Who Called Us

How can a person opt-out of getting these sorts of nonsense emergency-calls that some self-important tyrant thinks you should be informed about at tax-payer expense?! That would be misuse of the phone I pay for via Government by and for the stupid trading away all our Liberty and privacy and dragging the rest of us along - screaming STOP!

This is an Emergency Communication from your local authorities to notify you of an event that may require your attention. It includes Amber Alert notifications and other alerts for your area.

This CODERED ALERT call came in at 1:53 AM on a Sunday! This presumed robocall rang the phone for FIVE ENTIRE MINUTES, from 1:53 AM until 1:58 AM. I turned the ringer off after the fourth ring. With numbers being spoofed left and right these days, I'm not about to answer what could be an obscene phone call with a spoofed number in the wee hours.

No Emergency Broadcast Alert had interrupted the movie I had on cable and the local radar channel showed no threatening weather alerts. The phone ringer remained turned off when I headed off to bed. CODERED ALERT called AGAIN shortly after 8 AM, but I slept blissfully on thanks to a turned-off ringer.

I opted out of this emergency communications nonsense when my Florida county established it a couple of years ago. I assumed correctly that it would be used for matters that don't concern me in the least. The only call I would want at 1:53 AM would be the from the Nobel Prize committee.

Amber Alert for a missing child.

Called 8 times back to back. No idea who they are and they left no message presume it's not an emergency!

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FFENDER: DENIS KALTCHEV (FORMER OLYMPIC BUL SWIMMER) CASE # 12A003894 OFFENSE: FRAUD – THEFT Denislav Kaltchev is currently listed in the USA Swimming registration database with a note saying that the National Headquarters clearance is needed for him to re-register with USA Swimming. In other words, he will not be allowed to re-register anywhere in the USA, without going through the Colorado Springs office of USA Swimming. It appears that USA Swimming is aware of these (or other) allegations, and has flagged his membership, if and when he tries to rejoin USA Swimming.

I was awoken at 2:03 am in a dead sleep, only a week or so into a new job, trying to do my best, and after this weird call I could not fall back asleep. I though maybe someone I love was hurt or injured. Needless to say, it was not a welcome surprise. What the heck?

press any key to repeat this alert. I did and there was no response. I called the number in the morning and an automated message said there had been no calls to this number in the last 30 days.

I called back at 9:20 am on 4/26/13 to hear what was so important at 1:10 am this moring . It told me my number hadn't recived a call in the last 30 days WTH. Also I was talking to some neighbors and they got the same call last night.

Very annoying!!! Not one call but 3 in a 45 min. period. Between 1:15 am and 2:30 am..when you have an 84 year old mother... the phone ringing at that time is SCARY and not what you want to hear... I have now put a call block on that number!!
To boot.. there was no message and what message there was..was garbled

message had a garbled noise and then press any button to repeat which was nothing.. why do people mess with you like this>??

This call came in at 12:45 am!!! Why should anyone pick up this time??? I was sooooooo sleepy, but picked up, and do u think what happened? The "System voice" said something, I didn't want to listen, I wanted to sleep, and I couldn't then for 3 hours later.

This call came in at 2:00 am ET, with unidentifiable voice message.

what is this phone call sorcery? wakes me up in the middle of the night, I answer the phone and all I hear is a loud beep. WTH!

A few garbled words.

Received call at 1:10am, couldn't understand the message so we called sheriffs office. They said they did not put out the call and they were trying to figure it out as many residents received the call

received call at 1:31am. Caller ID Codered Alert. When I answered, I got a loud noise and then nothing. No message even. When I tried to redial 5 times, a recording said "All circuits are busy, try your call again later".

Got the call at 1:45. When I called back all circuits were busy. Thanks for taking away my sleep. Not cool.

call just came in around 1:40am callerID said it was CODE RED ALERT. I didn't answer the call and they didnt leave me a message either. It made me think for a little, I thought it was a sign from God to get my ass to bed

Call came in on 04/26/13 @1:20 am. Why would I be receiving this call???

Call came in at 1:20 a.m., ID'd as Code Red Alert. When I answered, I got a loud noise and then nothing. No message even. When I tried to call the number back, a recording said "All circuits are busy, try your call again later". I don't know if this was a prank or an incomplete "reverse 911" alert.

