Not only will you receive a national alert next week but you will also get one from the city.

For emergency preparedness week the city will perform an annual test of the Sudbury Alerts Emergency Notification System.

While the national one will ring through your smart phone on May 7th, the local one will be sent out May 9th.

Over 69 thousand public home and business phone numbers are signed up for the local alert system.

If you are not and would like too head to greatersudbury.ca/sudburyalerts.

 

Officials are testing Canada’s emergency alert system on May 7th

Alert Ready is designed to send emergency alerts to all smart phones across Canada in the event of a potentially life threatening situation.

The mandatory alert system came into effect on April 6th and residents in Ontario and Quebec will get an alert on May 7th while the rest of the country will get theirs May 9th.