The CodeRED system gives city officials the ability to deliver pre-recorded emergency telephone notification/information messages to targeted areas or the entire city at a rate of up to 60,000 calls per hour. Jerry Duffield, Celina's Fire Chief, cautioned that such systems are only as good as the telephone database supporting them. "If your phone number is not in the database, you will not be called". The CodeRED system gives individuals and businesses the ability to add their own phone numbers directly to the system's telephone database. Duffield urges all individuals and businesses to link to the "CodeRED Residential and Business Data Collection" page by clicking this CodeRED Link. If the link does not work for you, copy and past the following into your browser: https://login.coderedweb.com/codereddataentry/index.cfm?GroupId=1277.

Those without Internet access may call The Celina Fire Department at (972) 382-2653, Monday through Friday, (8AM-5PM) to provide their information over the phone or to get answers for any questions. The required information includes first and last names, street address (physical address, no P.O. boxes), city, state, zip code, and primary phone number. Additional phone numbers are also an option.

No one should automatically assume his or her phone number is included, Duffield said. All businesses should register, as well as all individuals who have unlisted phone numbers, who have changed their phone number or address within the last year, and who use a cellular phone as their primary home phone.

Duffield explained that the "CodeRED system is a geographical based notification system, which means street addresses are needed to select which phone numbers will receive emergency notification calls in any given situation. The system works fine for cell phones too, but we have to have a street address". People who have recently moved but kept the same listed or unlisted phone number also need to change their address in the database.

Duffield stated, "CodeRED gives those who want to be included an easy and secure method for doing so. The information will only be used for emergency notification purposes".