Politics & Government
City Offers Free Emergency Weather Alerts
Johns Creek residents and businesses can sign up for service.
The City of Johns Creek is offering a new emergency notification system for its residents and businesses to receive severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service by text, e-mail or phone call.
CodeRED is a reverse 9-1-1 system that automatically sends recorded alerts from the NWS if a severe weather, flood or tornado warning is issued for Johns Creek.
"We want to help protect our community with these automatic notifications from the National Weather Service just moments after warnings have been issued,” said City Manager John Kachmar in a written statement. “We are providing this service in cooperation with Fulton County.”
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CodeRED can also be used by people living in other parts of the country that have family members in Johns Creek and want to be notified of bad weather here.
Subscribers decide where (mobile or land line) and how (voice call or text) they receive the emergency alerts.
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Click here to enroll in the service.
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