Technology, low costs draw smaller cities to emergency system

Technology, low costs draw smaller cities to emergency system: "Technology, low costs draw smaller cities to emergency system
Telephone alerts - Investing in Web-based systems allow for many residents to be called quickly
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
STEVE MAYES

OREGON CITY -- Several Oregon cities and counties are adding a tool -- a high-speed Internet-based telephone system -- to warn people about dangerous situations, find lost children or issue alerts about natural disasters.

Last month, Oregon City signed up for CodeRED, a system that can make almost 100,000 calls an hour. For $15,000, the city gets two years of service and 40,000 minutes of call time."