With Grand Marais City Administrator Mike Roth pictured in the foreground, Cook County Director of Emergency Management & Public Information officer Valerie Marasco led city, county, police, fire, hospital, and emergency responders in an afternoon meeting where she outlined the guidelines and steps taken to activate the Cook County Emergency Operations Center. The meeting was held at the Cook County Community Center this past week.
Have you registered for CodeRED, the County’s emergency alert system? Cook County uses CodeRED, a high-speed mass notification system to help keep you safe in the event of an emergency.
“We encourage everyone to register on CodeRED,” said Valerie Marasco, Director – Office of Emergency Management & Public Information. “It’s free and takes only a few seconds, and you will then be notified by your local emergency response team in the event of emergency situations or critical community alerts. The system allows us to deliver emergency messages to you through text message, email and phone calls to your landline or mobile device – you choose how to be notified.”
Messages can be delivered county-wide, to specific geographic regions, or to specific audience. Some examples of when CodeRED may be used include: Evacuation notices, missing person cases, fires, floods, boil water notices.
If your cell phone is your primary communication device, it’s important that you sign up to include your mobile contact information so that you receive emergency alerts even when you are on the go. You can also choose to receive text and email messages at the same time.
Register now at:
. www.cook.mn.us under the Sheriff’s Office or Emergency Management/Public Information pages
. or go directly to: public.coderedweb.com/cne/en-US/E1C720D90332
Leave a Reply