Got this call at 1:20am for it just to say "test slash a". SERIOUSLY!?! WTF!! I got no problem with this kind of system, but DON'T run a phone test in the middle of the night!!

Got this call at midnight. The message said "TEST" ?

Got called twice in 2 hours.

Jerks called me 6 times in 4 minutes. Not interested.

Message said to go on website and register with your info for emergency calls. Sounded like phishing scam.

Caller ID said CodedRed. When I checked message it told me to go to website and make sure contact info was up to date. The news channel this morning did state that county we live in was doing reverse calls to alert people, due to huge fire last year.

If I'd realized it was Code Red, I'd have picked it up. Wish they had put caller ID information on it. I am signed up for that and I had received an automatic text just minutes before. This is a legitimate service kind of like an Amber Alert, but through your phone. If it saves even one child, it's worth it. They did leave a detailed voice mail on my phone explaining the story behind the missing girl and although the number is out of Texas, it was a local situation. Please don't disregard these notices!

I just called back the number and a recording said that my county had selected the Code Red warning system. I was given the legit county website so I could sign up for weather or other warnings. It is legit.

spam call

When they called me, it was just to enform me that they were picking up the trash on Wed. instead of Thurs. (because it was Thanksgiving.)

This number continues to call my cell work phone in Kentucky! Please, how do I get them to stop as it is from Texas, Simspon County!!??!!

This number called me yesterday around 3:30 pm to warn me about the Aerial Spraying for West Nile Virus in my city, Garland, TX. It was a female recording reminding me that the aerial spraying will take place at 10 pm - midnight, and that I should keep my dogs inside. Legitimate Emergency service called CodeRed. I signed up for it a while ago. It also calls to alert about missing children, elderly people, storm warnings, and other emergencies.

These fools called me 5 times in 5 minutes.

If there is a true emergency WHY DON"T THEY TELL US RIGHT AWAY WHAT IT IS????

New Castle County police reporting that a sex offender is living in my neighborhood.

Female caller said she was reporting missing child. She gave child's name, age, weight, height, clothes description and last seen at 3000 Ben Mar. Caller said to call Houston Police department @ 713-731-5223. Caller also mentioned AChildIsMissing.org. I do not know how caller got my cell phone number. Call came in at 9:45 PM. Message was left in my voice mail. I have not registered nor signed up for any notifications from HPD or A child is missing.org

I didn't answer b/c I wasn't sure who it was. The caller ID said "Emergency Comm." I got a message telling me about a child who is missing in my area. It was a detailed description of what he looks like and was wearing. I didn't know about this emergency call system and I'm happy that it's available and I'll answer next time I see the number on my caller ID.

it was a test of our counties emergency broadcast system.

nice number for watch.

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This was a message from our local Water Supplier telling us that there was a shut-off, and giving instruction on how to bleed the air from our lines safely.

this is very good side for information.

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who called me at night when i am sleeping on my badroom.

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BiSh: One little problem with the Emergency Alert System (EAS) ..... that by the way is what it's been called the past several years .... is that EAS assumes you have a working radio or TV and might happen to be near one. If you haven't noticed, we have a much different and more fractured media landscape than fifteen years ago, shying away from a broadcast model. Not to mention, you can't easily run the now-typical three-foot-and-up HDTV display on batteries.

The phone is a far more ubiquitous device, and landlines carry independent power. It is frequently the case during natural disasters that the phone is still alive when main power is dead. FEMA and similar groups are right to try to cover their bases after the tar-and-feathering it took in the "Brownie" era.

Possibly CodeRED could be administered with more wisdom. In Spring 2010 when my area was severely flooding, the service called me four times within fifteen minutes and failed to record any message. Two days of heavy rain, a swamped backyard, and the hourly wail of rescue vehicles on a nearby bypass were enough to tell me the reason for calling. I don't begrudge the service's purpose, only its method as being in need of refinement.

Amber Alerts are radio alerts, not telephone, and are broadcast by the State Police Departments with very detailed information, rare, and the Police will not play phone tag. The caller left NO INFORMATION on my answering machine, as I was out when the call came in. You may "opt in" in some areas to be on a list for such disaster calls like some woman telling you to reduce your electricity use from an air conditioned office, but I can do without such critical advice and I consider that person pretty scary. She gets paid by taxpayer dollars for that? She should sell Avon at the same time...

