Sign up for Smith County 911 Emergency Alerts via Amazon Alexa

July 9, 2020

Smith County 911 provides Emergency Alerts to the residents of Smith County via Hyper-Reach. These alerts warn citizens of hazards and other important information by phone, text message, and email. Now, Smith County 911 has enhanced its ability to deliver critical messages by adding delivery over smart speakers.

For Alexa, the Hyper-Reach service is a skill that must be enabled by the citizen on the citizen’s Alexa device. All that is required is to say, “Alexa, enable Hyper-Reach” and follow the instructions provided by the Alexa device. The whole process should take less than a minute. A more detailed explanation is available at www.hyper-reach.com/alexa.

Once enabled, when Smith County sends a relevant message for your location, a notification is triggered on the Alexa device. Usually the device will play an alert tone and flash a yellow light. You then ask Alexa to play the notification, which the device will do. Since your Alexa device already has your location, it is a very simple set-up.

The Hyper-Reach skill is free to all Alexa users and is now included as part of the Smith County 911 standard Hyper-Reach Emergency Notification System.

“We are very excited to be able to add Alexa delivery to our Hyper-Reach toolbox. This gives us an additional way to get you the important information necessary. We urge all Alexa users in Smith County to take a couple of minutes and set this up so that you have as many ways as possible available to you to receive Emergency Notifications,” Smith County EMS & 911 said in a statement on Facebook.

If you haven’t signed up to receive emergency alerts via text message, phone call, and email, you can sign up by clicking here.

Follow Smith County Emergency Medical Services & Smith County 911 on Facebook to stay informed!

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