Here’s another way to be warned about slick roads in Idaho Falls – East Idaho News

IDAHO FALLS — A neighborhood fireplace division is encouraging folks to obtain a brand new app to know what’s occurring locally, particularly when it may be slick out on roads prefer it has been on Tuesday.

“We use the app for a lot of totally different functions, however one of many major causes we received the app is to maintain the general public knowledgeable,” mentioned Kerry Hammon, a spokeswoman with the Idaho Falls Fireplace Division. “Once we push out vital data, we push it out by means of the app so folks obtain it on their telephones.”

The “Metropolis of Idaho Falls” app could be discovered within the App Retailer and Play Retailer. It launched within the fall. Click on right here for extra data.

“(It) consists of data from our Public Security Division in addition to snow removing alerts and vital alerts that we would like the general public to learn about,” Hammon mentioned.

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It may give you normal data on the next:

• Snow removing
• Building notices
• Leaf assortment
• Utility billing
• Contractor license trainings and planning and zoning conferences
• Aquatic Middle
• Basic data from Idaho Falls Energy and Idaho Falls Fiber

Based mostly in your preferences, town can ship you notifications through textual content message, e mail, voicemail and even your pager in some circumstances.

“Notices are additionally despatched to each native media outlet, so make sure and comply with them as effectively,” the hearth division mentioned in a Fb publish. “Streaming channels are nice for entertaining, however they don’t know what’s occurring domestically, particularly throughout emergencies.”

Hammon added there are emergency notifications that anybody can join. The Idaho Falls/Bonneville County Emergency Communications Middle or dispatch makes use of AlertSense to ship public security alerts to residents. It is a free service. Click on right here to enroll.