SNOW HILL – County officials are encouraging residents to be better prepared for potential disasters with participation in a new emergency notification system.
Worcester County officials would like to see more residents sign up for CodeRED, the mass notification system now being used by the county. The program delivers messages to participants via telephone, text or email in the event of an emergency.
“It will help them be better prepared and ready to respond in an emergency situation,” said Fred Webster, Worcester County’s director of emergency services.
According to Webster, the county began using the CodeRED system in August. It replaced the notification system the county had used for the past seven years, for which just 1,000 of the county’s 55,000 residents registered.
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ReplyDeleteWe had CodeRed in the midwestern county where I live-- we finally dumped it because it was too expensive and the notifications were very slow arriving.
ReplyDeleteWith notifications available from places like the weather channel, etc, and all the other technology available, this is probably obsolete. Almost everybody carries a phone now, and can get alerts in many (free) ways.