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Alert and Warning
An important step toward being personally prepared is signing up for emergency alerts by
downloading the ReachWell app and/or signing up at bocoalert.org. Some messages are
sent out automatically through the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system - these are
sent like an AMBER Alert; just because you receive these, it does not mean you are signed
up for alerts, so be sure to keep yourself safe during disasters by using one of the following:
BOCO Alert
* Sign up to receive emergency alerts
as a text, email, or voice call at
bocoalert.org.
* Each person in your household that
has a mobile device should create
an account.
* You can add up to five addresses
within Boulder County to your account
(such as your home, work, school,
loved one's residence, etc.). This is
an important step, since you will
only receive alerts when one of the
addresses listed in your account is
within the area that first responders
determine need to receive an alert.
ReachWell App
* Download the ReachWell app to receive
all emergency alerts that are sent out
in Boulder County in over 100 different
languages.
* No sign-up or sharing of personal
information is needed.
* Learn more and download the app at
boco.org/BocoReachwell.
Other Alerts
All Lumen landlines and Xfinity VOIP lines
are automatically uploaded to the system.
Emergency alerts will be distributed to
these numbers as a voice call and to any
special equipment for people with hearing
challenges.
Public safety officials may send local
emergency alerts to the Integrated Public
Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). This
includes the following:
* Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA): a
broadcast technology that is separate
from the text alerts you may receive from
signing up at bocoalert.org. WEA is the
system that distributes AMBER Alerts and
other critical life-safety alerts.
* Emergency Alert System (EAS): a
broadcast technology used for over
the air television and AM/FM radio.
* NOAA Weather Radio: a broadcast
technology received by NOAA weather
radio devices.
* Audible warning sirens are designed for
outdoor warning only. Sirens are located
in various parts of the county.
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