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Emergency Awareness
Protecting You and Your Home
Highland Village Fire-Rescue assists the Highland Village Police Department with the task of coordinating the city's emergency management efforts. This includes:
- Conducting disaster exercise drills
- Training all city field personnel
- Maintaining and updating the city emergency management plan
- Maintaining and operating the city Emergency Operations Center
- Conducting outdoor warning siren tests
Tips for protecting you and your family
Connect-CTY
Connect-CTY is a mass notification system that is sometimes referred to as "Reverse 9-1-1". This system allows us to contact all businesses and residents in the community within minutes in the event of an emergency. For more information on this sytem, visit Connect-CTY.
Severe Weather
- Remain indoors during severe weather.
- Stay tuned to local television stations for up-to-date information.
- If you are outdoors, listen for the city's outdoor warning sirens.
Tornadoes
- If you see a tornado or hear that one is approaching, seek shelter immediately.
- If you are INDOORS:
- Go to a room at the center of the building/house.
- Stay away from windows (breaking glass can cut you).
- Do not open the windows to your building/house. It is a myth that tornadoes increase the pressure inside your house. A tornado usually destroys a building/house by tearing off the roof when the wind catches the lip of the roof.
- If you have time, cover yourself with cushions, pillows or a mattress
- If you are OUTSIDE:
- Try to get indoors as quickly as possible.
- If you cannot get indoors, find a flat area, away from trees and poles, and lie flat on the ground and cover your head.
- Do not lay in a ditch because fast, rising water could trap you.
For more tips about preparing for emergencies, visit the following websites:
Outdoor Warning Sirens
Highland Village operates five outdoor warning sirens in the city. Click on the map to see the exact location of each siren. Our outdoor warning sirens are used to warn people who are outdoors during severe weather. IF THE OUTDOOR WARNING SIRENS ARE ACTIVATED WHEN YOU ARE OUTDOORS, SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
You may not be able to hear the sirens if you are inside your home. The outdoor warning sirens are designed only to warn people who are outside at the time that severe weather is approaching.
Siren Testing
The outdoor warning sirens are tested on the first Wednesday of each month. If there is severe weather during that day the sirens will not be tested.