Emergency Alert System Comes to Ojai
http://portal.countyofventura.org/portal/page?_pageid=817,1258021&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
The City of Ojai is excited about having joined the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department Office of Emergency Services (OES) REVERSE 911 Emergency Notification System, which allows police, fire department, and other authorities to quickly alert you about known hazards in the community.
Whenever there is a threat to public health or safety of residents, the system can deliver alerts like: evacuation notices, hazardous materials releases, community policing activities (AMBER alerts, endangered missing adults, prisoner escapes, high incidence of criminal activity, etc.), and water treatment alerts.
The system will not be used to deliver political announcements, provide information on community events, or notify residents of road closures (unless it will affect residents during an evacuation).
How It Works: The REVERSE 911 System has access to a database that includes both listed and unlisted landline phone numbers for AT&T and Verizon customers. This database, together with GIS mapping technology, makes it possible to broadcast an alert to specified areas. A recorded voice message will provide important information about a particular alert when you answer your phone, or a text message will be received if you have equipment set up for TTY/TDD messages.
Register TTY/TDD Equipment. In order to receive text messages, you must register your phone number that is associated with TTY/TDD messaging equipment.
Receive Emergency Notices via E-Mail. You can also add an e-mail address to your landline to receive e-mail notification. Send an e-mail with your phone number, contact name and e-mail address to: reverse911@ventura.org.
Missed Calls. When a broadcast alert is sent out, your phone will ring until you either pick up or your answering machine records the message. If no one answers the phone, a repeat mechanism will continue to call your number within a certain interval until the phone is answered.
Phone Number Changes. If a resident’s landline phone number changes, the database will be updated automatically to reflect that change.
Important! Register Cell Phone Numbers. The REVERSE 911 system does not automatically include cell phone numbers. Those who do not register their cell phone number will not receive notifications through the REVERSE 911 system. Make sure to register your cell phone number by using the following link: http://portal.countyofventura.org/portal/page?_pageid=817,1258038&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Should your cell phone number change, delete the old number and add your new number to the database. Once a year, the Office of Emergency Services will contact residents via e-mail asking for confirmation that the phone number is still valid. If you do not confirm by responding to the e-mail, your cell phone number will be removed from the database.
Be Proactive, Check All Informational Resources. It’s important that you check all informational resources available even though you have signed up for REVERSE 911 notifications. In the event of a telecommunication breakdown, turn on you radio and tune in to Ojai’s Emergency Alert Radio AM 1610 for information.
You can read more about REVERSE 911 by using the following link: http://portal.countyofventura.org/portal/page?_pageid=817,1273737&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL
Welcome to Ojai Valley CERT
IMPORTANT UPDATE.....
THIS WEB-SITE HAS BEEN ARCHIVED.
PLEASE GO TO HTTP://OJAIVALLEYCERT.ORG
This blog provides information to those interested in CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) activities in The Ojai Valley, CA. CERT works in partnership with OVARC (Ojai Valley Amateur Radio Club) which provides Ham Radio Communications - http://www.ovarc.org/.
http://www.citizencorps.gov/cert is a good place to begin learning about CERT. The fact is, immediately after a major disaster, each of us will be on our own while Emergency Services Personnel (Fire, Hospital, Police, Hospitals, etc) figure out what happened and how to respond. CERT teaches valuable self-preservation skills and empowers each of us to be of service to ourselves, family, neighborhood and community. By integrating CERT with Ham Radio, citizens can effectively communicate actionable information from the field to the Emergency Operations Center -- help will be on the way sooner.
Please check out the CERT Calendar & Map at the bottom of this web-page and sign our Guestbook (top right of page).
