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City Watch Voice Emergency Notification System
The Hawai'i County Civil
Defense Agency has acquired a Mass Emergency Notification System, City Watch, which allows
for County agencies to easily notify the public in the event of emergencies.
City Watch is an electronic notification system that can notify
residents about evacuations or other emergency measures via phone or email.
With City Watch can use a
computer generated map to focus on a particular neighborhood, Waikoloa or Puako for
instance, and alert residents to evacuate in the event of a brush fire, flood or other
emergency. The system once activated sends
residents registered on the system a brief voice and email message.
Hawai’i County
residents need to register for City Watch notification messages by either mailing their
contact information to: County of
Talisman Cell Phone Text Messages for Emergencies
The Hawaii County Civil
Defense has partnered with Talisman LBS to provide text message alerts to subscribers in
the event of an emergency. Examples are
Tsunami notifications and National Weather Service Warnings and Advisories
You can
subscribe to the service by logging on to: http://co.hawaii.hi.us
On the website you can
choose which messages categories you would like to receive.
You can also subscribe by
simply texting the words “join hccd” to 32862.
If you subscribe by text message, you will receive messages from all three
categories.
To unsubscribe, text the
words “stop hccd” to 32862.
If you would like to change
your options, you can log on to: http://talismanlbs.net/hccd/login
Please keep in mind that while Civil Defense and
Talisman LBS are providing this service free of charge, standard text messaging charges
will apply. You should check with your Cell
Phone Service Provider to find out the charge for text messages on your phone.
Nixle –
The Hawai’i Police Department has a new service that will provide traffic advisories and police media releases via text messaging and email
To sign up go to www.nixle.com and click on the button that says, “Residents Sign Up Now!” Once signed up go to “locations” and enter any location in Hawai’i County to start receiving messages.
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