These jerks ever hear of the EMERGENCY BROADCAST SERVICE? Funny that there is never an EMERGENCY BROADCAST, but plenty of radio interruptions to "TEST" the "SYSTEM"? Isn't there a thing called TV that could be used for such "dire" emergencies? But calling unlisted/unpublished numbers is much more effective? Added them to the call blocker.....

any one calls me at night when i go for sleep .

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It's and Emergency service that notifies you of any critical emergencies in your area. I was called two times while I was at home, and I didnt answer. I called back and it was a woman saying that we should reduce our electricity usage for something that said of a peak in electricity and to avoid a rolling outage. It's legit, and don't you think it's kind of scary if it was actually an Amber Alert in your area? It could be something worse, I don't know, maybe I'm very pessimistic.

who calls me when i went for take shower .

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who calls me when i am busy with my wife .

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If these were such valuable emergency alerts, they would and should be better publicized and
he caller ID should identify it better.

It was an elert for a missing elderly gentleman in out area from the county sherrif.
I suppose this number is used country wide to alert of emergency situations.

Nothing else..

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It was apparently a missing child alert. My only complaint is that it was after midnight, my wife was asleep, and I couldn't get the phone (because I'm disabled). At that time of night, if you're at home, you're not likely to see a missing child -- and if you're not at home, the call is pointless.

Some of you need to take your left hand and put it on your right ear, then take your right hand and put it on your left ear and pull your head out of your #@$.

These call are to alert you of emergency info that could save your life of the life of someone else.

Put the phone number in your caller ID and name it "EMERGENCY CALL". In that way you will know what the call is all about.

Sure worked great for me last night. Warned me of a Tornado that was wandering around my neighborhood.

Your county (or whatever) may also want to have the local news media provide some publicity for this service periodically during the storm season.

Contact them (your county or whoever handles emergency services) and tell them of your complaint.

Maybe they're unaware of the problem and can reprogram their PBX to send a more helpful message.

This was a message about a tornado warning in our county. Since our town did actually get hit by a tornado later on, I'd say it's legit. However, with no name on the message, it's likely to get ignored by most people and therefore not serve its purpose.

If it's an Amber Alert, you don't.

She may be missing in your area.

Left message about a missing girl.

Don't know how I got signed up for this.

5 calls within 10 minutes

It's CodeRED; a system, at least nationwide, that allows local and national agencies to alert people in case of an emergency. You sign up for the service to get called. (I signed up for it through my local county's website.)
My call today was about 7000 people being without phone service if dialed through a modem, or something like that, leaving them without 911 service. (Hmmm.. how did they get the message if their phone was out? I didn't quite understand but then, I don't use Cox for my telephone service.) I was also alerted via Weather Bug's pop-up alert tab.
The message left gave some information, but if you call the 866 number back it gives you more detail. I also went to codeREDweb.com but couldn't find out any information on their sight about why I was called.

The message said: This is a monthly test for Code Red. Do not call Dispatch. It was a female voice with a very country southern accent.

called three times within 2 minutes, very annoying

It notifies neighbors of a missing child. It gives the school, the name, age and what the child is wearing. We received this in Melrose MA

i called the number back and got a recorded message from the city notifing me of a change in the garbage pick-up schedule for my area. seems legit.

Turns out this is my County asking to register so I can be notified of emergency information. This is a legitimate request.

they called me to say thier was a guy out in red shorts and a greyish white shirt to lock yourself in your house! lol

received 6 calls. 4:15, 4:14, 4:13, 4:11, 4:09, 4:08. no message left. Id said toll free number.

coderedweb.com

Once entered, you will receive geographically relevant communications. Examples include: evacuation notices, bio-terrorism alerts, boil water notices, and missing child reports.

You may be able to opt-in for your mobile via your local community (city, county govt.) web site.

I work in a doctor's office and this number constantly calls the office and I am informed not to pick it up, but I decided to see for the number to see what would come up and it was letting our office know about a town hall meeting stating that it was called Code Red Systems.

Call was from our police department notifying of a lost child in the vicinity of my home address. Caller gave child's name, age, clothing description, and number where to call if child is cited.

was an emergency message telling me there was a boil water order issues for our area. Good information to know before I drink or cook with contaminated water. Thanks for the heads up!

