New Alert Tampa Program June 17, 2010
By Stephanie Streeter

The City of Tampa has developed a new program to keep citizens aware that will replace the current Reverse 911 system. The city’s emergency personnel will use the new system to contact residents for emergency evacuations, boil-water orders, missing persons, and other critical issues. The Alert Tampa Program will allow city officials to notify those who register through both text messages and email. In addition, when signing up for the service, subscribers can choose to receive additional informational alerts on crime trends, sexual predators in a neighborhood, street closures for events, and more.

To sign up for the city’s new service, please visit the website below. Those who subscribe to the system can visit the website at any time in order to update their information, or cancel.