Seconds County In An Emergency!
The Perkins County Sheriff's Office, Perkins County E-911/Communications
Center and Perkins County Emergency Management Agency has instituted the
CodeRED Emergency Notification System - an ultra high-speed telephone
communication service for emergency notifications. This system allows
us to telephone all or targeted areas of Perkins County in case of an
emergency situation that requires immediate action (such as a boil-water
notice, missing child or evacuation notices).
The system is capable of dialing 60,000 phone numbers per hour. It
then delivers our recorded message to a live person or an answering machine,
making three attempts to connect to any number.
THIS SYSTEM WILL ONLY BE USED FOR EMERGENCY PURPOSES.
Examples of times when the CodeRED system could be utilized:
Drinking water contamination
Utility outage
Evacuation notice & route
Missing person
Fires or Floods
Bomb threat
Hostage situation
Chemical spill or Gas leak
and other emergency incidents where rapid and accurate notification is
essential for life safety.
Perkins County Offers High-Speed Emergency Telephone Notification - 02/09/2009