I got this call and called to see what it was. It's from the city of Greenville.

I had the same experience as stated below by Debbie.
It was indeed a reverse 911 call from my local police urgently searching for a missing 92 year old woman about a mile from my home.

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I think it was the county calling with an automated message to go to their emergency website and register who lives in my house and ages, etc. AS IF!!!!!!!!! I will not be giving any government agency my info! I just told the census how many people live in my home, no name, no other info!

If you received a call, or numerous calls from this number, you signed up for it. I live less than 5 miles from a prison and signed up for emergency calls whenever there is a prison break or any other emergency that may affect the general public in my town.

Portage County, WI, just advising of the program because it is Tornado week. 'Course, I don't even live in WI anymore... hmm...

No answer when I picked up the phone, alarmed to see "code red" on the caller ID? I had expected my husband at that hour. When I hung up and dialed *69 because I could not remember the number to jot down to try and report and investigate, it could not be redialed, so I went into the other room where another phone stilled displayed the last incoming number, and I spent some additional time investigating online about this 866-419-5000 code red stuff. Haven't heard of any local emergencies yet tonight and hope I don't! But have noticed an annoying increase in municipal "newsworthy" calls to my home phone from the school system and local government over the past six months, and really don't appreciate it. Used to be you'd tune into the radio or television and choose want you want to know, now it seems certain people decide to ring you to make your time theirs at their convenience. Emergencies are one thing, information dispensation, quite another.

Faulty message system on return call

My county health department left a message at 3:13 in the afternoon, announcing a free H1N1 clinic this weekend.

The phone number is a toll-free number. I called it back and it played the same message.

It was a test call for my county's Emergency Code Red System. Rang every 5 minutes until I finally picked up! Informed me that my county has implemented this system to inform residents of emergencies and to go to their website to register contact information.

Very interesting call. The county in which I live has instituted a call-back process by which the county can notify citizens of an emergency. I have read about this. It requires that your number be included in a database from which emergency calls are generated. The call this morning was a robo-call telling us to go to the county website to sign up.

I live at Naples,Fl. and got 3 phone calls in a row from this number. The first and second time didn't answered, then the third time I hesitated to pick up the phone. I finally did it, otherwise they would have continously called, and nobody said a single word on the other side. What a prick these morons are, leave people alone, do no call me ever again.

I got a call alerting me to the very important information that if I make below a certain amount of money a year, I might be eligible to have my taxes done for free. Ok, apparently my local government is staffed by morons who think this is an appropriate use of an emergency service that calls tens of thousands of people.

Those idiots called me 7 times in 18 minutes. I do not answer any calls from "TollFree Number".

Cordata, shame on you. When anyone is missing and their life in in danger, a little less sleep will not kill you, however, it may be life threatening for the person missing.

I agree they should use caller id. Someone could try and cause problems by sending bogus messages.

rec'd a message from this number stating to keep all cars off the streets due to severe weather report indicating we will be getting a lot of snow. They want to be able to clear the streets without cars being parked in their way. I don't see it being a problem. They are giving advance warning. If software was already purchased by the government then they may as well use it. It isn't going to cost much to utilize it. It would depend on the cost of the software and if there is an on going service contract which MOST DO to see if it is worth it. If it is used in a Code Red situation ie, a crime suspect that may run into your office or home and potentially hurt someone or a child is missing and it saves a few lives then it will be worth the alert. They will have to track if it is successful or not. Probably good intention.

Code Red System... in this instance the call was regarding a person the police were looking for. Told a description of the person, where they were last seen, and to have me check my yard and call the local PD if I saw someone matching description. Des Moines, IA

Code Red System.. used to notify of emergency situations. You can call it back and they will auto play the time of the original call and the recorded message that was intended for you. In my town it was used to inform that the local Health Dept is out of the seasonal flu vaccine and they will notify when another shipment arrives. This seems like a good system but I wish they could use a caller ID instead of looking like every other "Unknown" spam call..

Got a call from this number and googled it, then called back after reading this page. It was the local County Gov't calling to alert me of local flooding (2 day old news) and emergency shelter locations. I though there was an EAS system for this sort of thing. Waste of money if it comes from taxes, I hope this 'Service' gets shit-canned with a quickness. If I was flooded out of my home, I probably wouldn't even have a stable phone line or even be there, waist deep in water, to answer the call. Surprise, My local Government is run by complete idiots.

