CodeRED sends critical communications to users

CodeRED is a free emergency notification service that allows officials to notify residents and businesses by telephone, cell phone, text message and email regarding time-sensitive general and emergency notifications.

The system is used to send critical communications to users, such as evacuation notices, hazardous traffic or road conditions, boil water advisories and missing child alerts.

Ron Leal says that when he became Emergency Management Director of Cheyenne County one and a half years ago, he thought that this county would be the perfect place to push CodeRED.

Leal went on to add th...