E-911 Dispatch to launch free CodeRED alert program this month

By JIM BROOKS
Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio

Magistrates Sam Hutchins, left, and Keith Metcalfe examine documents during Tuesday’s Nelson Fiscal Court meeting.

Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, 11:45 a.m. — E-911 Dispatch Director Debbie Carter told Nelson Fiscal Court Tuesday morning about a new emergency notification service the dispatch center will be launching later this month called CodeRED.

CodeRED is a free service that will allow subscribers to receive weather warnings and other local safety alerts on their mobile or home phone by text message or voice phone call.

CodeRED is a product similar to CallOne currently used by local school systems. CodeRED is currently deployed in dozens of communities in Kentucky and around the country. Telephone users must subscribe to receive the alerts, which can include Amber Alerts, weather warnings, boil water advisories, road closures and more. There is no charge to subscribe or receive the alerts.

The official launch of CodeRED in Nelson County is Tuesday, Jan. 20. Look for more information about CodeRED’s launch here on the Nelson County Gazette and WBRT Radio/ BRTV

Nelson County Sheriff Ed Mattingly addresses Nelson Fiscal Court Tuesday morning.

In other business, the court:

— approved spending $13,185 to replace a diesel engine in a 2010 ambulance with a new crate motor. Installation was included in the price.

— heard a report from Sheriff Ed Mattingly of restructuring within the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office;

— reappointed EMS Director Joe Prewitt as direct of the county’s emergency management agency and Joe Osbourne as emergency management deputy director;

— reappointed Greta S. Cecil as administrative assistant/human resources manager; Rhonda Fenwick, county treasurer; Jim Lemieux, county road engineer; Larry Wimsett, animal control officer; and Logan Spaulding, chief building inspector/director.

— appointed Sheila Osborne and Jim Kelley to the Bardstown-Nelson County Tourist and Convention Commission board of directors.

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