Ridgefield Expands Emergency Management Communication Systems

RIDGEFIELD, CT — The town has launched a new website that will serve as a central source for emergency notifications and other community information. The new communication system currently supplements CTAlert and will eventually replace it in Ridgefield, according to a news release from the town's Office of Emergency Management.

Residents may sign up at the site, Ridgefield Alerts, online. Those with an existing CTAlert account will need to use a different username.

Neighborhoods which have banded together through email or private Facebook groups may designate a point of contact to accept communications from the town to share with neighbors in the event of an emergency.

In the absence of power or internet connectivity, the town will post information when possible at Town Hall, both Fire Stations, the Parks & Recreation Center, Valero Gas Station, Shell Gas Station and Nature’s Temptations.