Emergency Preparedness for Home Medical Equipment Patients
In the event of a medical or critical care emergency, contact 911 immediately. In the event of a natural disaster or other wide-spread emergency, the links below can help connect you and any patients under your care to the agencies that are best able to assist. Natural disasters can strike quickly and without warning; the best defense against such events is to prepare NOW, before an emergency occurs. Create a disaster checklist to help protect yourself and members of your household.
National Emergency Management Agencies
- American Red Cross: 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767)
- United Way: 2-1-1
- FEMA: 1-800-621-FEMA (1-800-621-3362)
Local Emergency Management Agencies
- Washington D.C. Emergency: 3-1-1
- Maryland Emergency Management Agency: 1-877-MEMA-USA (1-877-636-2872)
- Virginia Emergency Management Agency: 1-804-897-6500
Maryland Office of Preparedness and Response Tips and Checklists
To Report a power outage, please contact your utility company in your state:
Pennsylvania
- Citizens Electric Of Lewisburg: Number to report outages or downed lines: 570-524-2231
- Duquesne Light Company (DQE) Number to report outages or downed lines: 1-888-393-7000
- Pennsylvania Power Company (Penn Power) FirstEnergy Company Number to report outages or downed lines: 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877)
- PPL Electric Utilities – PPL Customer Website Number to report outages or downed lines: 1-800-DIAL-PPL (1-800-342-5775)
- PECO Energy Company – Exelon Company Number to report outages or downed lines: 1-800-841-4141
- Pike County Light & Power Company – Orange and Rockland Company Number to report outages or downed lines: 1-877-434-4100
- UGI Utilities Inc. Number to report outages or downed lines: 1-800-276-2722
- Wellsboro Electric Company Number to report outages or downed lines: 570-724-3516
- West Penn Power – FirstEnergy Company Number to report outages or downed lines: 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877)
West Virginia
- Appalachian Power – Number to report safety hazard conditions: 1-800-956-4237
- Mon Power – FirstEnergy Company Number to report outages or downed lines: 1-888-LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877)
Maryland
- BGE – Call to report outages: 1-877-778-2222
- Pepco – Call to report outages: 1-877-737-2662
- SMECO – Call to report outages: 1-877-747-6326
Washington D.C.
- Dominion Energy – Call to report outages: 1-866-366-4357
Northern Virginia
- Dominion Energy – Call to report outages: 1-866-366-4357
- NOVEC – Call to report outages: 1-888-335-0500