Sign Up For Sarasota County Code Red — Reissued May 2018

Residents and Business and Property Owners

Sarasota County utilizes the CodeRED Notification System – an ultra high-speed telephone communication service  – for emergency notifications.

This system allows us to send critical communications to all or targeted areas within the county in case of a situation that requires immediate action.

• This system is capable of dialing the entire county within minutes.
• It delivers a recorded message from Sarasota County describing the situation and any instructions for immediate or future action.

The message will play when answered by a live person or an answering machine and makes three attempts to connect to each number.

• If you opt in for text message and/or email alerts in the CodeRED database, those will also be sent.

Caller ID
The calling number will display 866-419-5000. To hear the last message delivered, simply dial the number back.

Privacy

Your contact information remains private and will only be used for critical communications.

Uses

This system will ONLY be used for PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY and WELLNESS purposes. Examples of times when the CodeRED system could be used:

• drinking water contamination,
• extended utility outages,
• evacuation notice and route,
• missing person,
• fires, floods, bomb threat, hostage situation, chemical spill or gas leak, and other incidents where rapid and accurate notification is essential for life safety.
• The opt-in weather warning service will automatically notify those registered of tornado, flash flood and severe thunderstorm voice alert warnings just minutes after an alert is issued by the National Weather Service.

Editor’s Note — as you sign up for this service, which can send phone calls or text messages (or both) to the number you register, check the Data Privacy box and your data will not be released to any other party without a court order. The box will be near the bottom of the signup page.