[StBernard] ST. BERNARD RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS: Notification can be delivered to home phone, cell phone, email or by SMS texting

[Westley Annis]

ST. BERNARD RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP FOR EMERGENCY ALERTS 

Notification can be delivered to home phone, cell phone, email or by SMS
texting

 

St.  Bernard Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
is asking residents to register with its Emergency Notification Service
Provider, FirstCall.  The FirstCall Emergency Notification Service can
immediately deliver emergency alerts to citizens and first responders. It
gives St. Bernard Parish the ability to provide the community with
important, timely information about hurricanes and other high profile events
occurring in the area.

 

This is done using an Emergency Notification Service to landlines, cell
phones, SMS text messaging devices, email, pagers. Mass numbers of residents
can be alerted with important information in five minutes or less.

 

To ensure you receive these emergency notifications to your home phone, cell
phone, email, or SMS texting device, residents must sign up for the service.
Residents may sign up for the service by calling the St. Bernard Parish
Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness beginning June 1st at
(504) 278-4322 or (504) 278-4236. 

 

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