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Travis County replaces old burn‑ban list with Warren Central Texas alerts; opt‑in required for non‑life‑safety notices
Summary
The county fire marshal briefed court members on replacing an older Microsoft‑based burn‑ban notification list with Warren Central Texas alerts that deliver bilingual burn‑ban and red‑flag warnings; life‑safety alerts will continue to use broader regional cell‑phone alerting.
Travis County fire marshal and emergency management officials told Commissioners Court on Tuesday they will retire the county’s prior Microsoft‑based burn‑ban notification list and begin using the Warren Central Texas alert platform for burn ban and red‑flag notifications, beginning June 1.
Fire Marshal Gary (last name not specified in the public presentation) told the court the prior system was slow and labor‑intensive and sometimes took a day or two to reach all registrants. The new system will push bilingual (English/Spanish) burn‑ban and red‑flag…
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