Emergency Preparation
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Emergency House Numbers
Can we find you in an emergency? Clearly posted emergency house numbers can save precious time should an emergency occur. Can life saving personnel find you? Response time is critical; seconds lost can mean the difference between life and death. Approximately 84% of all fatal fires burn 10 or more minutes before the fire department is notified. Fire departments in the US respond to a fire every 15 seconds.
Is your house number up? (These numbers are available at Village Hall at no cost.)
Police, Fire and Ambulance personnel need to find your home quickly should an emergency occur. It is difficult for emergency vehicles, utility trucks and delivery trucks to find homes and businesses whose address numbers are not properly posted.
Residences, Apartments and Businesses post the emergency address numbers directly on your house, apartment, and garage by the street or on a post. Make sure they can be seen from the road.
Is your house number up? (These numbers are available at Village Hall at no cost.)
Police, Fire and Ambulance personnel need to find your home quickly should an emergency occur. It is difficult for emergency vehicles, utility trucks and delivery trucks to find homes and businesses whose address numbers are not properly posted.
Residences, Apartments and Businesses post the emergency address numbers directly on your house, apartment, and garage by the street or on a post. Make sure they can be seen from the road.
Things You Can Do to Prepare for an Emergency
- Purchase and install house numbers for your home.
- Have a family home escape plan and practice it often.
- Have a working smoke alarm on every level of your home, especially by the bedrooms.
- Report all fires, immediately! US fire departments respond to over 2,000,000 fires each year.
- Contact your local fire department for additional information for help in protecting your home.
- As a test, ask neighbors, friends or service people who visit your home if they saw your house numbers easily. Encourage family, friends and neighbors to post their house numbers, too!
Sign up for Emergency Notification
Colfax County Emergency Management has implemented an enhanced emergency notification system that allows us to CALL YOU to alert you to an emergency in your area.
There is no cost to you for this service and the information you enter is protected!
With the system you can enter your cell phones, a text device, email address, fax number, or work phone number. If you would like to sign up for alerts at your home address but also at your work address, our system will allow you to do that. You pick where, you pick how.
The Emergency Notification system will be utilized in emergency situations. Emergencies are defined as imminent or potential threats to life and / or property. Emergencies may include but is not limited to:
The Emergency Notification system will also be utilized for non-emergency (yet potentially hazardous) situations. Examples of Non-emergencies are:
There will be no political messages or sales messages. It is our goal to keep the citizens of this community informed of dangers and hazards within the area, while minimizing any intrusion into your everyday lives. We do not intend to flood you with calls every day. Please click on the following button to sign up for the Colfax Emergency Notification System.
There is no cost to you for this service and the information you enter is protected!
With the system you can enter your cell phones, a text device, email address, fax number, or work phone number. If you would like to sign up for alerts at your home address but also at your work address, our system will allow you to do that. You pick where, you pick how.
The Emergency Notification system will be utilized in emergency situations. Emergencies are defined as imminent or potential threats to life and / or property. Emergencies may include but is not limited to:
- Missing endangered child (amber alert)
- Missing endangered adult
- Flooding
- Wild fire
- Police activity that would require you to evacuate or to take shelter
- Natural gas leaks
- Severe threatening weather (rotation in clouds, large hail with cloud rotation, tornado warnings)
The Emergency Notification system will also be utilized for non-emergency (yet potentially hazardous) situations. Examples of Non-emergencies are:
- School delays and closures
- Local Government delays and closures
- Utility issues (broken water line, power outages, etc)
- Road closures
There will be no political messages or sales messages. It is our goal to keep the citizens of this community informed of dangers and hazards within the area, while minimizing any intrusion into your everyday lives. We do not intend to flood you with calls every day. Please click on the following button to sign up for the Colfax Emergency Notification System.
