Parish President Mike Cooper announced changes to St. Tammany Parish’s emergency preparedness efforts with the launch of STAT (St. Tammany Alert Telecommunications), a new alert system for emergencies, severe weather alerts, hurricane evacuation notices, boil water advisories, road closures and more.
Cooper said STAT allows them to send targeted notifications directly through texts, calls and emails.
STAT has the capability to notify affected residents for possible “threat to life” level alerts, such as immediate severe weather warnings and even boil water advisories, regardless of sign-up status. However, residents may select and set individual desired alerts, such as hurricane, severe weather and flooding watches, road closures, as well as other options. Residents can also select their preferred means of communication – phone call, email or text.
St. Tammany Parish residents should visit www.stpgov.org/STAT or download the Everbridge app. To sign up, first select “Enroll” from the side menu. Then, use the search bar to enter your ZIP Code. You will then select St. Tammany Alert Telecommunications (STAT) and create your account.
STAT replaces Alert!St.Tammany. Citizens need to enroll in STAT if they would like to receive and customize their emergency notifications.
This does not apply to Emergency Alert System notifications that are sent through television and radio.
