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Reverse 911
Most residents of Cherokee County know that they can call 9-1-1 to get police, fire, or emergency medical assistance. Now, the County emergency response system can use the Reverse 911 Community Notification System to call residents and businesses with emergency information. The Reverse 911 system is a valuable tool for emergency responders to alert the community of time critical messages.
How does Reverse 911 work?
The Reverse 911 system allows the Cherokee County Citizen Notification Partnership to rapidly notify residents and businesses by telephone.
In the event of an emergency, an operator in the Cherokee County 911 Center can identify the affected neighborhood or region of the County and record a message that describes the situation and recommends the protective actions residents should take. The Reverse 911 system will automatically call out to all listed telephone numbers within that geographic area and deliver the recorded message. If phone lines are busy, the system will attempt to redial those numbers a predetermined number of times to make contact. If an answering machine picks up the call, the emergency message will b left on the machine.