ESD 112 uses FlashAlert, an Internet-based system for delivering news and emergency closures or other information. Now, a free app is available for you to receive important messages from ESD 112. (If we are in lock-down; if the agency is closed due to hazardous weather, etc.)
This free iOS/Android app, FlashAlert Messenger, lets you receive emergency messages through Push Notification.
FAQ
Why do I need to download an app? Why can’t I just continue to receive alerts via text message?
FlashAlert is moving away from text messages, which need to be accepted into your carrier’s text message channel and screened for spam. During crunches, cell companies have taken an hour or longer to deliver some messages. Push notification, on the other hand, travels a non-stop path from FlashAlert to the app on your phone. And the app will allow you to see all of the recent news posted in your region.
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