The public can now begin enrolling in the new Everbridge Emergency Notification System which will completely replace the current IRIS System by Thursday, July 23rd.

Garry Berges, Geary County Emergency Management Director explained that the new Everbridge System will allow users to select from a list of a number of different alerts that they wish to receive.

“In fact if they live in Junction City and work in Manhattan or Topeka they can sign up and receive certain alerts from those counties too, they are two of the other participating counties,” said Berges.

In Junction City users can receive notifications on such things as street closures, water main breaks and any other public messages to go along with any weather related messages they elect to receive.

“It’s very user-friendly. If they only want to get alerts like Tornado Warnings and Thunderstorm Warnings and nothing else, they can sign up for that. They can even say that between the hours of 6 p.m. and midnight they do not want to get alerts, the only alert they will get will be a Tornado Warning for their location. If they live in the northern part of Geary County and the alert is for the southern part of Geary County they will not receive an alert.”

You can sign up for the new Everbridge System online by following this link. You can also find more information on the Geary County website at www.ks-geary.manatron.com.

Those who don’t have access online can also receive help by calling the Geary County Emergency Management Office at 785-238-1290 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Once you are registered you will start receiving alerts right away. The service is free to sign up and use.