Two Emergency Alert Systems in Each County

Yes, Florida counties do not have the weather sirens but do have the National Weather Service weather radios and the county phone alert system.  The subscribed phone alert system is to notify residents of an immediate emergency such as severe weather, i.e., tornado warnings, damaging winds, and heavy rain that could lead to flooding.  The alert system is also used to alert a neighborhood of a lost child, a missing impaired adult, or dangerous individuals.  For more on Weather Radios, check the menu on the left.

How the Alert System Works

This is a high-speed communication service for emergency notifications using your choice of notification - landline, cell phone, text, and/or email.  The system allows for notifying all county residents in the sign-up database or targeted areas of the county or targeted groups.  If there is a notification to both landline phone and cell phone, there will be a recorded message delivered to either a live person or answering machine.  If the phone is not answered the first time, there will be two additional attempts.   Note, if you do not add your phone number into the database, you will not be called.

If you receive a phone alert