Register For The Reverse 9-1-1 System

EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION System: Register your cell phone, home phone number and email addresses!

- This system was a life saver for many of those evacuated during the October 2007 fires. Residents who live in San Diego County, which includes all 18 cities and the unincorporated areas of the County, are encouraged to register their cell phones and e-mail addresses for emergency notifications by visiting www.alertsandiego.org.

Once e-mail addresses and cell phone numbers are registered, it will take up to 24 hours for that information to be updated into AlertSanDiego, the County of San Diego mass notification system that is commonly referred to Reverse 911.

AlertSanDiego will provide emergency alerts to your cell phone and e-mail address including evacuation notices. This is in addition to the land line calls received by those who have land line phones.

Residents are able to register multiple cell phone numbers and e-mail addresses by reopening the Web page. Residents without computers may access this Web site from one of the County libraries.

If a City resident has registered a cell phone number with the City of San Diego Reverse 9-1-1 system that information is automatically shared with the County cell phone registry. To register an e-mail address computer users must register with the County system.

Please note that while the County Mass Notification System is considered effective and efficient, you should not wait or rely exclusively on a call for evacuation directives. If you think you are in danger, you should evacuate immediately. If you are directed to evacuate by emergency personnel, you should follow their direction.

Remember for disaster evacuation centers or help please call "2-1-1", or on your cell phone call "858-300-1211"

By the way, from time to time they are looking for help in the answering of phones. Please call Megan, at (858) 300-1240 if you'd like to volunteer your time.

They also have a website www.211SanDiego.org

Additional helpful websites:

Click on the following for freeway & street closures in the fire areas:

California Highway Patrol freeway information

If you'd still like to help others through your monetary donations:

To donate to the American Red Cross as they help those who have been evacuated:

American Red Cross

You can donate to the Salvation Army:

Salvation Army Scroll to the donations link on their opening page.