Crime & Safety
Sign Up for Emergency Alerts From Washington County on Your Cell Phone or Through Email
Washington County can notify specific neighborhoods of emergencies through its new CodeRED system.
Want a call on your cell phone, or an email message if a flood, chemical spill or other emergency takes place in your neighborhood?
Washington County now has the ability to make emergency notifications to residents in a targeted area through its CodeRED system, but if you want your cell phone number or email address in the system, you’ll have to sign up at the CodeRED website.
Home telephone numbers are likely already in the system, Washington County Sheriff Bill Hutton said in a video message.
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In the video, Hutton urged residents to get signed up for notifications.
“We are very excited about it,” he said, “and we think it is a great tool for the citizens of Washington County.”