The New York Water and Waste Water Agency Response Network 

Welcome

A Water and Wastewater Agency Response Network (WARN) is a network of utilities helping other utilities to respond to and recover from emergencies. The purpose of a WARN is to provide a method whereby water/wastewater utilities that have sustained or anticipate damages from natural or human-caused incidents can provide and receive emergency aid and assistance in the form of personnel, equipment, materials, and other associated services as necessary from other water/wastewater utilities. The objective is to provide rapid, short term deployment of emergency services to restore the critical operations of the affected water/wastewater utility.

The Backbone of the WARN concept is the Mutual Aid and Assistance Agreement. It is in the Mutual Aid and Assistance Agreement where provisions for the network activation, reimbursement, liability and other issues are mutually agreed upon by participating utilities. Participation is voluntary; there is no obligation to respond, and there is no direct cost to be a member of the network.

The WARN framework provides a forum for establishing and maintaining emergency contacts, providing expedited access to specialized resources needed to respond to and recovery from emergencies that disrupt water/wastewater utilities, and facilitating training that specifically focuses on the exchange of resources during an emergency.

 

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How to Join NYWARN

If your utility hasn't filled out the membership application click here.

For more information please contact info@NYWARN.org.

About NYWARN

Based on  other models, CalWARN, Lawarn, FlaWARN and TxWARN, NYWARN is designed to provide a utility to utility response during an emergency.

Our mission is to support and promote statewide emergency preparedness, disaster response, and mutual assistance matters for public and private water and wastewater utilities.

The NYWARN Web site does this by providing its members with emergency planning, response and recovery information before, during and after an emergency. As the nationwide WARN system expands, it will become easier to coordinate mutual aid with other states as needed, either as an assisting utility offering help, or as a damaged utility asking for help.

The NYWARN program provides its member utilities with:

• A standard omnibus mutual assistance agreement and process for sharing emergency resources among members statewide.
• The resources to respond and recover more quickly from a disaster.
• A mutual assistance program consistent with other statewide mutual aid programs.
• A forum for developing and maintaining emergency contacts and relationships.
• New ideas from lessons learned in disasters.

Please take a moment to explore our Web site!