Emergency Notification System Available For Cherokee Residents

CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA — In a time of emergency, seconds count, and Cherokee County residents can have emergency alerts sent directly to them in a timely fashion.

CodeRED is a web-based critical communication solution that enables local public safety personnel to notify residents and businesses by telephone, text message, and email of time-sensitive information, emergencies, or urgent notifications. The system can reach hundreds of thousands of individuals in minutes to ensure information such as evacuation notices, missing persons, inclement weather advisories, and more are quickly shared. Only authorized government officials have access to share alerts with the CodeRED system.

“Residents and businesses located within Cherokee County are encouraged to sign up for CodeRED to be sure they receive timely emergency notifications, important information and instructions when alerts are issued,” Cherokee EMA Director Craig Millsap said. “This is our way of notifying you in an emergency situation.”

CodeRED alerts are issued by geographical location and can be sent to cellular devices, landlines, texts, and email. CodeRED provides users with the option of receiving the CodeRED Weather Warning, which automatically generates alerts when the National Weather Service issues a warning based on the user’s location.

The CodeRED alert system is free to Cherokee County residents. To sign up, visit the Cherokee County EMA website at www.cherokeega-ema.org to access the CodeRED link or text “CHEROKEEALERT” to 99411 to enroll.