Summit County public safety officials acknowledged issues related to the rollout of new technology for the local alert system, known as SC Alert. The Summit County Sheriff’s Office announced in April that residents and visitors would have to create new accounts to continue receiving alerts through SC Alert as the emergency notification system moved from the CodeRED platform to Everbridge. As the new alert system has rolled out, residents in recent weeks have described mixed results with receiving alerts during public safety incidents. Summit County Sheriff Jaime FitzSimons said in the release that he and the emergency management team have heard the community’s feedback and concerns “loud and clear.” The Sheriff’s Office urged the residents to be patient as public safety officials “fine tune this vital public safety tool” that is used to alert residents of wildfires, evacuations, lockdowns and other emergencies. When a contractor ruptured a natural-gas line in Silverthorne, Summit Fire & EMS made the decision to evacuate, and, with the Silverthorne Police Department, went door-to-door to evacuate people in the area as quickly as possible.  During a wildfire in Frisco on May 10, Summit Fire & EMS did not request that an SC Alert be sent out because there were no evacuations related to wildfire and the only major road closure was Interstate 70, which the Colorado Department of Transportation notified drivers of. Summit Fire & EMS, as well as Red, White & Blue, have heard in the aftermath of the wildfire that residents would have liked to receive an SC Alert for it. The fire districts plan to do that in the future, and members of both districts are being trained to use the new system.  Read more ...