As wildfires continue to rage through California, local officials in Seminole County are working to ensure residents are ready and informed as we approach our wildfire season here in Central Florida.
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The fires in California have already killed dozens of people and left countless others without a home.
Now authorities want communities in Central Florida to be prepared in case something similar happens here.
Reporter Geovany Dias found that only 10 percent of the population in Seminole County uses the fire alarm system.
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This means that most people would not receive the life-saving messages and communications coming from this Seminole County emergency management office.
The emergency management office monitors everything that happens throughout the county, and without the alert system on your phone, they wouldn’t be able to alert residents.
Seminole County officials said, “One of the challenges that could happen here, as well as in California, is our ability to communicate with the public in times of need.”
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That’s why Seminole County officials are redoubling their efforts to keep residents informed.
“We’re not going to notify all of Seminole County, Orange County or Osceola County about a wildfire that might affect three or four neighborhoods. Instead, we’re going to activate the alarm for those three or four neighborhoods. When you register for alert, rudimentary, or if you have a landline phone, we can call that location geospatially. Seminole County officials said.
Click here to sign up for the alerts.
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