Ashley Hunter
Greene Publishing, Inc.
“Our goal at Madison County Emergency Management is: ‘getting the right information to the right people at the right time,’” said Emergency Management Director Alan Whigham. With the Code Red system, we can do just that.
With Hurricane Hermine and the recovery throughout the county now behind them, Madison County Emergency Management is again hoping to remind citizens of the alert program that is offered entirely free to anyone.
After any natural or man made disaster strikes an area, the communication between the area's emergency responders and citizens plays a large part in eventually overcoming the disaster.
For this reason, Code Red was installed by the Madison County Emergency Management.
“Communication plays a vital role on all the areas, from preparedness to recovery,” said Whigham. “I want to reduce the risk of a communication gap.”
Alongside the National Weather Service, Code Red will issue alerts pertaining to severe thunderstorms, tornados, and flash flood warnings that are specially tailored towards the region of the county where the subscriber resides. Code Red will also send warnings, messages and instructions to subscribers.
Code Red subscribers will be able to receive important information within seconds of the message being launched. “People who rely on other means of notification, such as social media, radio or television will experience a delay in receiving what could be vital information,” said Whigham.
Code Red is a free service and is offered to anyone who is connected to Madison County, either by work, personal property or by living in the county.
Visit www.madisoncountyfl.com and click the Code Red icon to begin the process of signing up. Instructions are user-friendly and very easy to follow and users who create an account are able to come back at any time and change their listed information.
Those who require assistance or have questions about Code Red are invited to contact Madison County Emergency Management at (850) 973-3698.