CARBONDALE – The City of Carbondale Police Department encourages citizens to sign up for the new public alert system through Civic Ready. Citizens who sign up will be able to receive emergency alerts via text message, email, pager, or voice mail (in extreme cases), based on their preferences.

The system is intended to be used for emergency alerts, as well as non-emergency incidents that may have significant impacts on residents. Emergency Alerts could be related to specific hazards that require some kind of action to be taken such as evacuation, shelter in place, boil water orders, etc. Non-emergency alerts could include significant transportation problems with prolonged impacts or significant ongoing police or fire activity. This list is not meant to be all-inclusive and demonstrates that this system will not be used for routine information. In addition to receiving information on your wireless device, you may also receive notification on your land telephone line (if you have one) depending on the type of incident or event. 

The link to sign up is here: https://public.alertsense.com/SignUp/?RegionId=2111