The Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) is FEMA's national system for local alerting that provides authenticated emergency and life-saving information to the public through mobile phones using Wireless Emergency Alerts, to radio and television via the Emergency Alert System, and on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Weather Radio.
State, local, territorial, and tribal alerting systems such as emergency telephone networks, giant voice sirens, and digital road signs may also receive alerts from IPAWS-OPEN, and future alerting technologies and systems can easily be integrated into IPAWS.
Beginning on Monday, December 9, when you log into Patriot Web ( ) you will be prompted to confirm or enter your mobile phone number and elect whether to receive or decline Mason Alert emergency notification text messages. If you decide to decline this service, you may leave the mobile phone field blank.
This process will be conducted annually to ensure that students, faculty, and staff maintain accurate contact information in the Mason Alert emergency notification system. Beginning February 1, 2020, you may only update your primary mobile phone saved in Mason Alert using the Patriot Web portal. Instructions on how to update your mobile number will be provided on the Mason Alert webpage . Students and employees are still encouraged to add friends and family to their Mason Alert account.
For anyone that does not have an @masonlive.gmu.edu or @gmu.edu account, please use the guest account portal at alert.gmu.edu. This portal will allow you to register for Mason Alert as a member of the Mason community. You will receive the same alerts sent to Mason students and employees.
***Visitor Text Message Option: Visitors to Mason may also choose to receive text message alerts while participating in an event, camp, or program. Text masonalert to 226787 to receive text messages about emergencies on campus and changes to campus operations. Text messages are sent on an as-needed basis. Message and data rates may apply. This service is provided per the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Text STOP to 226787 to cancel or HELP for tech support.
Hamilton County EMHSA encourages residents to have multiple ways of receiving alerts and warnings. Alert Hamilton County (Alert HC) is a mass notification system used to notify residents about emergencies and other important information throughout Hamilton County. When registering for Alert HC, users can also create a Smart911 profile, allowing first responders to have quicker access to important information in case of an emergency.
Sign up for alerts: www.Smart911.com
Designed to notify residents, visitors, and those who work in Hamilton County of emergency situations and other important information. Users are able to choose from 42 different alerts they wish to be notified about to keep themselves and their families safe. This system is completely customizable and allows users to edit choose which alerts they want to receive and how they want to receive them. Alert Hamilton County (Alert HC) can notify users via text message, and email, with phone call notification available for the following alerts: Civil Emergency Message, Civil Danger Warning, Evacuation Immediate, Shelter In Place, Tornado Warning, Flash Flood Warning, and Flood Warning.
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS): During an emergency, officials need to provide the public with life-saving information quickly. IPAWS is a modernization and integration of the nation's alert and warning infrastructure, and will save time when time matters most, protecting life and property. IPAWS allows public officials to send out geo-specific alerts across various platforms quickly. The methods by which alerts can be disseminated include:
Emergency Alert System- During an emergency, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) can be used to transmit weather or other safety information impacting your area. The EAS may be used by state and local authorities to deliver important emergency information, such as AMBER alerts and weather information targeted to specific areas. EAS messages appear as the scrolling messages across the television screen and over the radio.
Alert HC will send alerts about severe weather and emergency information. You are able to select which notifications you wish to receive when you register for Alert HC at www.alerthc.org. Alert HC is customizable and allows you to choose what weather notifications you want to receive, how you want to receive them and the location for which you want to receive alerts.
Alert HC will only call opted-in users for the following warnings: Civil Danger Warnings, Civil Emergency Messages, Evacuation Immediate, Flash Flood Warnings, Flood Warnings, Shelter in Place Warnings, and Tornado Warnings. The only automatic voice call (sent even if you did not opt-in) is to alert residents of a Tornado Warning.
Alert HC is used to send emergency notifications when there are imminent threats to life, health and safety for residents in Hamilton County. When weather alerts are issued for Hamilton County by the National Weather Service, users who opt-in to receive those respective alerts will be notified.
Anyone can register for Alert HC. Whether you live, work, travel through, or have family/friends in Hamilton County, the service is available to you. However, only addresses within Hamilton County will receive an alert from the system.
No. Due to privacy restrictions, your landline phone number cannot be deleted from the system. If you do not wish to receive alerts to your landline, please be aware that you will only be notified via landline call if a Tornado Warning is issued over your address.
Any information that you provide in your Safety Profile is secure and private. Your information will be used only for notification purposes or to assist first responders if needed during an emergency. Your information will not be sold or provided to any vendor or outside organization.
When you receive text messages from Alert Hamilton County, they will be sent from any of the following short codes: 226787, 67283, 78015, 81437, and 22911. We encourage you to add this text number into your mobile phone contacts to easily identify text messages that are alerts.
While Alert Iowa is an excellent system, we cannot guarantee that you will receive notification in all cases. Disasters and emergencies are chaotic and unpredictable, and notification is dependent on external providers such as your wireless carrier or email delivery service outside the alert originators control. Alert Iowa will use several means of communications to try to ensure that should any one communications method, technology, or delivery option be unavailable to reach residents, other methods will be used to improve the likelihood that citizens will see the message. You should sign up to receive multiple modes of contact, including voice, text, and email. Text messages are more likely to get through to you if lines are busy due to an emergency. Downloading Smart911 also provides another mode of communication and alerting.
To be eligible for an account on the MIHAN system, an applicant must be considered a key point of contact during an emergency. The registration process involves selecting a matching functional role along with the organization where you physically work. Once registration is complete, it will be reviewed by a MIHAN Administrator to determine whether an account is appropriate. Upon approval, you will receive an automated message from the system indicating you are accepted into the requested organization. Alert information provided through the MIHAN is suitable only for health and safety professionals. The MIHAN is not intended for use by the general public and media organizations.
An emergency test alert set off several cell phones by mistake in Florida at 4:45 a.m. Thursday, causing many to consider turning off future emergency alerts. Seminole County Emergency Manager Alan Harris explains why that is not a good idea.
Want to receive swim lesson cancellation, pool closures and other important information? Fredericksburg Alert delivers important emergency alerts, notifications and updates to you on all your devices.
Public Safety continually provides information via this website. You can also sign up up for Sinclair's emergency alerts system which will notify you via phone, text, and/or email if an emergency should arise on or near campus.
Alerts are issued at the discretion of the College President, the Chief of Staff, the Director of Public Safety, any Vice President or the Director of Public Relations. Consultation is expected among the authorizing authorities available at the time of the incident if time permits. Any Sinclair Police Lieutenant may issue alerts without authorization from the individuals listed above in emergency situations for in-progress life-threatening situations, if they are not otherwise detained at the incident.
The Department of Public Safety has partnered with Nixle.com to introduce an emergency communication service to help keep you informed of emergency and critical information on campus. Nixle delivers trustworthy and important neighborhood-level public safety and community event notifications instantly sent to you by cell phone text message, email, and web. There is NO spam or advertising. Nixle is available at no cost (standard text message rates apply for cell phone subscribers who do not have text plans with their cell phone providers). The service is simple to use, reliable and trusted.
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