Other tips include having an ongoing family text thread, having a physical copy of important contacts available and discussing plans ahead of time with each family member, including those who live out of state. Click here for more information on Everbridge. Residents can sign up and get notified by phone calls and text messages. He has received training from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Alabama Emergency Management Agency, the Alabama Department of Public Health, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the National Weather Service. There is also the Everbridge mass notification system. Eddie Gilbert, Director Eddie Gilbert joined the EMA staff in 2010. “But if you do hear a siren, our sirens are polygon-enabled, so the only sirens that activate and sound are the sirens located within that warning polygon that the weather service issues, so if you hear a siren, you’re in the path of danger, and you need to take immediate action because we are under a warning,” Sizemore added. Jefferson County has 255 outdoor warning sirens, but Sizemore said because they are mechanical and not always heard from everywhere in the county, people should not depend on those alone. Many cell phones have the capability to send alerts with the use of a weather app or the FEMA app. You can program them to the county that you live in, and we have the ability to coordinate with the National Weather Service if something really bad does happen and we need to send an alert out, we can utilize them to send out alerts on top of weather alerts.” They work, they’re loud, and they wake you up in the middle of the night. “Those have a battery backup and do not require internet to receive alerts, so those are a great tool. “We encourage people to have a NOAA weather radio,” said Sizemore.
There are multiple ways for people to be alerted to various disasters. “Really, the purpose is to spread the culture of preparedness and cover several different topics in order to prepare people for the disasters they may be impacted by,” said Emergency Management Officer Melissa Sizemore.
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