National Weather Service “SKYWARN” Training Program

Livonia’s Emergency Preparedness Department, in conjunction with the Livonia Amateur Radio Club, is sponsoring a FREE National Weather Service “SKYWARN” training program on Monday, May 2 from 7-9 p.m. at the Bennett Civic Center Library. The SKYWARN training program is a partnership between the National Weather Service and our community that is designed to help reduce the threat posed by severe weather. The key element of this partnership is a network of trained volunteer "storm spotters" who relay reports of severe weather to the NWS. Even with available technology, storm spotters are an extremely important component in severe weather warnings. SKYWARN trained residents learn valuable tools to help provide their community with potentially life-saving information. This is a free event. No advance registration is required. For more information, please email Emergency Preparedness Director Brian Kahn at brian.kahn@livoniapd.com.

Sign Up for Livonia CodeRED to Receive Emergency Alerts

Livonia CodeRED is the exclusive emergency alerts system used by the City of Livonia and its public safety personnel to deliver time-sensitive messages to residents regarding severe weather, missing persons and more. CodeRED is a web-based critical communication solution that enables local public safety personnel to notify residents and businesses by telephone, text message, email, and social media of time-sensitive information, emergencies, or urgent notifications. The system can reach hundreds of thousands of individuals in minutes to ensure information is quickly shared. CodeRED will is the exclusive emergency alerts platform used by the City. If you had a Nixle account, you will need to sign up with CodeRed to continue to receive alerts.

This system will provide added functionality for Livonia residents. CodeRED allows residents to choose to receive automated phone calls when emergency alerts go out, making sure we have a more inclusive emergency alerts program. Residents can still choose to receive alerts by email or text message.

SIGNING UP IS EASY!
OPTION 1. Sign up for Livonia CodeRED ONLINE (click on the link) and create a managed account.

OPTION 2. Via a mobile phone by texting LIVONIAALERTS to 99411 and visiting the provided link that comes in a response message.

OPTION 3. Via phone at (866) 939-0911 EXT. 2

Be sure to fill in the appropriate information to be notified in the event of emergency situations or critical community alerts. Examples include: evacuation notices, bio-terrorism alerts, boil water notices, and missing child reports.

For questions, please visit our FAQs on our Livonia CodeRed webpage.

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