Crook County urges sign-up for emergency alerts

Crook County officials are urging residents to sign up for emergency-alert notifications due to the threat of flooding from this week’s warmer temperatures and forecast rainfall on top of heavy snow.

Here’s the info as posted on Facebook by county Commissioner Seth Crawford:

There has been an emergency management briefing including agencies all across Crook County and Prineville about the possibility of flooding this week. We looked at available resources and where we need to be focused to prevent flooding and deal with issues that arise.

We are prepared to set up an Emergency Operations Center if it is needed, and have 41,000 sandbag to be filled and will provide them to the public for no charge if they are needed. We also are working with Red Cross to set up a relief center if needed.

Click on the link below to upload your cell phone number and address so that you will receive the latest emergency information about your neighborhood no matter where you are.

http://www.alertcrookcounty.org

For more information, call the sheriff’s office 541-447-6398

Crook County 911 has implemented an Emergency Notification system designed to provide emergency notification to residents and businesses in Crook County. This Emergency Notification system gives us the ability to deliver pre-recorded emergency notifications and informational messages to either targeted areas or the entire County via telephone calls, text messages, or email. This system is called “Alert Crook County.”

It is extremely important for all citizens and businesses that rely only on cellular, VOIP, or other non-traditional phone service to register their contact information.

The Emergency Notification system not only offers extremely fast calling rates and message delivery, it gives individuals and businesses the ability to add their own phone numbers directly to the system’s telephone database.

The system is only as effective as the telephone database supporting it. If your phone number is not in the database, you will not be notified.

No one should automatically assume his or her phone number is included. All businesses should register, as well as all individuals who have unlisted phone numbers, who have changed their phone number or address within the last year and those who use a cellular phone as their primary home phone.

The Emergency Notification system is a geographical based notification system, which means street addresses are needed to select which phone numbers will receive emergency and community notification calls in any given situation. The system works for cell phones too as long as they are registered to your home or business address within Crook County. People who have recently moved but kept the same listed or unlisted phone number also need to change their address in the database.

When you register, you will be able to select the types of notifications you want to receive. Remember that we may not put out notifications for every type of situation all the time. But if a notification of a particular type is made that you have selected you will receive it. You can also sign up to receive notifications for another location that you may be concerned about within Crook County (such as your employer location, child’s school, parent’s house, etc.).

Questions? Email: info@alertcrookcounty.org