Contra Costa Health and industry partners, in partnership with CCCSO CWS, issue SMS Text Messages for Community Advisory Messages for Level 1 hazardous materials incidents in Contra Costa County.
The County does not charge for Community Advisory Messages. By providing your information, you agree to receive recurring Level 1 hazardous materials incident notifications from Contra Costa Health. Standard message and data rates apply. Message frequency varies. If you have any questions about your text or data plan, please contact your wireless provider.
To Opt IN to receive the Contra Costa Health Community Advisory Messages for Level 1 hazardous materials incidents, send the word "CCHEALTH" in an SMS text to the number 21423. To OPT OUT of receiving text messages, reply to the SMS Text with the word STOP.
Contra Costa County makes no representations, warranties, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the Community Awareness Messaging. This service is provided to you as a courtesy and is supplementary to other emergency measures, such as self-preparedness, direction of law enforcement or fire officials on the scene of an event, and protocols for your area. This is a voluntary service and may be discontinued by the County at any time without notice. You should not rely exclusively on the Community Awareness Messaging service for Hazmat information.
By registering for this service, you acknowledge that this service is provided without representations concerning its accuracy or its reliability and that it may provide false alerts and may not provide alerts in an actual emergency. Understanding that this service is technology-based and can be affected by external factors outside of the County’s control, you knowingly waive the right to make any claim against the County arising out of or related to the system and release the County from any claim, demand, obligation, cost, damage, or liability regarding the procedure. The County of Contra Costa, its officers and employees shall not be liable for any actions taken or omissions made in reliance on the information provided or for a failure to receive a notification.
Privacy Policy
Contra Costa County will regard the information you provide as private and personal and will use it exclusively for Community Awareness Messaging. Contra Costa County will not lease or sell your information at any time. Nor will Contra Costa County release your personal information to any other party for any purpose except in connection with the enhancement of the mass emergency alert notification service or as required by law.
If you have problems or questions about this service, you can contact us by email at cws-staff@so.cccounty.us or by phone at (925) 655-0111.