Petersburg Pilot -

The City of Petersburg has contracted with the Emergency Communications Network to provide emergency notification services. This system will be tested at 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 16.

“If you have a public, published telephone number, you are automatically entered into the system,” Petersburg Medical Center Hospital Preparedness Coordinator Liz Bacom said. “But if you have a cell phone, you will need to register your number to receive these notifications.”

The CodeRED system is a reverse 911 type of service.

Instead of calling 911 for an emergency, this system will call you to inform th...