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Cochise County emergency management urges residents to sign up for targeted alerts and Ready, Set, Go preparations
Summary
Cochise County Emergency Management director Daniel Deshawn reviewed how the county sends geofenced emergency alerts, described Ready, Set, Go pre‑evacuation guidance, and urged residents to register at cochise.myfreealerts.com so alerts reach them even when they are away from home.
Daniel Deshawn, director of emergency management for Cochise County, told KWCD listeners the county uses multiple, targeted systems to notify residents about hazards and recommended signing up in advance so alerts follow a household wherever the phone has service. “We draw a map on our system and the alert only goes to where that where we've drawn the map,” Deshawn said.
Deshawn explained the mix of delivery methods the county uses: cell‑phone wireless alerts similar to AMBER or Silver alerts, automated voice calls to landlines through the emergency telephone network, Emergency Alert System breaks on radio and TV, and coordinated posts by public information officers. “We're the ones sending those emergency alerts,…
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