Alert Me

 

The ‘Alert Me’ list
(aka Emergency Alert Program)

What’s an ‘Alert Me’ list?


The Alert Me service (Known as the ‘Emergency Alert Program’ by the city of Aurora) is a type of reverse 911 mechanism. Aurora has implemented a new emergency citizen notification system with enhanced features.

  1. By registering for this service, the city will be able to contact you (through your preferred means of contact – home phone, cell phone, text message, email and fax) when an emergency occurs in your area.


You will still receive emergency notices through home phone numbers (standard reverse 911) whether you sign up for additional services or not. But if you are like the growing number of people who only use a cell phone, you may prefer to receive emergency information in another way.

 

An emergency notification could be made for things like a natural disaster, a man-made disaster, road closure, wildfire, a missing child or a public safety emergency. You may choose to have these messages go to your cell phone for quick access wherever you are.

 

You can also register to receive non emergency notices of citywide interest, such as public meetings or special events. You may choose to sign up to receive these messages through your email account.

 

Best of all, you decide what communications method works for you and your family. There is no cost to residents or the city, because the new system is funded through the 911 fee, which is included in your telephone service.

 

You may cancel at any time when you no longer want to be contacted by the Emergency Alert Program.


Follow these simple steps to register for the new Emergency Alert Program: <https://ww2.everbridge.net/citizen/EverbridgeGateway.action?body=overview>

 

  1. -Go to www.auroragov.org

  2. -Point at the ‘Living Here’ category on the navigation menu towards the top of the page.

  3. -When the interactive menu appears, click on the ‘Emergency Preparedness’ category under the ‘Public Safety’ Heading.

  4. -Once the left side navigation options appear/change, click on the ‘Sign up for Emergency Alerts’ link.

  5. -Click on the link “Citizen Alert” button which appears in the center pane.

  6. -This link will direct you to the ‘Emergency Alert’ sign up page.

  7. -Enter the required personal information. You may generate more than one location that you wish to be notified about.

  8. -Select which methods of communication you want to use to receive emergency information.  You may select as many choices as you would like. The available notification choices are:


  1. •Home Phone

  2. •Mobile Phone

  3. •Business Phone

  4. •Text Message

  5. •Business E-mail

  6. •Personal E-mail


If you enter information in each of these notification choices, you will be notified of an emergency by all of these methods.  If you only want to receive notification by one or a few of these methods, enter your information in those notification choices only.


Citizens who have a land line will still receive emergency notices through that number, but can also sign up to receive notification though other methods. 


You may cancel at any time when you no longer want to be contacted by the Emergency Alert notification system by managing your profile at: <https://ww2.everbridge.net/citizen/inputSummary.action?> or selecting the ‘Opt Out’ link at: <https://ww2.everbridge.net/citizen/inputLogin.action?dest_page=delete>


Your use of this Emergency Alert Program may save you valuable time. A call from the city’s emergency management staff (to your home, or place of work) could allow you to respond to the emergency before the situation has a chance to injure or harm family members or property.

 

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