Fillmore County residents currently have the opportunity to
register for notifications about public safety, community information, severe
weather alerts and emergencies through the Fillmore County Community Alert
System.
Notifications can be received
on your landline, cell phone, email and on Facebook. Fillmore County
Emergency Manager Jim Dunker is very positive about the new system, “The
AlertSense notification system is a very versatile system in that it can
provide more than just weather notifications. Safety and event
notifications can also be received.”
Public safety notifications that subscribers might receive
include criminal activity, active shooter/intruder, imminent danger, hazardous
materials issues, wildfire, floods, shelter in place and evacuation
notifications.
The community event notification component includes
notifications of road closures, snow emergencies, power outages, water main
shut-offs, 911 outages or utility disruptions. Many residents currently
receive severe weather alerts but may not know that their location can be
tailored and the severity of level of notification.
There are two ways that county residents may be included in
these notifications. First, they should go online to register their cell
phone at http://public.alertsense.com/Signup/?regionid=1288
The second option is to download the free MyAlerts app available in
stores online which allows you to sign up for notifications from various
locations. For example, if you take a camping trip in the county 20 miles away
from your home you can change your location to the camping location so that you
can receive any severe weather notifications while in the area.
Dunker emphasized. “Any shared information remains private
and is only used to deliver subscribed emergency alerts and community
notifications.”
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