The mission of the Monroe County Emergency Management Agency is to protect the lives and property of Monroe County citizens before a disaster strikes through planning, training and mitigation and to reduce human suffering after a disaster strikes by coordinating Monroe County’s response and recovery efforts with assistance from local agencies, neighboring counties, the State of Illinois, Federal Agencies and volunteer organizations.
CodeRED is an ultra-high-speed telephone communication service for emergency notifications such as chemical spills, missing child or evacuation notices.
The service also allows consumers to opt-in for weather warnings.
To sign up for CodeRED and/or the weather warning portion, click here or the picture above.
We encourage all residents to add their cell phones and choose the text message options for the alerts that you would like. Text message notifications are faster than the calling features.
Standard text messaging fees apply from your carrier.
Monroe County Citizens Corp Council
The mission of Citizen Corps is to harness the power of individuals through education, training, and volunteer service to make communities safer, stronger, and better prepared to respond to the threats of terrorism, crime, public health issues, and disasters of all kinds.
For more information about the Monroe County Citizen Corps Council, contact Ryan Weber at 618-939-8681 x 531.
Practice Drop, Cover, and Hold On!
During Earthquake Awareness Month
SPRINGFIELD –The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS) is
encouraging everyone in Illinois to practice how to Drop, Cover, and Hold On! during Earthquake
Awareness Month.
“A strong earthquake won’t just affect southern Illinois, but the entire state given its proximity
to two major seismic zones—the New Madrid Seismic Zone on the border with Missouri and the Wabash
Valley Seismic Zone on the border with Indiana,” said Director Alicia Tate Nadeau. “The best way to
stay safe during an earthquake is to Drop, Cover, and Hold On! If you practice this regularly,
you’ll know exactly what to do during an earthquake because a strong earthquake could easily affect
homes and infrastructure throughout Illinois.”
Whether you are in your home, a school classroom, a high-rise or other type of building, it is
important to know how to protect yourself during an earthquake. Practice what to do during an
earthquake with your family members so you can react automatically when the shaking starts.
If you are indoors, follow these steps to Drop, Cover, and Hold On:
• Drop down to the floor
• Take Cover under a sturdy desk, table, or other furniture
• Hold on to that object until the shaking ends
Details on how persons with disabilities can adapt Drop, Cover, and Hold On! to reduce injury or
death during an earthquake, can be found here.
Another option for earthquake preparedness is to join the national ShakeOut drill in October where
nearly 20 million people across the U.S. practice their earthquake response.
IEMA-OHS also offers disaster preparedness information on the Ready Illinois website, a one-stop
resource for detailed information about what to do before, during and after disasters. For more information on earthquake preparedness, visit
https://iemaohs.illinois.gov/preparedness/earthquake.html.