Pittsford Residents Can Sign Up for Emergency Notification Alerts

As we shared in the Spring, 2024 issue of our Pittsford Messenger newsletter, Monroe County offers localized emergency notifications to Pittsford residents through its Hyper-Reach service. New York State also has a mass notification system available to Pittsford residents via its NY-Alert program. See details below about these alert programs and how to sign for them.

MONROE COUNTY HYPER-REACH EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS

Pittsford residents can sign up to receive local emergency alerts through Monroe County’s Hyper-Reach Emergency Notification service. Signing up allows your cell phone, email and/or TDD to be notified for local emergencies and community alerts as well. The program uses your address to provide alerts targeted to your specific geographic area. Home phone (landline) numbers are automatically registered with Monroe County's 911 Center for alerts; registering for Hyper-Reach allows notification via your mobile phone. Sign up is simple and free. Register at bit.ly/hyper-reach-signup.

NY ALERT EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM

NY-Alert is New York State’s Mass Notification System. By signing up for NY-Alert, you can receive alerts, warnings and emergency information via the web, your cell phone, email and other technologies, based on the geographic location you select. Users create an account and then subscribe to select the types of alerts they wish to receive.

NY-Alert contains public alerts and critical, emergency-related information including instructions and recommendations in real-time by emergency personnel. Information may include severe weather warnings, significant highway closures, hazardous material spills and other emergency conditions. Notifications also can include AMBER and missing children alerts, and alerts regarding consumer protection, public health and sex offender re-location. You can receive alerts by phone, text message, email and fax machine and may select multiple ways to be notified. Visit https://alert.ny.gov/sign-ny-alert-0 to create an account and sign up for alerts.