At around 9:20a.m. this morning the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office initiated a ‘Code Red’ alert for residents warning that our local 911 system is currently facing technical difficulties.
The message read, “(Lassen County, CA notification) State 911 is experiencing issues. If you have an emergency call 911. If your call will not go through call the LCSO at 530-257-8633 or CHP at 530-257-9605.”
According to Sheriff Dean Growdon weather related damage to communication sites is causing issues with the state 911 system in our region.
Growdon said that Plumas County calls are currently being re-routed to the Lassen County 911 center. Carriers have warned that we may experience issues here in Lassen County.
The CodeRED system allows the Sheriff’s Office to more effectively communicate time-sensitive messages through a variety of traditional and modern communications mediums. CodeRed allows public safety alerts to be delivered seconds after the Sheriff’s Office launches a message. The alerts can come in the form of a voice call, text message, or email. Additionally, the Sheriff’s Office has the ability to target notifications geographically, only notifying those community members impacted by an alert. The geographic alerts are completely customizable. The Sheriff will be able to send alerts to: county-wide, specific zip codes, streets, addresses, or user defined shaped overlays based on mapped locations or housing areas in the county. The Sheriff’s Office will be able to send mass alerts on behalf of other law enforcement agencies, fire agencies, and Public Health.
Lassen County residents are encouraged to sign up through the Sheriff’s Office enrollment page.
To ensure you are included in the new CodeRED database, please visit the Sheriff’s Office website at and click on the CodeRED link at the bottom of the page. Click here for the direct link to the Code Red sign-up page.
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