The City of Texarkana, Texas urges citizens to sign up for CodeRED Emergency Notification System to stay informed in case of an emergency situation. This system, shared by the cities of Texarkana, Texas, Texarkana, Arkansas, Bowie and Miller Counties is an ultra-high-speed telephone and email communication system that allows for targeting a specific area or blanket notification of the area.
The system will notify residents of critical community alerts, such as: weather, emergencies, evacuation notices, bioterrorism alerts, boil notices, and missing child reports. The system can make 60,000 calls per hour and will deliver a recorded message to a live person or a voicemail service, making three attempts to connect to any number. The system will only be used for emergency purposes.
Sign up for CodeRED, or call 903-798-3181.