Full Notification

In 2009, Los Angeles County officials announced the implementation of an emergency mass notification system to alert residents and businesses by phone, text, and e-mail of emergencies in their area.

Called Alert LA County, the system will allow the Sheriff's Emergency Communications Center to activate local and regional alerts by drawing the boundaries of the area to be notified on a computer map. Recorded and written alerts will provide information on the nature of the emergency and necessary actions, such as evacuations.

The County's 7.1 million land-line phone numbers are programmed into the mass notification system, but the public must register Voice over IP lines, cell phones and e-mail addresses. Registration of this information can be done on the County's Alert LACounty.gov website. Each telephone number and e-mail can be associated with only one street address.

Use the link below to register your information. It only takes a couple of minutes to complete the form.

http://portal.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/alertla

Unlike Nixle, Alert LA County will only be used in case of emergency. These notification tools compliment each other and the Arcadia Police Department will continue to utilize both Nixle and Alert LA County. Without our Arcadia Community Wire provided by Nixle, delivering this message and others like it would be much more difficult. Stay informed!