Full Notification

On August 25, Folsom will join 12 other cities, three counties, and one tribal nation to exercise the Regional Mass Notification System (a joint system maintained by Sacramento, Yolo, and Placer counties). The exercise will test the system’s capability, capacity, and effectiveness in delivering emergency notifications to the public during a natural disaster. 

Anyone who registered a phone, cell phone, or email address with the Regional Mass Notification System and all landlines should receive a test message. The test alert will display as 833-422-5253, and residents are encouraged to save this number in their phones now so they recognize it for future critical alerts. 

To register a phone number or email address, please visit Sacramento-Alert.org or Placer-Alert.org or Yolo-Alert.org, depending on where you work, live or have children in school and want to receive alerts. Residents can sign up for multiple addresses/devices to cover every geographical location they wish to receive alerts. Residents may also download the Everbridge App on either Apple or Google Play stores to receive push-alert notifications through the app, once registered. 

The test will also use the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) System, a federal emergency system that uses geographically drawn boundaries to alert people in specific areas. A WEA alert causes cell phones to vibrate and omit a different tone than a ringing phone - much like an Amber Alert. 

For Verizon Wireless customers, they may notice a misspelling from the caller ID that says “Sacremento” – that does NOT mean this call is spam. The misspelling occurred when Verizon Wireless set up the tri-county account. Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services continues to work with Verizon to correct the issue. We continue to encourage all customers to save the number in their phone as the Alert System to avoid any confusion when a call comes in.

For more information or to register your devices, please visit www.sacramento-alert.org.