As we’ve reported, Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management is preparing to become part of the Alert Iowa emergency notification system.

Residents are able to sign up today and notifications will be distributed beginning March 1st. Coordinator Bob Kempf says there are many different ways to receive emergency notifications. “You can sign-up up to two email addresses, up to five numbers and if you want text and voice messages on your cell phone, then you need to register with your cell phone number twice.”

Beginning Wednesday, Kempf will hold an informational meeting at each of the Adair and Guthrie County fire stations to show people how to sign up.

Representatives from Adair and Guthrie County Emergency Management will be in each community from 7:00 to 9:00 PM on different days during the month of February to assist people in signing up for the new emergency notification system. The community schedule is below:

February 3rd Guthrie Center Fire Station

February 4th Orient Fire Station

February 5th Yale Fire Station

February 8th Bagley Fire Station

February 9th Casey Fire Station

February 10th Jamaica Fire Station

February 11th Adair Fire Station

February 15th Bridgewater Fire Station

February 16th Fontanelle Fire Station

February 17th Stuart Fire Station

February 18th Greenfield Fire Station

February 19th Menlo Fire Station

February 22nd Bayard Fire Station

February 23rd Panora Fire Station