Emergency Management
Want to be Involved?
Get alerts about emergencies and other important community news by signing up for our Ferry County Alert System. You will receive time-sensitive messages wherever you specify, such as your home, mobile, or business phones, email address, text messages, and more.
Step-by-Step Instructions on How to Sign Up and Register for Alerts!
RESIDENT ALERT SIGN-UP INSTRUCTIONS-- OPT-INClick on the "Sign Up " button to add your information to this notification system.
You will be asked to create an account:
- Create a Username and Password
- Usernames must be a minimum of 4 acceptable characters. Acceptable characters are, uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, period, dash (-), underscore (_), and at symbol (@). No other characters or symbols are permitted at this time.
- Password must be 8 to 64 characters long and contain at least one letter and one number. Special characters are permitted but limited to the following. ( #$%^&*() ) Select a security question and enter its answer
- Enter a Registration Email Address. This address is used to send temporary passwords if you forget your credentials.
- Accept the Terms of Use by checking the box
- Click “Create Your Account”
After creating your username and password, you'll be brought to a page where you can complete your profile. This is where you enter your personal information, including First Name, Last Name and Registration Email.
Next, you will select how you want to receive alerts. Options may include SMS text messages, email, mobile phones, landlines, or a mobile application for Android and iOS devices. The order you set these contact paths will be the order we will try and reach you in the event of an emergency.
Use your company name for first and last name if registering a business.
We send alerts based on a geographical location on a map. Insert up to five addresses for which you want to receive an alert if the location is affected by an incident or upcoming event.
IMPORTANT– If the address you provided is not in our database of known addresses for our jurisdiction, you will be presented with other options to add your address into this system, including: selection from a list of suggested addresses, or dropping a pin to select your location on the map (Microsoft Silverlight plug-in is required). You will not receive any location-based alerts if you do not provide a complete address.
Congratulations!Once you have finished and saved your account, you have successfully signed up.
If you have any questions, please contact Steve Bonner, Emergency Management Director (509) 775-5225 x 1112 or emdirector@co.ferry.wa.us
