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September 7, 2007 By News Report
As part of National Preparedness Month and to further highlight the City of San Diego's increased ability to respond to emergencies, Mayor Jerry Sanders unveiled the city's new Reverse 911 emergency notification call system. The system can deliver emergency messages to as many as 240,000 households and businesses in an hour.
This web-based, community-alert notification system is designed to make mass telephone calls to the public in a timely manner during emergencies or disasters. The system uses a combination of databases and GIS mapping technologies to quickly target and effectively disseminate emergency notification calls to a precise geographic area.
The San Diego purchased Reverse 911 as another tool to rapidly broadcast emergency notifications to the public in the event of an emergency. The system hardware, software and three-year contract cost $180,000. The system was paid for with Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Homeland Security grant funds.
When activated, the Reverse 911 system uses the 911 telephone database to initiate a voice mail broadcasted message via landline telephones to San Diego residents and businesses in the affected areas. A taped message delivers instructions on how to proceed during the ongoing emergency. Individuals using non-landline cellular and VoIP phones can also register their numbers online to receive the emergency calls. Persons using a TTY/TDD phone system will also receive Reverse 911 notifications.
Reverse 911 would only be activated for the following emergency notifications:
Activation Process
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For those of us who don't have ages to try and figure out how to sign up for the emergency reverse directory registration, will you please send quick directions of how to register. I am a Neighborhood Watch Block Capt. and this registration is vital for our neighborhood at Jackson and Navajo in the city of San Diego. Regards, Barbara Lukehart
http://www.sandiego.gov/ohs/reverse911/index.shtml
How do I add my cell phone number to the Reverse 911 System for San Diego County?
how do i register?
City of San Diego Residents may register at http://www.sandiego.gov/ohs/reverse911/index.shtml
how do I add my home and cell phone to get a phone call in case of tsunami, or disaster warnings?
I've changed my cell number and need to up-date. I can't remember how I originally signed up. I live in Oceanside. Can you help?
This is a up-date due to a phone number change. New number is 760-518-2688. Old number was 408-561-7762