Alert Me

 

The ‘Alert Me’ list

(Emergency Citizen Notification System)

What’s an ‘Alert Me’ list?


The Alert Me service (Known as the ‘Emergency Citizen Notification System’ by the city of Aurora) is a type of reverse 911 mechanism. Aurora has implemented a new emergency citizen notification system with enhanced features.

  1. By registering for this service, the city will be able to contact you (through your preferred means of

  2. contact – home phone, cell phone, text message, email and fax) when an emergency occurs in your area.


You will still receive emergency notices through home phone numbers (standard reverse 911) whether you sign up for additional services or not. But if you are like the growing number of people who only use a cell phone, you may prefer to receive emergency information in another way.

 

An emergency notification could be made for things like a natural disaster, a man-made disaster, road closure, wildfire, a missing child or a public safety emergency. You may choose to have these messages go to your cell phone for quick access wherever you are.

 

You can also register to receive non emergency notices of citywide interest, such as public meetings or special events. You may choose to sign up to receive these messages through your email account.

 

Best of all, You Decide what communications method works for you and your family. There is no cost to residents or the city because the new system is funded through the 911 fee, which is included in your telephone service.

 

You may cancel at any time when you no longer want to be contacted by thee emergency citizen notification system.


Follow these simple steps to register for the new Emergency Citizen Notification System:

 

  1. -Go to www.auroragov.org

  2. -Click on the link “Emergency Citizen Notification.” on the lower right side of the city’s homepage.

  3. -This link will direct you to the Office of Emergency Management page.

  4. -Select the “City of Aurora (911 Emergency) Opt In Web page link”.

  5. -This will take you to the 3n Self Registration Page where you can set up your own preferences for emergency notification.

  6. -Enter the required personal information. You must provide an address within the city of Aurora.

  7. -Select which methods of communication you want to use to receive emergency information.  You may select as many choices as you would like. The available notification choices are:


  1. •Home Phone

  2. •Mobile Phone

  3. •Business Phone

  4. •Text Message

  5. •Business E-mail

  6. •Personal E-mail


  1. -For questions: contact Access Aurora, 303-739-7000


If you enter information in each of these notification choices, you will be notified of an emergency by all of these methods.  If you only want to receive notification by one or a few of these methods, enter your information in those notification choices only.


Citizens who have a land line will still receive emergency notices through that number, but can also sign up to receive notification though other methods. 


You may cancel at any time when you no longer want to be contacted by the emergency citizen notification system by selecting the Opt Out link on the Office of Emergency Management page. 


Your use of this notification system may save you valuable time. A call from the city’s emergency management staff (to your home, or place of work) could allow you to respond to the emergency before the situation has a chance to injure or harm family members or property.