The Kencom Public Safety Center has implemented a reverse 9-1-1 system designed to provide emergency notification of man-made and natural disasters to residents and businesses in Kendall County. The system will warn of emergency situations such as chemical spills, gas leaks, terrorism and hostage situations, as well as environmental disasters such as fires, floods, dangerous water conditions and water safety alerts. Kencom has contracted with the Emergency Communications Network, Inc. of Ormond Beach, Florida to provide it's "CodeRED" high speed telephone reverse 9-1-1 emergency notification service. The reverse 9-1-1 system gives the Kencom staff the ability to deliver pre-recorded emergency telephone notifications and informational messages to either targeted areas or the entire County at the rate of 60,000 calls per hour.
The reverse 9-1-1 system is a geographical based notification system, which means street addresses are needed to select which phone numbers will receive emergency notification calls in any given situation. The system works for cell phones too long as they are registered to your home or business address within Kendall County. People who have recently moved but kept the same listed or unlisted phone number also need to change their address in the database.
The reverse 9-1-1 system not only offers fast calling rates and message delivery, it gives individuals and businesses the ability to add their own phone numbers directly to the system's telephone database. This is an extremely important feature. The system is as effective as the telephone database supporting it. If your phone number is not in the database, you will not be notified.
No one should automatically assume his or her phone number is included. All businesses should register, as well as all individuals who have unlisted phone numbers, who have changed their phone number or address within the last year and who use a cellular phone as their primary home phone.
To ensure no one is omitted from the system, all residents and businesses are urged to log onto the Kendall County Website at www.co.kendall.il.us and follow the link to the "CodeRED Residential and Business Data Collection" page. Those without Internet may obtain the Residential and Business Data Collection Form at your local Municipality, County Office, Police or Sheriff's Department Monday through Friday during normal business hours. Required information includes first and last name, street address (physical address, no P.O. Boxes), city, state, zip code, primary phone number and additional phone numbers (optional). This information will only be used by the Emergency Communications Network Inc. system for emergency notification purposes.
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