From: Keller, Janice L. <jkeller@cob.org>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 11:07
Cc: Coogan, Liz J.
Subject: AlertSense sign up
Good morning, MNAC members –
At last week’s MNAC meeting we were asked to send out additional information about AlertSense, the emergency alert system used by Whatcom County. Below the City’s emergency manager, Liz Coogan, describes the system and how to sign up. Please consider signing up, and let us know if you have additional questions.
Best,
Janice
Janice Keller
Communications Director
Mayor’s Office, City of Bellingham
210 Lottie Street, Bellingham WA 98225
Email: jkeller@cob.org
Phone: (360) 778-8100
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From: Coogan, Liz J. <ecoogan@cob.org>
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2021 9:53 AM
To: Keller, Janice L. <jkeller@cob.org>
Subject: Public Alert Messages
Hello,
Thank you for your interest in signing up to receive emergency alerts. Whenever a significant incident occurs in Whatcom County, the Whatcom Unified Emergency Operations Center uses various methods to notify the media and public. One of those methods is a messaging system called AlertSense.
AlertSense allows emergency management to send a message to an email address, as a text message and/or as a voice message to a phone. We have the ability to send a message to everyone registered in the system, or we can target the message to only those who have registered to receive messages for specific geographic areas. You can sign up to receive these alerts online: Public Signup (alertsense.com).
If there were to be a catastrophic event that poses significant threat to life and/or property, emergency notifications can be sent to all telephone land lines, cell phones, radio stations and television stations using AlertSense as well as the 911 database, regardless of subscription, however, we encourage all community members to sign up for alerts and severe weather warnings in order to remain informed of potential threats.
Liz Coogan
Emergency Manager
Office of Emergency Management
Bellingham Fire Department
360-778-8444
*My incoming and
outgoing email messages are subject to public disclosure requirements per RCW
42.56