After Code Red data breach, Grand County evaluates new emergency-alert vendors and seeks direct IPAWS access

Nov 25, 2025

Sheriff's Office and county IT briefed commissioners on a Code Red data breach that disrupted the county's alerting system and IPAWS access. County staff scheduled demos with Motorola Rave and Everbridge and plan to present a vendor contract to the board; estimated annual costs are about $8,000.

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Grand County officials told the Board of County Commissioners that a security breach at the county's Code Red alert vendor caused a temporary shutdown of the county's primary public-alert system and suspended the county's direct access to IPAWS (the integrated public alert and warning system).

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