CodeRED launched

Sunday, November 13, 2005 11:42 PM CST

The City of Greenville recently launched the CodeRED Emergency Notification System, a high speed telephone communication service that can deliver customized, pre-recorded emergency messages directly to homes and businesses in a community at the rate of 60,000 calls per hour.

The CodeRED system uses intranet mapping which allows for calls to be placed to a certain geographic area of Greenville, or city-wide as circumstances warrant. The system’s main purpose is to notify citizens or groups of citizens in emergency situations. The system has the ability to be used for non-emergency notifications as well.

During recent hurricane-related weather events, the CodeRED system was in place and ready to be used to warn residents of impending weather conditions, had those situations developed.

The system can also be used for notices of utility interruptions, street closings and other information.

Contact numbers for Greenville residents are already in the CodeRED system. Citizens may add more information, such as a work or cell phone number, to the system or make changes to existing information by accessing the CodeRED link on the City’s web site at www.ci.greenville.tx.us.