First responders, local, county and state leaders, along with several organizations, are teaming up to help keep communities safe during this weather system.

Monroe County activated its Emergency Operations Center.

The EOC is essentially a one-stop shop for all agencies and information concerning the storm.

“Having all that real-time information and people co-located here, it’s great. You need to experience it to see the value of it," said Tim Henry, Monroe County emergency manager and deputy director of public safety.

The county’s Emergency Operations Center was activated to monitor the developing situation and to coordinate a community-wide response to high winds.

Organizations from EMS, Fire, Police, Utility and more can gather in one place in person or virtually to collaborate.

There are power outage maps for RG&E and National Grid, Monroe County and New York State Department of Transportation Cameras, a command room showing all incoming 911 calls, and much more technology located at the site.

The EOC team works in cooperation with town and village officials, other counties and the state.

“If we need to talk to expertise or need resources beyond our region, we engage with the Emergency Operations in New York state, and they facilitate those conversations and can consolidate our needs or our demands or our requirements, and they can reach out to other emergency managers and operation centers across the state, and through mutual aid, through plans, can bring resources we might need here to help us out," said Henry.

Tim Henry and Monroe County have some advice for those dealing with the winds.

“If you don’t have to travel tonight in the peak wind gusts, in particular if you have a high-profile vehicle, even an SUV, don’t if you don’t have to,” he said. “And if you are out traveling and you see a limb down, assume that that limb is down with a powerline. And if you see a powerline dancing in the road, stay away [and] make the call to 911. 911 will call RG&E or National Grid to fix the problem.”

Also, the County says, in the event of power outages, to treat all traffic lights that may not be working as a four-way stop.

Officials also urge no unnecessary travel.