AlertOC is an emergency notification system that keeps Orange County residents and businesses informed of immediate life-threatening events. It works across all 34 cities and unincorporated areas of Orange County by delivering voice or text messages to your home, mobile or business phone, or by email.
Registering for the service enables you to control how you receive emergency messages and choose the locations for which you receive them. Signing up is done online at AlertOC.com; the process takes only a few minutes, and it is completely private.
AlertOC notifies people of all types of emergencies, not just natural disasters, so it is imperative that everyone sign up for the service TODAY!
When an emergency event occurs, authorized officials who are affiliated or work with the Emergency Management Division of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department will record a voice, e-mail or text message that is then delivered quickly to individuals who have registered with the AlertOC notification system.
It is important to register for AlertOC so that you can identify locations where you can receive alerts (your home, parents’ home, workplace, place of worship, etc.) when you are not physically there. If an emergency situation occurs in any of the locations you specify, you will receive a notification. However, if you do not register, an emergency may occur near your home or other location and if you are not in the affected area, you will not receive an alert.
AlertOC and your county/city government take citizen security and privacy concerns seriously. Policy and contract agreements prohibit AlertOC contact information from being shared, sold, traded, leased or loaned to outside parties. Staff access to citizen contact information is limited and approved at many layers. Citizenprovided contact information transmitted through the web-portal is sent over a secure connection.
The AlertOC system is primarily used to distribute messages about the health, safety or welfare of any Orange County community that is being affected by a perceived, emerging, or imminent emergency event.
When such an event occurs, authorized officials who are affiliated or work with the Emergency Management Division of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department will record a voice, e-mail or text message that is then delivered quickly to individuals who have registered with the AlertOC notification system.
One benefit of registering is that you can identify multiple locations about which you can receive alerts (your home, parents’ home, workplace, place of worship, etc.) when you are not physically there. If an emergency situation occurs in any of the locations you specify, a notification will be sent to you.
Bear in mind, alerts, such as evacuation, disaster or public safety notices, are only sent to those in areas impacted by the emergency. If you do not register with AlertOC, an emergency may occur near your home or other location and if you are not in the affected area, you will not receive an alert.
Signing up for AlertOC takes just a few minutes. You will be asked to create a username and password so you can log in and change your information at any time. Also, you will need a working email address.