Emergency Information

Electric Service Areas

Powhatan County is serviced by Dominion Power and Southside Electric. Information on outages and other emergency reporting can be found on the following links.

• Dominion Power’s Outage Information
• Southside Electric Outage Information 

Safety & Emergency Resources

• Virginia Cooperative Extension Resources for Emergency Preparedness https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/tags.resource.html/pubs_ext_vt_edu:emergency-preparedness
• Virginia Department of Emergency Management Preparedness Resources  https://www.vaemergency.gov/prepare
• Virginia Department of Health Public Preparedness Guide https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/emergency-preparedness/public-preparedness-guidance/
• Federal Emergency Management Agency - Ready https://www.ready.gov/
• Federal Food Safety site https://www.foodsafety.gov/keep-food-safe/food-safety-in-disaster-or-emergency
• Center for Disease Control - Keep food Safe After A Disaster https://www.cdc.gov/food-safety/foods/keep-food-safe-after-emergency.html
• American Red Cross - Food and Water in an Emergency https://www.fema.gov/pdf/library/f&web.pdf