The Alert DC system provides rapid text notification and update information during a major crisis or emergency. This system delivers important emergency alerts, notifications and updates on a range of devices including your:
e-mail account [work, home, other]
cell phone
pager, BlackBerry
wireless PDA
When an incident or emergency occurs, authorized DC Homeland Security & Emergency Management personnel can rapidly notify you using this community alert system. Alert DC is your personal connection to real-time updates, instructions on where to go, what to do, or what not to do, who to contact and other important information.
Alert DC is available to citizens of the District of Columbia as well as individuals traveling to or working in the District. Sign up for an account to receive alerts and emergency notifications today.
Note: Subscribers may be charged, as set forth in their wireless provider's contract, for messages delivered to their wireless devices.
Alert DC is a product of Cooper Notification protected by U.S. Patent No. 7,409,428, other patents pending. Roam Secure, Roam Secure Alert Network, and RSAN are trademarks of Cooper Industries in the United States and other countries. You are not permitted to use the Cooper trademarks without the prior written consent of Cooper Industries.
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Alert DC is a product of Cooper Notification protected by U.S. Patent No. 7,409,428, other patents pending. Roam Secure, Roam Secure Alert Network, and RSAN are trademarks of Cooper Industries in the United States and other countries. You are not permitted to use the Cooper trademarks without the prior written consent of Cooper Industries.