{"id":16262,"date":"2015-06-09T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=16262"},"modified":"2015-06-09T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T10:00:13","slug":"county-unveils-new-readychesco-emergency-notification-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=16262","title":{"rendered":"County unveils new ReadyChesco emergency notification system"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ready<\/a>WEST CHESTER \u2014 \u00a0The Chester County Department of Emergency Services (CCDES) announced Monday the upgrade of its mass emergency notification system. The upgrade includes a new identification, ReadyChesCo, which replaces the existing ReadyNotify brand.<\/p>\n

ReadyChesCo incorporates greater technological capabilities and flexibility. All Chester County residents, businesses and organizations are encouraged to register immediately at www.readychesco.org<\/a> to receive emergency alerts.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur residents\u2019 safety is our top concern,\u201d said Chester County Commissioners\u2019 Chair Terence Farrell. \u201cReadyChesCo is used to notify all subscribers before and during a major emergency, and will deliver important alerts that are selected to be received by residents, such as weather, health or community notifications.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mass notification system allows our Department of Emergency Services to contact thousands of residents and businesses in seconds, when seconds matter,\u201d added Commissioner Kathi Cozzone. \u201cSubscribers can opt in and opt out at any time for the types of alerts they want, but they must register to receive them.\u201d<\/p>\n

ReadyChesCo\u2019s flexibility means residents can choose to receive information ranging from severe weather information to road closures, and can also note any special needs information that is useful to emergency responders. Specific municipality information \u2013 notifications and news for residents\u2019 local communities – can also be requested by individuals.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne advantage of ReadyChesCo is the option of adding one or more ways to receive an alert,\u201d said Commissioner Michelle Kichline. \u201cBy adding different contact methods to a registration, the emergency message will be sent to all of them in the pre-selected order. If residents wish to receive a text message first, it will be delivered. If the message is not confirmed as received, ReadyChesCo will move on to the second choice for delivery, and so on \u2013 be it email, home phone or work phone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bottom line, officials said, its about making sure county residents know what they need to know in the event of an emergency.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to ensuring public safety, community awareness and emergency response,\u201d said Robert Kagel, Director of the Chester County Department of Emergency Services. \u201cTo uphold this, when critical information and public service announcements are available, we need to reach our residents as quickly and reliably as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Subscribers to Chester County\u2019s previous notification system, ReadyNotifyPA, will be instructed to register on ReadyChesCo by visiting www.readychesco.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe success of the ReadyChesCo program relies on having the latest contact information so that we can ensure county residents receive crucial information in an emergency,\u201d added Kagel.<\/p>\n

For more information on ReadyChesCo go to www.chesco.org\/des.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WEST CHESTER \u2014 \u00a0The Chester County Department of Emergency Services (CCDES) announced Monday the upgrade of its mass emergency notification system. The upgrade includes a new identification, ReadyChesCo, which replaces the existing ReadyNotify brand. ReadyChesCo incorporates greater technological capabilities and flexibility. All Chester County residents, businesses and organizations are encouraged to register immediately at www.readychesco.org […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6287,15,769,6288],"class_list":["post-16262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-alerts","tag-chester-county","tag-emergency-services","tag-information"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}