Town
of Abingdon, Virginia
AlertAbingdon
Emergency Notification System
For Immediate Release
Abingdon
Keeps Citizens Safe and Informed with Emergency Alerts
Residents
and Businesses Can Sign Up to Receive Critical Communications and Emergency
Alerts
Abingdon,
Virginia, April 7, 2015 – The Town of
Abingdon is now working with Everbridge, the
worldwide leader in unified critical communications, to keep residents, staff
and emergency personnel safe and informed with quick and reliable emergency
notifications and public service announcements. The Town of Abingdon has begun
using Everbridge Resident Alerts to communicate with citizens and businesses
during emergencies and other critical events. Residents are encouraged to
register immediately to receive these alerts: alertabingdon.com
The AlertAbingdon emergency
notification system consists of multiple means of notification to alert
residents about a variety of events, ranging from severe weather, fires, floods
and other emergencies, to more routine announcements, such as road closures and
utility maintenance. Citizens can be alerted by
one or more of the four Outdoor Warning Sirens, home phone, business phone,
cell phone, text, email, fax, twitter, and most recently by our new mobile
member app for apple and android.
Residents listed in the
Town of Abingdon 911 database will be automatically subscribed to alerts by
phone. Citizens without a landline are not in the 911 database and must first
sign-up to receive messages.
“It
is the town’s hope that with this new Emergency Notification System, the town
residents, staff and visitors will be quickly and efficiently warned of unsafe
emergency conditions as knowledge of them arises so that they can stay out of
harm’s way. I strongly encourage all citizens to subscribe to the
Abingdon 911 database,” said Greg Kelly, Town Manager for the Town of
Abingdon.
For any questions,
please contact Tenille Montgomery, Community Relations Coordinator, at
276-628-3111.
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