The Cumberland County Emergency Management Board in cooperation with Cumberland County and the City of Burkesville have signed up with Emergency Communications Network, providers of CodeRED high speed notification solution and the CodeRED Weather Warning service.

The CodeRED system provides Burkesville and Cumberland County officials the ability to quickly deliver phone and text messages to residents in targeted areas or the entire county.

This no-charge service allows message recipients to easily identify calls coming through the systems. Message recipient’s Caller ID will read Emergency Communications Network or 866-419-5000 for CodeRED calls. For CodeRED Weather Warning calls, either Emergency Communications Network or the number 800-566-9780 will appear on the Caller ID.

Most relevant for our citizens, says Greg Cary, Cumberland County Emergency Management Director, “Residents can simply dial the number displayed on their Caller ID to hear the last message delivered. This will greatly reduce the number of inbound inquiries handled by our office and will offer residents an immediate replay of the message.”

CodeRED Weather Warning is an opt-in only weather warning product that taps into the National Weather Service’s Storm Based Warnings.

CodeRED Weather warning automatically alerts affected citizens to the path of severe weather just moments after a warning has been issued. Severe weather notification such as forced evacuation of an area can be delivered automatically to all land-line telephones in the affected area without regard to prior registration. However, cell phone users, and those wishing to receive national weather warnings for the area, must register their phone with the CodeRED system.