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BY FEOSHIA HENDERSON BLUE ASH - The city has implemented a free
notification service that can quickly telephone its 5,000 households in an
emergency. The service is called CodeRed. The service can make up to 1,600 calls a
minute. It uses a pre-recorded message to alert residents and businesses of
environmental disasters, chemical spills, crime alerts and other emergencies. Blue Ash is one of several suburbs that use CodeRed. Others include Fairfield, Montgomery, Loveland, Anderson Township and Indian Hill. Blue Ash Fire Chief Rick Brown said the service is another tool that helps
keep residents safe. "It's a way of communicating with a lot of people at the same time, and
getting the message out. For fire services, if there is a hazardous materials
situation, we can tell people to shelter in place or give them directions for
evacuation plans," he said. The system will not be used for severe weather alerts, but could be used
after a storm to provide details of road closings and shelters. CodeRed will cost the city about $7,500 in the first year of use, and $5,000
each year thereafter, Brown said. The system can call residents' most current listed phone numbers. Residents
who only use cell phones are not in the system; neither are business phone
numbers. E-mail fhenderson@enquirer.com
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