CITY-WIDE NOTIFYNOW SYSTEM TEST

For Release: Wednesday, May 7, 2014

This morning starting at 9:00 a.m. City of Saskatoon’s Emergency Measures Organization sent out a test message to everyone currently in the database. That includes everyone who has signed up AND everyone listed in the SaskTel 2013/2014 phone book.

If you have received the message please know that it is legitimate and a necessary step in ensuring that the City of Saskatoon is able to notify residents during an impending or escalating emergency.

When you receive the test, listen to the entire message and then, if possible, follow the instructions to confirm that you received it.

The purpose of the test is to introduce citizens who may not have heard of NotifyNOW to the new alerting system and to test the accuracy of the data.

Saskatoon’s Emergency Measures Organization is excited to move this project forward. The initial test is part of the process and will provide us with important technical information while demonstrating to individual residents what a targeted mass notification would sound like and how they can expect to be contacted.

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