FAQs: The Emergency Communication System for Bear Valley
This document was created by the Alpine County CSA. BVRI has created a page for it as a community service.
Given the environment in which the community of Bear Valley resides, there is a high likelihood that residents and visitors will need to receive emergency instructions regarding evacuation, sheltering in place or extreme weather incidents. The following is an FAQ with important information regarding how residents and visitors in Bear Valley can ensure they receive all emergency communications.
How do I receive emergency communications or alerts?
The county currently has two main methods by which residents can receive important information impacting Bear Valley. The first is managed by the Alpine County Public Information Officer. It is accessed by going to the county website https://www.alpinecountyca.gov/ and clicking on the “sign up for notifications” button. Individuals can sign up for one or both of the two lists by scrolling down to the “Alert” section. One is listed as “Bear Valley Notifications”. The other is listed as “Emergency Alerts”.
The second method is managed by the Alpine County Sheriff’s department. This is the Reverse 911 emergency communication system. To sign up for Reverse 911 communications from the Sheriff go to https://www.alpinecountyca.gov/ and click on “departments” and then click on the bold word “Sheriff” at the top of the category. There you will find the link, https://douglascounty.onthealert.com/Terms/Index/?ReturnUrl=%2F , to sign up to receive Reverse 911 communications from the Alpine County Sheriff’s Office.