The Roane County Office of Emergency Services has a new community emergency notification program. It will help authorities contact individual community members in the case of a community emergency such as severe weather, active shooter, or other event.
“We are requesting that everyone visit the Hyper-Reach website and input your preferred means of communication, including email and text alerts,” a press release said. “The purpose of this sign-up page is that 911 data only includes landline numbers.”
Cell phones, emails, and special needs technology, like TDD for the hearing-impaired, are not included in the regular Accu-Reach data unless the individual involved signs up for messages from these other-than-landline sources. There is an easy sign-up form specific for every user. It’s simple and only takes a minute.
Here is the link for the community sign-up: http://www.Hyper-Reach.com/tnroanesignup.html. You can also find the link on the Roane County website, roanecountytn.gov, under OES.
For more information, contact Traci Cofer, OES program manager, at (865) 717-4116.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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