Decatur County to switch emergency alert vendor, board approves contract with Rave after Code Red failures

Mar 17, 2026

County commissioners approved moving the public emergency alert system to Rave and agreed to pay to exit the Code Red contract after migration and notification failures left residents without timely alerts.

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After hearing from 9-1-1 and IT staff about recent problems migrating and sending public alerts through the county’s existing Code Red system, commissioners voted to sign a contract with Rave for public emergency notifications.

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