Emergency Alerting System Being Tested in Carson City
Carson City will be utilizing the CodeRED Emergency Notification System on Wednesday, November 9th to call the entire community. This exercise is being held in conjunction with the first national wide Emergency Alert System test and encourages citizens of Carson City to establish emergency contact information.
The calls will be in the morning and will continue until the entire database has been attempted. This call will give Carson City emergency personnel the chance to operate the system as if there has been a community wide disaster.
The message that is being delivered directs recipients to the Carson City website to add additional contact numbers, and it also asks that recipients spread the word by mentioning the system to family, friends and neighbors.
Stacey Giomi, Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director for Carson City suggests that “all individuals and businesses should take the time to visit our website and add contact information to include cellular phones and other non-traditional phones as well as email and text addresses. If your contact information is not in the database you may not receive a call when an
urgent message is sent.” Businesses and individuals who have unlisted phone numbers should register, as well as those who have changed their phone number recently, and those who use a cellular phone exclusively or have VoIP phones (such as Vonage) as their primary numbers.
Citizens of Carson City can go to the city’s website at www.carson.org and click the “Code Red” link under the “What’s New” heading. Those without Internet access may call 775-887-2210 Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm to have information entered. Required information includes a street address (physical address, no P.O. boxes and a primary phone number. Additional phone numbers, email and text addresses may also be entered. The Code Red system is strictly for Carson City residents – residents of adjoining counties should contact their local Emergency Management Agency to determine what community notification system is in use and how to add or verify information.