AlertSCC

The Santa Clara County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) maintains a system called AlertSCC that distributes emergency information to county residents via text messages, phone calls, and emails. All county residents should sign up for this service.

SCCo ARES/RACES uses AlertSCC to notify county ARES/RACES operators of situations that may require a county-level RACES activation. All Mutual Aid Communicators (MACs) are strongly encouraged to sign up for this service to be aware of activations. Others may sign up as well, as long as they are registered county Disaster Service Workers (see below). Signups for the ARES/RACES notifications are in the “My Contact Info” area of the Training & Events Database on this website. Your contact information there should be reviewed and updated at least annually.

Please note, signing up for general alerts for residents (via AlertSCC.org) and signing up for ARES/RACES notifications (via My Contact Info) are entirely separate. Neither one implies the other.

County Disaster Service Worker registration is required prior to signing up for ARES/RACES notifications. If you do not see the AlertSCC signup area on the “My Contact Info” page, it means your County DSW registration is not recorded in the database.