor Day🇺🇸

09/06/2026

As we head into the unofficial end of summer this Labor Day weekend.

🚫Don’t Drink & Drive.

🚔Roadways will be busier and law enforcement will remain vigilant, with an increased focus on impaired and dangerous driving.

🎉Enjoy the holiday weekend responsibly.

09/05/2026

SEPTEMBER IS SU***DE PREVENTION MONTH.

For public safety, this conversation cannot begin when someone is already in crisis.

By then, we are responding.

And response matters.

But prevention asks us to look further upstream.
Did we prepare our people for the psychological demands of the career?

Do supervisors recognize meaningful changes in the people they lead?

Do peers know what to do when something doesn't feel right?

Do families know where to turn?

Can someone ask for help without wondering what it will do to their career or reputation?
Are culturally competent resources actually accessible?

And after someone reaches out, do we stay with them-or does the system move on?
A department can have an EAP, peer support, clinicians, chaplains, critical-incident resources and training and still have gaps between those resources.

Those gaps matter.

This September, we want to move the conversation beyond simply telling first responders:

"It's okay to ask for help."

We need to build organizations where asking for help is understood, supported and connected to something people trust.

Su***de prevention isn't one program.
It isn't one month.

And it cannot belong only to the behavioral-health professionals.

It belongs in leadership.

Training.

Peer relationships.

Family support.

Organizational culture.

And in the systems we build around the people who serve.

Prevention has to begin before crisis.

If you or someone you know is in immediate crisis in the United States, call or text 988 to reach the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline.

09/01/2026

Be mindful later tonight and into tomorrow. If you notice flooded roads, it maybe best to turn around….

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 638
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
435 PM EDT Tue Sep 1 2026

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Delaware
Northeast Maryland
New Jersey
Southern New York
Central and Eastern Pennsylvania
Coastal Waters

* Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 435 PM until Midnight
EDT.

* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible
A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Supercell thunderstorms should pose a threat for large
hail this afternoon as they track east-southeastward across the
northern Mid-Atlantic. The threat for scattered severe/damaging
winds should increase this evening as one or more clusters develops.
A tornado or two may also occur with any sustained supercell.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 80
statute miles east and west of a line from 50 miles north northwest
of Wilkesbarre PA to 35 miles east southeast of Dover DE. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.

09/01/2026

Weather conditions permitting, the Middlesex County Mosquito Extermination Commission will be condu...

09/01/2026

September is Emergency Preparedness Awareness Month!

🚨Emergencies can happen at any time.

This month, take a few simple steps to prepare yourself, your family, and your community:

📈Make an emergency plan

🎒Build an emergency supply kit

📲Sign up for emergency alerts

📍Know where to get trusted information

🐶🐱Consider the needs of your loved ones, pets, and neighbors

Preparedness starts before an emergency happens.

Take time this September to get prepared!

08/31/2026

📚It’s back to school time again.

This means more children will be walking and biking on the roads, school buses will be out in droves, and motorists will need to take extra care behind the wheel.

We, as drivers, can help our children get to school safely by avoiding all distractions and following these important safety rules.

A few safety tips:

* Reduce your speed, pay attention, and obey traffic laws in school zones and neighborhoods surrounding schools

* Be ready to stop at all times
Children on bikes are often slow and unpredictable – slow down and allow at least 3 feet of passing distance between the bicycle and your vehicle

* Wait patiently for children to complete their crossing before you proceed

* Try to make eye contact with children who are waiting to cross the road

* Do not load and unload children into vehicles across the street from the school

* Don’t double park in the school zone – this blocks visibility for other children and vehicles

* Never pass a vehicle that has stopped for pedestrians.?When traveling behind a bus, follow at a greater distance than you would when following another car – this will give you more time to stop once yellow lights begin to flash

* Watch for bikes coming from behind parked cars or driveways

* Do not block crosswalks when stopped – this forces pedestrians to go around you and puts them in the path of moving traffic

* Watch for children arriving late for the bus – they may dart across the street without heeding traffic

08/31/2026

The first few minutes don't belong to EMS.
They belong to the people already there.

That may be the most important way to think about workplace emergency readiness.

When a worker collapses, overdoses, or suffers a severe traumatic injury, professional help is coming.

But the people already onsite own the first few minutes.

And those minutes matter.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Approximately 350,000 to 380,000 out of hospital cardiac arrests occur in the US.

Without CPR and early defibrillation, survival falls rapidly with every passing minute.

Opioid Overdose
The record approximately 67,300 deaths in 2018, 70,600 deaths in 2019, 110,900 deaths in 2022, 108,000 deaths in 2023, down in 2024 24% to 80,000 deaths and in 2025 70,000 deaths with significant risk concentrated in some workforce sectors, including the trades.

Naloxone can buy critical time-but someone has to recognize the emergency, retrieve it and use it.

Severe Bleeding and Workplace Trauma
experiences thousands of critical workplace injuries each year.

When uncontrolled bleeding is involved, a person can deteriorate within minutes.

Again, someone onsite has to recognize the problem and act.

For years, workplace emergency preparedness has often focused on one important question:

"Do we have an AED?"

Maybe the better question now is:

"What emergencies could kill someone here before EMS arrives-and are our people prepared to respond?"

For many workplaces, that could mean thinking about a more complete emergency-readiness station:

AED | Naloxone | Trauma First Aid

Three different emergencies.

One common principle:

The equipment must be available.

The people must know where it is.

And someone must have the confidence to act.
Because hanging lifesaving equipment on a wall is not the same as being ready.

The first few minutes don't belong to EMS.

They belong to the people already there.

08/31/2026

🗓 Happening 10/8 from 1 - 3:30 pm!
Join us for CBVI's FREE Blindness Awareness Month Community Outreach Fair at Hooks Creek Lake Pavilion at Cheesequake State Park, located at 300 Gordon Road in Matawan. Info tables, resources, exhibits, food trucks and more will be available!