New Reverse 911 System

04/17/2008 - Gilpin County has upgraded the emergency notification system for our residents. The system, CodeRED, is a high-speed telephone emergency notification service allowing county officials the ability to deliver pre-recorded information to either targeted areas or the entire county. The system would be implemented in situations such as a land wildfire, in which residents in the immediate area and surrounding areas would need to be notified to take appropriate steps to safeguard life and property. 

  CodeRed has the capability of making up to 60,000 phone calls an hour and will attempt to deliver the message to each residence up to 3 times in order to maximize the number of delivered messages.  It can deliver the pre-recorded message to a live person or an answering machine.  The message will consist of six key elements:

1. Statement that it is a CodeRED Emergency message from Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office

2. Time and date of the call

3. Scope of the emergency

4. Area(s) affected by emergency

5. Action that needs to be taken

6. Directions for obtaining more information

  While there is a database that will be accessed to initiate a Reverse 911 Call in Gilpin County, you are being encouraged to go online and register your own personal information. By doing so you will be ensuring that the data pertaining to you and your home is as accurate as possible. You know where you live, don’t let the safety of you and your home depend on data purchased from a third party. Assure your information is accurate by going online and registering at http://co.gilpin.co.us. Use the link found on the home page to access the Code Red Reverse 911 Form. You will be asked for your name, address, primary phone number, which should be your home number, and a secondary phone number. This secondary number could be your cell, VoIP, work or any other telephone number you would like to be called on if a Reverse 911 Call is initiated in the area where your home is located. Sorry, pager numbers will NOT receive the calls so please don’t use those as a secondary number. Businesses should also register. Because there are laws about calling more than one number of a business, register and assure the number you want called if an emergency is happening that could affect your business is the one that is called. 

  If you do not have access to the internet, you may visit the Gilpin County Public Library’s computer terminals, or contact Vicki at 303-582-5214 for assistance.