Fillmore Fire Partners with Office of Emergency Services to Offer Emergency Notification System for Residents
By Cynthia Elliott
Program Administrator
Ventura County Sheriff’s OES
VC Alert is a new emergency notification system to alert you about emergencies and other important community news. The system enables officials to provide essential information quickly when there is a threat to the health or safety of you and your family.
In
addition
to
emergency
information,
you may:
• Select
to
receive
messages
regarding
crime
alerts,
road
closures,
public
meetings
or other
community
events;
• Choose
the
locations
you want
to be
contacted
about -
such as
your
parents’
home,
your
workplace
and your
child’s
school;
• Receive alerts on your home phone, cell phone, work phone, email, text, fax or instant messaging.
The
success
of this
service
relies
on you.
The VC
Alert
database
currently
includes
some
landline,
Voice
over
Internet
Protocol
(VoIP)
and
cellular
telephone
numbers.
To
ensure
that we
have
your
contact
information
and the
preferred
method
you
would
like us
to
contact
you,
please
register
at
www.vcalert.org
. All
information
you
provide
will be
kept
strictly
confidential.
VC Alert is a free service provided by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services and participating cities. Call and text messaging charges may apply when you receive alerts, depending on your cellular provider and calling plan. Participating cities include: City of Camarillo, City of Fillmore, City of Moorpark, City of Ojai, City of Oxnard, City of Port Hueneme, City of Santa Paula, City of Thousand Oaks, City of Ventura, and the unincorporated areas of Ventura County.
For more information, please visit www.vcalert.org. Questions or concerns may be directed to the VC Alert Hotline at 805-648-9283 or via email at vc.alert@ventura.org. Remember, if we can’t reach you…we can’t alert you. Register today!



