"We'll be ready to open shelters...at very short notice," O'Connor says.
And if a power failure does occur, the 911 Center will stay operational using its own generators.
"We're prepared to operate for a week without recourse to electrical power," Fosque says.
Extra staffing is another key component of the city's contigency plans. O'Connor says all city operational departments will have people available on New Year's Eve.
"You'll have twice as many police officers in Cambridge until it's decided that everything is fine," he says.
Maggie Dionne, the deputy director of management for the Cambridge Housing Authority, says staff will be on hand to help the authority's 3,000 tenants if necessary.
"We will have staff on site during the critical times and longer if necessary," she says.
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