Mike BabbDALTON, Ga. — Whitfield County residents can soon sign up to receive automated phone calls alerting them to weather warnings in their area.
County commissioners approved $22,500 to buy a new emergency public notification system for the entire county during their meeting Monday night.
The CodeRed system will replace the county’s outdated Reverse 911 system that was used to call residents about such things as missing children or mandatory evacuations, Emergency Management Agency Director Claude Craig and 911 Deputy Director Jeff Ownby told commissioners.
A system that only made emergency calls would cost $15,000 and an additional $7,500 would buy the weather warning system, Craig said.
“We recommend going with the weather warning, especially after this spring,” Craig said, referencing the dozens of tornadoes that wreaked havoc in the tri-state area.