Public Civic Alerting Platform – Emergency Notification System Unanimously Approved by Burlington Council

Burlington Council has approved the use of a public Civic Alerting Platform - Emergency Notification System to ensure quick, timely and consistent messaging is shared at City Hall and to impacted residents and communities during an emergency.The Civic Alerting Platform will be launched at the end of March 2022.Click here for the staff report: Civic Alerting Platform - Emergency Notification System.Below is the recommendation that Council approved unanimously at our Feb. 15 regularly-scheduled meeting:

Authorize the purchase of an Emergency Notification System with $34,000 of funding to be provided from the emergency management reserve fund as outlined in Burlington fire department report BFD-01-22.

For all recommendations from the Feb. 3 Environment, Infrastructure & Community Services Committee Meeting that were approved at the Feb. 15 Council Meeting, please see links to the minutes at the bottom of this post.

MY TAKE: I'm really pleased that this platform will be a way for us now to communicate publicly when there's an emergency. Previously, this platform was for use internally at City Hall -- now, it will be public-facing. Thank you to our Fire Services team for bringing this forward.

RELATED LINKS:

• Staff report: Civic Alerting Platform - Emergency Notification System
• EICS Meeting Minutes: Post-Meeting Minutes - EICS Committee Meeting Minutes_Feb03_2022
• Council Meeting Minutes: Post-Meeting Minutes - Regular Meeting of Council_Feb15_2022