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The Application for Access to Dept. of Emergency Response Records - FOIL Form (.pdf) can be mailed to address listed, faxed to 845-486-3998 or emailed to ssellitto@dutchessny.gov
We will acknowledge a request within five business days of the receipt of a written request for a record reasonably described.
Full text of the FOIL can be found on the Department of State, Committee on Open Government page.
Record Access and Appeals Officers read and review the Freedom of Information Law annually
Return to:
Records Access Officer
Department of Emergency Response
392 Creek Road
Poughkeepsie, New York 12601
Incident and Response Reports access is restricted to pre-approved emergency service agencies.
Complete the Collection of E-911 of Wireless Surcharge (.pdf). Remittance must be made no later than thirty (30) days after the last business day of the month.
Return to:
Dutchess County Commissioner of Finance
22 Market Street
Poughkeepsie NY 12601
Complete the Collection of E-911 VoIP/Landline Surcharge Form (.pdf). Remittance must be made no later than thirty (30) days after the last business day of the month.
Return to:
Dutchess County Commissioner of Finance
22 Market Street
Poughkeepsie NY 12601
Complete the E-911 Annual Accounting of Wireless Surcharge Form (.pdf). This accounting must be filed no later than thirty (30) days after the last business day of the calendar year for which the accounting is rendered.
Return to:
Dutchess County Commissioner of Finance
22 Market Street
Poughkeepsie NY 12601-3294
Any agency that makes a request for GIS Data from the Department of Emergency Response is required to first complete and submit a GIS Data Request Form (.pdf).
As stated on the form, you are acknowledging that the County of Dutchess provides this data “as-is”, and holds no liability arising from any incomplete, incorrect, inaccurate or misleading data. In addition, the requester will have no claims to data updates.
It should also be understood that this data is not “owned” solely by the Department of Emergency Response. Therefore, all primary dataset editors will be contacted by the Department of Emergency Response for their authorization to release the requested data to you. On occasions, the data release request may be temporarily denied if the editor is in the middle of an edit session. You will be contacted if any of the datasets are not available at the time of your request.
Complete the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Volunteer Application (.pdf). If you need further assistance, or have any questions, please contact:
MRC Coordinator
Dutchess County Department of Emergency Response
392 Creek Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: (845) 486-2493
wcady@dutchessny.gov
Use the Training Authorization Form (.pdf) for the enrollment of students.
To ensure that all prospective students are:
Contact:
Eric Schmidt, Deputy Coordinator of Training
Phone: 845-242-2917
Email: dctraining.cc9@gmail.com
