The storm everyone is talking about is here and the Albany County Sheriff's Office Emergency Operations Center is buzzing.

Personnel at the office are ensuring every angle of the storm is covered, from calls with City Hall, to the National Weather Service, and coordinating with local Departments of Public Works, as well as the Red Cross, to keep everyone safe.

"We're lining up all of our EOC partners and contacts, and making sure we have good communications with all our municipalities," said Commander Brian Wood, Albany County Sheriff's Office Emergency Operations Unit.

Because this is the storm they have been waiting for all season, they're preparing for the worst. But city and town departments of public works do not work overnight hours.

"Our worry is that this is going to come between midnight and 6 a.m., the biggest brunt of the snowfall, and typically you or I don't care about that while we're sleeping, but emergency responders care about that a lot. Somebody needs an ambulance, they need a fire truck, they need a police car and we can't keep up with the roads, and staffing is down," Wood said.

But their planning is extensive.

"We monitor the 911 computer system to know where calls are, where fire, police and EMS are. We monitor the radar, local news, and we just kind of take all the information in, digest it, and look for problem areas. Then we form plans to either respond to or mitigate problems as they arrive," Wood said.

Also in the emergency operations center are teams who will be checking on the elderly and responding to any calls of folks who lose power or heat.

In the Albany County Sheriff's Office, the biggest concern for those working is the bitter cold that is expected to follow this snowfall.