ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Monroe County launched a new alert system on Monday meant to provide residents with the latest information when an emergency happens in the area. MonroeAlert allows residents to sign up for instant alerts about critical situations via text, email, phone or you can download the mobile app.
“It’s all about making sure that we have the right system in place to reach people when we need to reach people quickly with accurate information about how they can protect themselves and their families,” explains Monroe County Executive Adam Bello.
The alerts will be localized based on the emergency. They may go out county-wide, targeted to specific zip codes, a portion of town or even just a few streets. “It can be very confusing right, if you have a water main that only effects a certain neighborhood… what happens is you kind of have to get it out to everybody but now we’ll be able to really target folks in specific neighborhoods where it might only be a street or two streets, this system will really allow us to be able to do that,” says Rochester Mayor Malik Evans.
If you’re one of the 40,000 people in Monroe County already signed up for the hyper-reach alerts, MonroeAlert replaces that and you will need to re-sign up for the service. MonroeAlert is an upgraded system that costs the county roughly $100,000 per year.
MonroeAlert also offers users the chance to let the county know if they might have mobility or language challenges during an emergency or if you depend on power for life support equipment.
“The big difference between the two (systems) is the added functionality to have that access and functional needs database so that we kinda know where people are when they need help, what kind of help they will need,” says Matt Jarrett with Monroe County Emergency Services.
For more information about Monroe Alert or to sign up, click here.
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