Get ready for an emergency

The Washington Parish Emergency Notification System is now in operation.

The new emergency alert system will provide rapid notification of hazardous and urgent situations using a mix of telephone calls, text and email messages, and even TTY/TDD service for the hearing impaired.

Landline phones are automatically enrolled for alerts, but alerts to mobile phones and email addresses are only included when people enroll. Residents and people who work in Washington Parish are encouraged to enroll now either by:

Download App

Citizens can also download the Hyper-Reach Anywhere app on their smartphone. Hyper-Reach Anywhere is a free smartphone app that allows individual citizens to manage and monitor the alerts they receive, both for their home and office addresses and for other addresses they care about such as those of elderly relatives or friends.

Protect the people you care & get the word out

We’re encouraging everyone in the Parish to sign up for this important service. And after you’ve signed up, let your friends, family and neighbors know, so they can sign up too.

This system will be available to public safety agencies for them to use in notifying the public about incidents such as:

Floods
Tornados
Hurricanes
Hazardous Material Incidents
Hostage Situations
Bridge Outages

Participating agencies will also be able to send messages pertaining to activities or situations such as:

Community Meetings
Fire Department Meetings
Public Infrastructure Closures
Controlled Burns
Lost Children at Events
Boil Water Advisories
Department Call Outs or Alerts
Health Related Information
State of Emergencies

The 911 District has implemented this important communications system in the Parish and making it available to our governmental, public safety, and other partners.