City of Gainesville issued the following announcement on Jan. 7.
Have you signed up for Code Red & have you learned about the City’s new modernized IPAWS Emergency Alerting System ? Please take the time to read the link previously posted below.
How to Sign up:
Text to enroll by texting GTXAlerts to 99411
Sign up on the City’s website - http://gainesville.tx.us/569/Early-Warning-System
Those without Internet may call the City of Gainesville Emergency Management for assistance - 940-668-5731.
Code Red optional Mobile App is available for download on ITunes and Google Play
The City of Gainesville has modernized its public alert warning system to IPAWS (Integrated Public Alert Warning System). IPAWS is a FEMA framework that unifies the United States' Emergency Alert System, National Warning System, Wireless Emergency Alerts, and NOAA Weather Radio under one single platform. It was recommended following the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina. The IPAWS criteria and more information is available at the link below.
You do not need to be signed up to receive IPAWS alerts, however, you DO need to sign up to receive CODE RED alerts, which may not meet the highest level criteria for IPAWS. If you have not signed up for Code Red, please do at the link below to ensure you quickly receive ALL life-saving emergency notifications, as well as non-emergency notifications and weather notifications for yourself and your family.
http://gainesville.tx.us/569/Early-Warning-System
Original source can be found here.
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