Watertown Alerts

Fires, road closures, gas leaks. How will you find out about citywide emergencies and disasters?

Your safety is our top concern. Early warning helps save lives and property. That’s why the City of Watertown wants to make sure you know about emergencies and disasters as they happen.

Watertown will use Watertown Alerts through the Everbridge SmartGIS System to let you know about issues that may affect your safety.

Watertown Alerts will allow the City of Watertown to contact thousands of residents in seconds so you find out about an emergency right away.

Receive important messages from the City on your phone, email, and more.

Watertown Alerts can deliver messages to you any way you want—on your home phone, cell phone, email, and more. This way, we can reach you in any emergency. We may also use the system in non-emergency situations to let you know about important City-related events, such as meetings, parade closures, or street cleaning changes.

 How does it work?

The process begins when the City issues a message about a potential safety hazard or concern. Messages will be sent to all standard voice and text communication devices, including listed land line phones, cell phones, e-mail, and more. If you don’t confirm receipt of the message, the system will try to reach your second contact number or email. The system will continue trying to contact you until it receives a confirmation from you.

Your help is critical.

The success of this service relies on YOU. Having your latest contact information is the only way to ensure that we can contact you in an emergency. Please update your contact information as soon as possible. Updating is easy and only takes a few minutes, sign up here. Thank you in advance for you cooperation and participation in this important program.