Fire dept. launches sign-up campaign for new mass alert system
Prince Albert’s emergency mass notification system will soon be live and residents can register to receive the alert messages right now.
The Prince Albert Fire Department (PAFD) is encouraging residents to create an account if they want to receive text or email messages for the city’s emergency mass notification service, P.A. Alert. The system already has residents’ White Page listings pre-loaded into it. It can even send messages via pagers and fax machines.
In an emergency, the system will send messages to residents via these means. Residents who set up accounts will be able to tailor their alerts, so they can receive notifications about neighbourhoods outside of their own, such as where their child’s school or daycare or parents’ home is located.
Deputy fire chief Corey Rodgers said on Wednesday morning the system is currently ready to send out messages, but the PAFD will be sending out a test alert on May 30.