If there was an emergency in your neighborhood, how would you find out?
Many cities and counties have a notification system that will call your home phone and text or call your mobile phone when there is a fire, flood or other emergency situation.
ADAMS COUNTY
Adams County uses the CodeRed system to contact residents for evacuation notices, bio-terrorism alerts, boil water notices, and missing child reports. Learn more here.
ARAPAHOE COUNTY
Arapahoe County said residents and businesses with landline phones are already listed in Arapahoe County's 911 database, and are therefore automatically included in the notification system. You may sign up to register mobile devices here.
Arap Alert includes the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, Bennett-Watkins Fire Rescue, Byers Fire Protection District, Cherry Creek State Park Rangers, Cherry Hills Village Police, Columbine Valley/Bow Mar Police, Cunningham Fire Protection District, Deer Trail Fire Rescue, Englewood Police, Glendale Police, Greenwood Village Police, Littleton Fire Protection District, Littleton Fire Rescue, Littleton Police, Sable-Altura Fire Rescue, Sheridan Police, South Metro Fire Rescue, South Suburban Park Rangers and the Strasburg Fire District.
AURORA
Aurora allows residents to register their preferred means of communication — cellular phone, text message, email or all three. Learn more here.
BROOMFIELD
Broomfield City and County uses the CodeRED system to send out emergency alerts. Home phone numbers are entered into the 911 database and dialed automatically. CodeRED will not call a cell phone or VoIP system phone unless it has been registered. Register here.
BOULDER COUNTY/BOULDER
Boulder County has a mass notification system that is used to notify residents throughout the county about imminent threats to health and safety such as the need to evacuate due to a wildfire, or take other appropriate actions in the event of a flash flood or other critical police activity. Learn more and register here.
DENVER
Denver says it uses the Swift911 Emergency Notification System to alert residents to emergency situations like police activity, severe storm warnings, road closures, water problems and evacuations that are occurring in their area. It will notify cell phones and landlines. Learn more and sign up here.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Douglas County allows residents to sign up for emergency alerts and register their gate codes through their emergency system.
ELBERT COUNTY
Elbert County also uses CodeRED for reverse emergency notification calls, weather warning notifications calls and emergency community updates. Learn more and sign up here.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
In Jefferson County, the CodeRED emergency notification system is used to citizens with warnings of flood, fire, tornadoes, chemical spills or dangerous suspects.
CodeRED uses the county’s 911 database to call all listed and unlisted land lines. CodeRED also calls a database of mobile phone and VoIP* numbers if you opt in. To register, visit the CodeRED phone registry.
LARIMER COUNTY
Larimer County's Emergency Alert System allows residents to sign up to receive alerts on your mobile phone in the form of texts, voice calls and emails. You can register multiple devices (cell phones, emails, etc) and sign up for several different locations that are important to you (i.e. your child’s school or your elderly parent’s house).
WELD COUNTY
Weld County will let you sign up for several different alerts including a list of most wanted fugitives, recent arrests and EOC alerts. Click here and scroll down to register your cell phone for emergency alerts.
THORNTON
Thornton residents may sign up for the T-Alert system and the CodeRED emergency notification system.
OTHER
If your city or county is not listed above, check the city and/or county's website for information about their emergency alert system and how to sign up.