Walker County upgrades their emergency notifications

LAFAYETTE, Georgia (WDEF) – Walker County has a new and improved method for the public to receive emergency and community notifications.

The SirenGPS app can send push notifications to smart phones in a matter of seconds, keeping residents alerted to bad weather and other community concerns or interests.

The app immediately replaces Walker County’s Hyper-Reach notification system. Residents are urged to download the free SirenGPS app, which is available for Apple and Android devices.

Commissioner Shannon Whitfield told us “Our prior system was more geared toward notifying people by a phone call, though a robo-call.”

“The SIRENGPS allows us to notify by an app, for phones so this will allow us to notify the citizens within a few seconds where Robo-calls sometimes takes an hour to an hour and a half to notify everybody. ”

Those who do not have a smart phone and wish to receive a text or phone call should contact the Walker County Commissioner’s Office at 706-638-1437.