Even though there is no immediate danger to residents who live near dams, public safety officials met Monday to discuss the town's preparedness for a flooding emergency.

"This meeting isn't to tell you there is an issue, but to tell you that, if there was an issue, we wouldn't want you to be surprised by that call," said Lt. John Walcek of the Wareham Police Department, who led the meeting of the Local Emergency Planning Committee.

Director of Municipal Maintenance David Menard said the town monitors two dams in Wareham, the Parker Mills Dam by the Tremont Nail Factory and the Tremont Dam in West Wareham. He said the state monitors the Agawam Mill Pond Dam by the Elks Club and the dam near Exit 1 on Route 25.

The Parker Mills Pond Dam was recently classified as a High Hazard Potential Dam by the state Office of Dam Safety at the Department of Conservation and Recreation, which means its failure could result in loss of life and damage to homes and businesses.

The dam, which supplies water to the area cranberry industry, is located across from the Tremont Nail Factory. The Elm Street bridge, which was indefinitely closed on June 20, is part of the dam.

In its August 2014 report, the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs said, “The Parker Mills Dam faces a multitude of repairs in order to maintain public safety.”

The state has awarded the town a $165,000 grant and a $835,000, two-percent-interest loan toward the $1.2 million project to repair the dam.

“The Parker Mills Dam underlies the road [Elm Street] with its failing bridge culverts and other weakening issues. The bridge is not safe and the Town must repair the bridge, road and dam,” wrote the town Finance Committee after visiting the site.

Walcek stressed the importance for those in areas that would be affected by dam flooding or failures of compiling a complete emergency contact list of names and phone numbers . He said interns from the Mass Maritime Academy coming in January are already assigned to the project, but that residents can contact the department themselves with their information.

EMS Director Dave Evans mentioned that residents can get an app Nixle that the Police Department uses to deliver free e-mail and text alerts whenever there is an emergency.

Some residents asked about using the siren on top of Town Hall in the case of an emergency.

"I think that the reverse 911 system is the modern day [siren]," Walcek said.

"If there was an issue, you're going to find out about it, even if it takes a fire truck driving through your neighborhood with someone saying you need to evacuate," he added.