• By Rick Plunkett
• Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008

Seconds Count in an Emergency!

The Forsyth County Fire Department has instituted the CodeRED™ Emergency Notification System - an ultra high-speed telephone communication service for emergency notifications. This system allows us to telephone all or targeted areas of the County in case of an emergency situation that requires immediate action.

The system is capable of dialing 60,000 phone numbers per hour. It then delivers our recorded message to a live person or an answering machine, making three attempts to connect to any number.

Registration is simple:

RESIDENTS: You may add up to two phone numbers. Click here and enter a name, address and phone number for each phone number to be contacted.

BUSINESSES: Click on the grey bar in the upper left side of the web page titled "Click to Switch to Business Data" to register information for a business. You may add up to two phone numbers. Click here and enter a name, address and phone number for each phone number to be contacted.