Wrangell Sentinel -

The City and Borough of Wrangell has contracted with Emergency Communications Network, LLC to utilize its CodeRED high-speed notification system, which will allow local officials to quickly deliver messages to targeted areas or the entire borough.

For those that want to use the system, Wrangell Police Department Chief Doug McCloskey said that such systems are only as good as the telephone number database supporting them.

“If your phone number is not in the database, you will not be called,” he said. “One of the reasons the CodeRED system was selected is it gives individuals and busin...