The City of Hartsville has contracted with Emergency Communications Network to license its CodeRED high-speed notification system. CodeRED provides City officials the ability to deliver important or critical messages to phones in targeted areas or throughout the city quickly.
CodeRED allows in-city residents and businesses to receive critical messages from their local government about emergencies, or some general notifications if desired, by phone, text or email. The system uses a telephone database, although not all in-city phone numbers have necessarily been included in this. Individuals and businesses may add their own phone numbers directly into the system’s database by visiting the CodeRED Community Notification Enrollment page. Those without Internet access may call the City of Hartsville Public Service Department at 843-383-3006 to provide their information over the phone. Businesses and individuals may also opt out of receiving notifications if desired. Contact numbers and locations which are found outside Hartsville City limits cannot be added into the system, although they may still register for the national CodeRED database.
Required information includes a contact person’s first and last name, a street address (physical address only, no P.O. boxes), city, state, zip code and a primary phone number. Additional phone numbers may be entered as well. Because CodeRED can use geographically based delivery of messages, street addresses are required to ensure that emergency notification calls are received by those who need them in a given situation.
All businesses should consider registering, as well as individuals who have unlisted phone numbers, individuals who have changed their phone number or address within the last year and those who use a cell phone or a VoIP phone as their primary number. For questions, contact the City of Hartsville at 843.383.3006.
About Emergency Communications Network
Headquartered in Ormond Beach, Fla., Emergency Communications Network, LLC (ECN) has pioneered high-speed emergency notification services capable of reaching millions of citizens in minutes. ECN’s sophisticated network supports a web-based product suite featuring four major services: CodeRED® which enables local government officials to communicate time-sensitive, personalized messages via voice, email and text messaging; CodeRED Weather Warning™ which provides automated alerts to citizens in the path of severe weather just moments after a warning has been issued by the National Weather Service; My Daily Call™ for scheduling calls to check on at-risk individuals, including the elderly, infirm and latchkey kids; and CodeED® for use by school systems to improve communications with their communities. To learn more, visit www.ecnetwork.com.