“Alert Paradise” Early Warning System coming in April

By Jim Broshears

During the Long-Term Recovery Plan development process, communitywide meetings were held to determine priorities and projects to help Paradise recover from the Camp Fire. The top priority identified was to “Make Paradise Safer” and the most important project to accomplish that was an Early Warning System (EWS).

The Town was successful in receiving a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant to install a townwide EWS. An Early Warning System is an immediate, loud, and consistent way to notify residents of any hazardous event in a timely manner via sirens, voice messages, text and more. The system is designed to be redundant, meaning there are multiple ways for residents to be notified in an emergency in case one or more methods of communication is impacted by the emergency itself.

The Town’s 21-tower siren/voice system is scheduled to be installed in April 2023 and will be operational for the upcoming fire season. There will be a robust public information campaign about the system and what to expect that will be conducted throughout spring 2023 to ensure residents know what to do if the sirens sound.

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