{"id":43268,"date":"2019-06-04T10:47:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T14:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=43268"},"modified":"2019-06-04T10:47:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T14:47:28","slug":"new-lee-county-emergency-warning-system-requires-online-sign-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2019\/06\/new-lee-county-emergency-warning-system-requires-online-sign-up\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lee County emergency warning system requires online sign-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lee County used the first Monday of 2019 Atlantic hurricane season to announce a major change to its emergency warning system. Gone is the longtime CodeRED alert system; now online is AlertLee. It\u2019s critical to note that for you to take advantage of this enhanced system, you must take action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee County\u2019s newest system, AlertLee<\/a>, must be signed up for online. You have to provide both your address and cellphone number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MORE:<\/strong> AlertLee main page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That gives emergency managers the ability to send alerts directly to your phone or computer, so if there is an emergency, you know exactly what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2010, Lee County has relied on CodeRED to deliver important emergency information to people, but AlertLee will be effective immediately in the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a new system where we partner with all of our local municipalities as well as the sheriff\u2019s office,\u201d said Jonathan with Lee County Public Safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So if hurricane season is bearing down, and the county issues an evacuation order, you\u2019ll get that critical word on your phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll be able to download your information, so you can get info. during any type of event,\u201d said Lee Mayfield, director of public safety and emergency management.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To go along with AlertLee is a companion app called Lee Prepares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re rolling out a couple different products here this week related to notification and making sure the citizens can get info. during a hurricane,\u201d Mayfield said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, using an evacuation order as an example, Lee Prepares helps you determine whether that order applies to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is the responsibility of the public to know what evacuations there are and what zone you live in,\u201d Jonathan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partnering with other organizations allows the county to send you updates during any natural disaster. That includes brush fire evacuations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More information is available on Lee County\u2019s notifications & resources page<\/a> as well as the AlertLee website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two new systems are designed to keep you safe before, during and after a hurricane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBefore the storm, you can utilize it for how you can build your supply kit to formulate a disaster plan,\u201d Jonathan said. \u201c[After the storm] you can figure out where you can get food and water, figure out the reentry times, [and] are their curfews enacted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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