BATH
The Sagadahoc County Emergency Management Agency, in partnership with the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Office and the Sagadahoc County Communications Center, utilizes an emergency notification system to ensure individuals who live and work in Sagadahoc County are made aware of critical emergency information within a moment’s notice.
Subscribers of this system, called CodeRED, receive information or special instructions on their cell phones, landlines, and/or e-mail inboxes that serve to equip residents with the knowledge they need to keep themselves and their families, friends and neighbors safe before, during or after incidents in and around their community.
CodeRED is a tool that the County and its municipalities can utilize to avoid or mitigate the impact of a major event that can impact residents and business owners.
In order for CodeRED to work effectively, the county is asking individuals, households and businesses to subscribe to this service so that they may receive time-sensitive emergency information. Notifications may include urgent hazardous weather information, evacuation notices, boil water advisories, missing persons or AMBER alerts, to name a few.
While most landline residential and business phone numbers have been automatically included in the CodeRED database, cell phones, text messaging, email and TTY must be added via a sign-up process.
No resident should assume their information has been automatically entered into the CodeRED system.
Individuals can register to receive alerts at sagcounty.com/departments/e ma/emergency-notification/, or facebook.com/Sagadahoc- CountyEMA/ where they can register online.
If unable to register online, individuals can call an emergency management specialist at (207) 443-8210 or walk-in to sign-up at the Sagadahoc County Emergency Management Agency at 752 High St., Bath. All information is kept confidential and will not be shared. Individuals may opt out at any time by contacting the SCEMA office.
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