Notes from Charlotte County, Florida

The City of Punta Gorda has established a Code Red Emergency Alert System for all city residents.

The system is similar to 911, except that it calls you. The system will allow the City of Punta Gorda to call targeted areas or the community in case of an emergency or urgent situations that requires immediate attention. Examples are natural disasters (Hurricane warnings/watches, fires), man-made disasters (terrorism, chemical spills, gas leaks), search and rescue (missing children, adults or disabled persons), crime (prisoner escape warnings, sexual offender/predator alerts), as well as other emergency situations.

This is an invaluable service which is free of charge. The easiest way to subscribe to the service is on-line.  Use the following Internet LINK to access the City of Punta Gorda's Policy Department CODE RED registration system:

CODE RED REGISTRATION LINK