RI Special Needs Emergency Registry
The Rhode Island Special Needs Emergency Registry (RISNER) is overseen by the RI Department of Health. Enrolling in the Special Needs Emergency Registry lets police, fire, and other first responders in your community better prepare for and respond to your needs during a hurricane, storm, or other emergency. Some people may need extra help during a time of emergency, including people who:
- Use life support systems such as oxygen, respirator, ventilator, dialysis, pacemaker, or are insulin dependent;
- Have mobility disabilities and use a wheelchair, scooter, walker, cane, or other mobility device;
- Are visually impaired, blind, hard of hearing, or deaf;
- Have speech, cognitive, developmental or mental health disabilities;
- Use assistive animals or a prosthesis.
Please click here to signup for the RI SPECIAL NEEDS EMERGENCY REGISTRY
Additional helpful links:
- Regional Center for Poison Control & Prevention: www.maripoisoncenter.com
- American Red Cross: www.redcross.org
- FEMA:www.fema.gov
- RIEMA: www.riema.ri.gov
- US Coast Guard: www.uscg.mil/news/stormcenter
- National Weather Service: forecast.weather.gov/
- DHS-Homeland Security: www.dhs.gov/dhspublic
- RIDEM: www.dem.ri.gov