AlertOC Helps Keep Residents Informed of Emergencies

The recent that plunged most of Orange County——into darkness for several hours, served as a reminder of the importance of registering all of your phone numbers and mobile devices with AlertOC, the county’s mass notification system.

If you never heard of AlertOC, it is designed to keep Orange County residents and businesses informed of emergencies and certain community events.

By registering at alertoc.com, time-sensitive voice messages from the county or city in which you live or work may be sent to your home, cell or business phone. Text messages may also be sent to cell phones, email accounts and hearing impaired receiving devices.

A Few Key Services of AlertOC:

• Authorized officials record a voice, e-mail or text message that is then delivered quickly to individuals in the notification system.
• This system supplements, does not replace, other communication methods used by emergency responders. During an emergency, county or city call-in emergency information lines will still be available. Television, radio and county/city web sites will continue to broadcast important announcements as well.
• For busy signals, call waiting signals or when there is not an answer, the call will be repeated several times in an attempt to reach you. If the phone is answered by a message recorder, the message will be left on the answering device. If after several attempts the call does not successfully go through, the system will stop attempting to call.

For more information about AlertOC visit the website.