Press
Release
Southampton County Activates Community Notification
August 5, 2009
Southampton
County Alert Sign-Ups
Southampton
County has contracted with Emergency Communications Network,
Inc., of Ormond Beach, Florida for its “CodeRED”
high-speed telephone emergency notification services.
The CodeRED system gives county officials the ability
to deliver pre-recorded emergency telephone notification
/ information messages related to missing children/persons,
evacuation notices, fires, floods, hostage situations,
chemical spills, gas leaks, water/sewer system outages,
or any other emergency incident where rapid notification
is essential. This system is offered free of charge to
residents and businesses within Southampton County.
Although
most residences and businesses with land-line telephone
service are automatically enrolled in the program, the
Southampton County Sheriff’s Office urges all individuals
and businesses to log onto the Southampton County website,
www.southamptoncounty.org and follow the link to the “CodeRED
Residential and Business Data Collection” page.
To make sure your information is current and accurate
we request that you complete the form. In addition, while
completing the form, you may sign up to have the alerts
sent to your cell phone as a voice or text message. If
you do not have internet access, please contact a friend
or family member to help enter your contact information.
If you have any questions you may call the Southampton
County Sheriff’s Office at (757)653-2100 or the
county administrator’s office at (757)653-3015.
Weather
Warning Alerts from the National Weather Service are an
additional feature available through the CodeRED system.
Anyone wishing to receive weather alerts for Tornado,
Flash Flood and Severe Thunderstorms MUST go to the county’s
website and click on the CodeRED link to enter their information
and request the Weather Warning Option. If you do not
have internet access, please contact a friend or family
member to help enter your contact information. If you
have any questions you may call the Sheriff’s Office.
Those
who wish to not receive the CodeRED notifications must
complete a Do Not Call Release Form. The form can be filled
out at the Sheriff’s Office at 22336 Main Street,
Courtland or printed from the link on the county’s
website and dropped off at the Sheriff’s Office.
The
information in the CodeRED database will only be used
for emergency, weather and other important notification
purposes. Questions about the system should be directed
to Chief Communications Officer
Jerry Smith at 757-653-2100.
The
Southampton County Code Red Alert system is now operational.
To opt in for weather alerts or to register your cell
phone for alerts click on this link:
Southampton
County Alert Sign-Ups
You
may wish to add these phone numbers to your cell phone
if you register it, so that you will recognize the numbers:
Code
Red Alerts will always come from 866-419-5000
Weather Alerts will always come from 800-566-9780
Code
Red Registration
