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This system allows the District to communicate its
emergencies, like weather closures, to its staff, employees and other
interested subscribers DIRECTLY to their home computers and personal
cell phones. In that way the staff and parents receive the emergency
information at the same time that the news media does. Therefore, you
will not have to sit in front of your home television set waiting to see
if Kaufman ISD is closing. A closure message will come directly to your
home devices within five minutes of being sent out. It also allows for
announcement of non-closure emergency or information like electricity
outage. To register, please follow these
directions in detail:
1. Sign on to
www.flashalert.net
2. Click on the Dallas Button on the map.
3. Click on Kaufman, Rockwall & Van Zandt County Schools.
4. Click on Kaufman ISD
5a. Staff Members Only: At the prompt enter your Kaufman ISD e-mail
address.
5b. Parents and Households Only: At the prompt enter your home e-mail
address.
6. At the prompt, re-enter your email address
7. Under Add an Organization select: Dallas/Ft. Worth/North Central
Texas
8. Under Select choose: Kaufman, Rockwall & Van Zandt Co Schools.
9. Under Organization select: Kaufman ISD
10. Click on the SUBSCRIBE BUTTON. NOTE: THIS IS IMPORTANT! IF YOU DO
NOT DO THIS, YOUR REGISTRATION WILL NOT WORK.
11. Add up to FOUR additional addresses to receive emergency
information, i.e., home computer e-mail address, cell phone address
(follow directions posted), spouse office computer e-mail, etc. NOTE: In
signing up your cell phone for text messaging, there are SEVEN providers
listed (Cingular/AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, Nextel, Qwest, and
Alltel). Be sure and enter your CELL HONE NUMBER PRIOR TO ENTERING THE
@STEM OR IT WON'T WORK. Also, if you want to register a cell phone and
do not have one of these providers, please let us know by return e-mail
and we will pursue registration.
12. Click on the RED LINE to send a test message. One should appear
within five minutes on your computer and your cell phone.
13. Log out (last line on the left navigation bar.)
14. You're done and ready to receive emergency messages at home from
Kaufman ISD. They will appear as
info@flashalert.net
If you need help or have questions, please contact
the office on your campus. * Text
message address examples:
Cingular/AT&T: 10 digit cell
number@txt.att.net
Verizon: 10 digit cell
number@vtext.com
T-mobile: 10 digit cell
number@tmomail.net
Sprint: 10 digit cell
number@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Nextel: 10 digit cell
number@messaging.nextel.com
Qwest: 10 digit cell
number@qwestmp.com
Alltel: 10 digit cell
number@message.alltel.com * Your cell
phone text-message address should not contain dashes. Example:
5551112222@txt.att.net |
