The City of Dauphin is getting an emergency alert service.
At last night's city council meeting, councillors approved a contract with All-Net for their Connect services.
Deputy City Manager Renee St-Goddard explains that in an emergency the city will be able to send one message and have it received many different ways.
“It will have a database of all phone numbers that are currently listed in our phone book. You can register your cell phone, email, you can also download an app.”
The app is currently being developed.
“If we have an urgent emergency message to get out to the public, such as a boil water advisory, we can send that broadcast from city hall in one message or a few quick steps. It will reach all those outlets in a short amount of time.”
St-Goddard says the current way they get information out is limited. They usually only contact a few select few places like the media, hospitals, daycares, schools, and post it on their website.
One reason the city decided to go with this company is because the RM of Dauphin also uses it and said good things about it.
The service is expected to be active sometime in the spring.
The software has an initial purchase cost of $5,485. There is also an annual hosting, support, and maintenance fee that costs $4,985.
