SPOKANE -- Spokane's 911 call-back system, Alert Spokane, will soon allow cell phones to receive emergency calls as well.
Alert Spokane will begin registering cell phones for emergency alerts this month.
Alert Spokane is the county-wide telephone call-back system that is activated during an emergency situation. A uniform message describing the threat and immediate actions is recorded, and then sent out to all telephone landlines in Spokane.
Because fewer people make use of landlines and only use cell phones, the system is expanding to provide alerts to more people in any place they are located.
Email addresses can also be registered to receive alerts.
For more information and to register a cell phone later this month, go to www.alertspokane.org
