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Four County EMC Stand Ready to Respond

Report Outages: 1-888-368-7289

As Hurricane Dorian crawls up the coast, Four County EMC continues to monitor the storm and will be ready to respond to outages as quickly and safely as possible. Extreme conditions are expected to accompany the storm, including dangerous storm surge, flooding and high winds, creating hazardous situations and wide spread power outages. This will cause down power lines, broken poles and possibly some areas our crews will not be able to reach due to high waters.

Additional contract and tree trimming crews will assist Four County EMC employees with restoration efforts. We are prepared to help you and will begin restoration once conditions are safe for our crews.

Please be vigilant of work areas. Road shoulders will be saturated or inaccessible in some areas, which means crews will have to set up trucks and equipment on the road. Help keep our linemen safe by slowing down, moving over and driving carefully. Never drive through flooded areas.

As damage from Hurricane Dorian is repaired, members are reminded of the following important safety tips:

·             Never attempt to remove trees or branches from fallen or sagging power lines. Always assume that lines are energized and potentially deadly. Never touch a downed power line, and remember that sometimes debris can cover fallen lines, making them difficult to spot. If you see a downed  line, call your electric utility or 911.            

·       Do NOT wade into or drive through floodwaters.

·             Only use generators and charcoal grills in well-ventilated areas; a garage does not count as a well-ventilated area.

You may get outage updates by checking our real-time system map.  We will post updates on Facebook, Twitter and on www.fourcty.org before, during and after the storm. Report an outage at 1-888-368-7289. 

Four County EMC thanks members for their patience; getting your power back on is our priority, and we will get it done as safely and quickly as possible.