Emergency Cell Phone Registration

During an emergency, the City utilizes a "reverse 9-1-1" system to contact citizens on their home phone landlines.  However, if you use a cell phone for your phone service, you may not be contacted regarding an emergency if your cell phone is not registered. 
To receive messages regarding an emergency on your cell phone, YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER YOUR CELL PHONE.
To register your cell phone to receive emerency notifications follow these steps:
1.   Go to http://www.gunnisoncounty.org/
2.   In the blue "Departments" column on the left side of the page, click on "Emergency Management"
3.   Then click on the "About Emergency Management" line
4.   Click on the yellow "Emergency Notification" box at the top of the page under Preparedness Tools.
Then follow the instructions about registering your cell phone. 
BE INFORMED - BE PREPARED! 

EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION EXERCISE

On Monday, May 16th, Gunnison County Emergency Management will be holding an exercise of one if its primary public notification systems. The system is called Target Notification, and by using reverse phone technology, this allows authorities to send emergency notification phone calls to all land-lines in the county as well as to cell phone users who have subscribed to this service.
For the exercise of May 16th, at some point during the day, you will receive a pre-recorded phone message stating that "this is a test of the Target Notification System". The message will also contain a breif explanation of how to register your cell phone on this system. The phone call requires NO ACTION ON YOUR PART, other than registering your cell phone on the system if you choose to do so. To register your cell phone with Target Notification, please go to the Gunnison County website at http://www.gunnisoncounty.org/.
For more information , please contact Gunnison County Emergency Management at 641-2481 or smorrill@gunnisoncounty.org