First Alert Text allows for quick and assured notification in case of emergency for:

• Terrorism Threat
• Chemical
• Dam Failure
• Earthquake
• Fire
• Flood
• Hurricane
• Landside Threat

• Tornado (Watch and Warning)
  
• Tsunami
• Winter Storm Approaching
• Natural Disaster
• Law Enforcement Assistance
  ( Missing, abduction or loss of life concern)
• Notification after the Disaster using
  the only communication channel working

FAST provides cell phone text message notification, eliminating any confusion about the nature of the emergency. Because people today are more accessible on their cell phones, the FAST system will be more likely to notify them about an emergency situation, thus enabling appropriate action to be taken.  In providing for notification from State and Federal Agencies, FAST  considers the possibility that county and/or city emergency management agencies may not be operational in certain critical situations.

The tiered national access system allows Counties to provide notification in their Cities, the State to provide notifications in their Counties and Cities, and the Federal level to provide notifications in all States, Counties or Cities.  The flexibility of the FAST system also allows for individual entities, such as schools, to be licensed for their own ability to send emergency notifications to their specified subscribers.

New from FAST:

FAST now provides the ability for all licensed entities to send out informational messages to its groups and subgroup members. Click here for FREE activation of your group, agency, school or business.

All subscribers will automatically receive severe weather and other major warnings sent out by NOAA. Subscribers receive these warnings based upon the specifically affected zip codes to which they are registered.