Residents of Ozaukee County have long known that they may call 9-1-1 for police, fire or medical assistance.

What you may not be aware of and what we would like to introduce is that the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office, Public Health Department, and Emergency Management participate within a mass alert notification system similar to a reverse of the 9-1-1 system. We have the ability to send voice and text-to-text messages that alert the community to a variety of emergency and non-emergency circumstances. Such messages may be community wide or very specific geographically.

The alert notification system is provided by MyStateUSA – AlertSense. Any such system is only as effective as the database of contacts allows. For example, many land line, cell phone telephone numbers and pagers are unpublished or unlisted. Those numbers may not be in the data base and as such you would not receive emergency notification through our system.

MyStateUsa has a simple process in place that enhances our opportunity to contact you via your cell phone, Blackberry, pager and email. We urge you to visit MyStateUSA at:  o https://mystateusa.com/alertSignup.aspx?region=21328

Please complete the following sections; Basic Information, Select Alerts, Send Message To and Submit.  We stress that you provide your unpublished and unlisted land line phones as well as your cell exchange. We also strongly urge that you enter your full address as that information will sync your cell phone exchange with a physical location. Once submitted the information is now added to the database. This information enhances our ability to contact you.

Please note that the information you are adding is confidential and you are not giving permission to private or political solicitation of any kind. Be aware, your standard text messaging rates apply and you may unsubscribe at any time.

The capability to disseminate critical information in a very rapid manner equates to safety for residents and businesses alike. We look forward to serving you.

If you have any questions you may contact Captain David Guss, 262-284-7172.