ALERTWorcester - Be the First to Know

ALERTWorcester, the City's automated emergency notification system, is available in 23 different languages: English, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified, PRC), Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong, S.A.R.), Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (General), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain) and Swedish.

Residents are urged to sign up to be notified by the City in the event of emergency situations or critical community alerts. The system delivers severe weather alerts and general community alerts as well as notices from the Department of Public Works & Parks, such as information on parking bans, leaf collection, trash pickup delays, boil water orders and street closures. Alerts can be sent to cell phones, home phones or via email.

Sign Up

ALERTWorcester, the City's emergency notification system, enables us to provide you with critical information quickly in a variety of situations. Individuals with disabilities who need assistance can register by calling Worcester 311 at 311.

This service is free to the general public.

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Don't get left in the cold. Stay in the know and be prepared for emergencies. Watch the short video to learn more about ALERTWorcester. You can watch the video in a variety of languages, such as, English, Albanian, Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, French, Portuguese, Vietnamese and Twi!