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hours a day. 365 days a year, providing residents the needed time to prepare. This becomes even more critical if a tornado comes through an area during the night, when television, radio broadcasts and sirens are ineffective.
“fbr years, we have had problems notifying people in the county of emergencies.”' Burke told the Board of Supervisors. With the CodeRED system, which can dial 1.000 calls per minute, “we can call up the whole county in about five minutes,”' he said, “ft’s the best we can do without having our own TV or radio stations.”"
The new system is a product of a private, Florida-based firm. Emergency Communications Network. Inc., which has been providing highspeed messaging to governments and businesses since 1996. Rappahannock County has hired the company, which has the capability to make 60,000 calls per hour, to provide the CodeRED calling system under a contract that will cost $11,1150 a yearfunds that were already set aside in the current budget for emergency services.
County Administrator John McCarthy said the CodeRED system is less costly and faster than other alternative systems. There are no upfront equipment costs, and the county won’t have to install more telephone lines, he said.
James P Gannon is editor of rappvou.-e.com
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