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Send an emergency alert

Open Alerts, then Send an alert. One screen can reach residents three ways.

  1. Start from a template, such as boil water, outage, road or weather closure, meeting changed or all clear, and choose Use this template.
  2. Under What to say, edit the message.
  3. Under Where to send it, choose any of:
    • The website banner
    • Email to people who signed up for emergency alerts
    • Text message through your text service. The town brings its own text provider. Clerk of Eden stores no phone numbers.
  4. Check the Review before sending screen. It shows exactly what each channel will say and how many people will get the email.
  5. Send it. Recently sent lists earlier alerts.

For an alert that should show on the site for a set period without messages, create a site-wide alert with a start and end under Alerts instead.