Emergency Alerts Keep Yakima Residents Updated

With all the flooding happening in the Yakima Valley you need to know when evacuation alerts are issued and when an emergency may be close to your home or business.

YOUR CURIOSITY WOULD BE SATISFIED

Even if your home isn't impacted by natural disasters like floods and fires you'll want to know what's going on when an emergency happens. The reason why you need to sign up for Alert Yakima, a special service provided by Yakima Valley Emergency Management.

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MANY HAVE BEEN SIGNED UP FOR YEARS

Management officials say thousands of people are already a part of the service that sends important alerts via cell phone, home phone, email, text messaging, fax, pager or PDA. The management website says " Citizens listed in the County’s white pages landline phone database are automatically subscribed to emergency alerts by phone. Citizens may also self-register their cell phone, VOIP phone, email, text message device, fax, TDD, and pager."

THE MORE THE KNOW THE BETTER

Emergency officials say the more people that sign up for the service the better people will be prepared for a major emergency that may require immediate action. They say if you're part of the system you'll get notices for evacuation orders, shelter in place orders, or other emergency information to keep you informed.
The alerts are sent out during severe weather, fires, floods, toxic environmental issues, radiological events and other emergencies.