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Emergency Notifications Via Cell Phone |
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Tuesday, 01 August 2006 |
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You Can Receive Emergency Notifications From Pinellas County On Your Cell Phone
The ReadyAlert program allows Pinellas County to provide one-way notices and alerts concerning evacuation and re-entry orders during hurricanes, as well as notifications during other types of emergencies. Text messaging has proven reliability, allowing users to receive messages when regular phone services are not operational. As long as a cell phone shows an operational clock it is able to receive text messages.
Pinellas County citizens can activate the service by calling 1-888-689-8905 on a cell phone and following the prompts. At any time users can opt-put of the service by calling the same number. Please note that your cell phone service provider may charge a fee for text messages; contact your provider for more information.
After the storm, go to the library for disaster recovery assistance. The Pinellas Public Library Cooperative, Inc. and Pinellas County Economic Development have partnered to provide alternate locations to perform critical business functions and provide assistance directly to the business community in the case of a disaster. In the event of a disaster, those libraries not affected will be able to offer temporary computer use, communications, internet access and basic work space to help businesses resume operations.
Visit www.pplc.us for a full listing of libraries in the cooperative.
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