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Emergency operations official promotes JoCo alert sign-up ahead of World Cup
Summary
An agency official said the Emergency Operations Center will operate at a watch level through June and July and activate more fully on match days; visitors and residents were told to text 'JoCo United' to 888777 to opt in to emergency alerts.
An agency official at the Emergency Operations Center said the office will operate at a watch level through June and July during the World Cup and move to a partial activation on match days, with additional staff present.
The official said the EOC will keep a small mercy-management staff in the EOC and radio room on most days but will increase staffing on match days to handle elevated monitoring needs. "We will be activated to a partial activation where we'll have more staff," the agency official said.
Officials also gave residents and visitors a way to receive emergency notifications. "If you are not from here, if you are visiting from another country, you are still able to join our emergency alert system," the agency official said, adding that people can opt in by texting JoCo United to 888777. By doing so, the official said, people will receive alerts in the event of severe weather or another type of emergency.
The announcement focused on operational readiness and public outreach; no formal actions or policy changes were presented during the remarks. Officials did not provide additional details about staffing numbers or the exact scope of alerts beyond severe weather and "other type of emergency."
