With recent natural disasters devastating communities in our country and beyond, the City is reminding residents to sign up for its mass notification system designed to keep the public informed of emergencies.
Mission Viejo in 2008 was one of the first cities to implement “AlertOC” – a county-wide notification system funded by the County of Orange. The system gives City officials the ability to communicate with residents about time-sensitive issues, which could include planned and unforeseen emergencies or public-safety matters.
The system allows officials to record, send and track personalized voice messages to residents, businesses and local agencies citywide in just minutes through a single phone call. The City can also send text messages to cell phones, PDAs, e-mail accounts and special receiving devices (TTY/TDD) for the hearing impaired. The service requires no additional hardware. It can be used from any computer with Internet access or just a telephone, ensuring that officials can send vital messages from anywhere.
AlertOC is a “win-win” for the City and community in keeping it informed of potential disasters and more.
Visit the City’s website at www.cityofmissionviejo.org and click on the “AlertOC” link to enter your information into the secure database.
For more information, e-mail AlertOC@cityofmissionviejo.org.
. .The City of Purcell is pleased to announce the launch of the Blackboard Connect service our new city-to-resident notification system. With this service city leaders can send personalized voice messages to residents and businesses within minutes with specific information about time-sensitive or common-interest issues such as emergencies and local community matters. The Connect service will be used to supplement our current communication plans and augment public safety first responder services..Please accept our invitation to participate in this great service. Examples would include severe weather warnings and updates hazardous traffic or road conditions inside the City or affecting local routes and any other situation that could impact the safety property or welfare of our citizens..We will also be using Connect-CTY to inform the community about community meetings such as SPIN Forums or City Council meetings..
What is the City of Franklin Notification System?The Franklin Notification System is primarily a second layer of emergency notification in the event of a Tornado Warning.The Citys new siren system provides a broad primary method of notification but there are times conditions or locations where people may not always be able to hear the siren system.The Franklin Notification System allows people to register phone numbers and e-mail addresses to receive voice calls text messages or e-mails in the event of a Tornado Warning impacting Franklin. In addition to the opt-in tornado warning notification service the system has many potential beneficial uses.For example the system provides the City with the capability to automatically send a recorded voice message to each phone number in Franklins 911 database or to targeted areas of the City identified through electronic maps.The system can also be used for other special messages forwhich residents opt in or request notification on certain topics or events.