Village Officially Launches CodeRED
Prerecorded messages will be sent out in the event of emergencies.
After calling several thousand residents with a prerecorded message this morning, the Village of Skokie may have a costly phone bill. Well, not really. The village was testing out its new telephone emergency alert system, CodeRED. Villagers received a 57-second message on their landlines, cell phones and answer machines informing them of the new program earlier this morning. "CodeRED is an important tool for emergency communications," said Ann Tennes, director of marketing and communications for Skokie. "It will help us disseminate critical information." In the event of situations such as boil water orders, hazardous chemical spills, security alerts, missing persons or evacuations, village officials will record a phone message and then …