Apparently this is an alert system in Ohio, but I'm in Seattle! Never signed up for any alert service.

that was from the PERRYSBURG CITY, Wood County, state of Ohio POLICE DEPARTMENT

signed up for a local police department to notify of emergencies

got a TEST call from them on 4/25/09 @ 10:07 am EST

they stated that the test call would happen around then- and it did

have not got another call from them- must not be any emergencies that i need to know about

This is an amber alert call

I received two calls in a row and they hung up right as the machine picked up. I called back the number and found out it was the Code Red Call Back Message System. They found a 3 year old wandering around a busy street by himself and were looking for his parents.

Called twice in about 10 minutes, but I didn't answer. After reading the other entries, I wonder if it had anything to do with an off-time test of our area's emergency warning sirens.

Recording from Palm Beach, Florida PD about a missing elderly female.

Company: Emergency Communications Network, Inc (third-party to local law enforcement/emergency services)
DNC Status: Exempt
Call Purpose: LEGITIMATE; Notification of emergencies/important situations pertinent to the called area (could also be a test)
Recommended Action: Answer the call, listen to the message. If you miss the call, call back via the number left on the CID. This is a legitimate call and could carry very important information.

It's Code Red, they're trying to help you, not spam you.

This is the call back number for the CodeRED Emergency Notification System. This system is used by cities, counties, and local government for getting information out to their community; they have complete control over the messages and when they are sent out. If you are receiving calls and it is inconvenient for you, you can simply contact your local officials and request to be put on their no call list. The other issues express in previous postings have more to do with your phone company than CodeRED (there is not enough room or time here to address them).

CodeRED is also used by “A Child is Missing”; a national non-profit organization that issues missing persons alerts free for local law enforcement for missing children and at risk adults. A Child is Missing issuing CodeRED alerts have lead to over 400 safe recoveries.

CodeRED is also used by some colleges, universities, and K-12 schools to send emergency information to students/parents, staff, and faculty.

This is a number that cities use to back call people to report problems to local residents. Our called to state water pipe was being fix to limit water usage between midnight and morning.

phone rang at 2:30am......message was left...it was my towns police department.... a child had been reported missing at 12:30 am.....its an amber alert....must be a national network...and call center is out of florida.

They called to inform me of an amber alert.

rec'd call from this number stating missing person and gave description of person; told to call local police dept if person is seen..... just does not seem koshor to us

Someone called my 88 year old mother at 9:30 PM alerting her to a missing toddler and giving her a number to call if she should see this child. Very disturbing call to make to a trusting person. Luckily I have her call me immediately. I wonder how we could stop calls from these people?

I got a call and it was from my local emergency management agency advising us to evacuate because of a fast moving brush fire. Wow - that was scary! The call gave us a few extra minutes to collect our valuables and pets before being forced to leave by the fire department. The number is real and in this case it was really valuable! I would like to thank the fire team for all their hard work.

As debbie mentioned below, this number is used to send out Reverse 911 calls. In my case it was from the Des Moines, IA PD encouraging me to evacuate due to severe flooding. It allows Emergency Mgmt to target certain areas with a recorded message. If the system does not reach a person or answering machine it will continue to try back a set number of times. Not a perfect system, as I do live very close to the rising river, but on top of a large hill and am in no danger of flooding.

Got 3 calls BEFORE 8 a.m. ON MOTHER'S DAY!!!!! It's Sunday and Mother's Day and too danged early for ANYONE to call. We didn't answer because our caller ID said "TOLL FREE SVC"

Call was from City of Wilmington, DE Police regarding an elderly who was presumed missing. So, I believe references to CodeRedWeb.com may be accurate. Repeatedly calls until a connected call is made. A good concept, but can be annoying. Two lines at my home, all calls came to the 'in the book' number. None on the unlisted.

Their "service" called my house at 10.45pm and woke *EVERYONE* up. Apparently someone felt that waking entire neighborhoods up over a senior citizen wandering off was a good idea. I'm all for trying to help the old person, but not when it wakes up an entire household.

We'll see how good of an idea they think it is when I file complaints with the phone company and Michigan Attorney General against this company for placing this late night call. If this was an opt-in service, I might be a little more understanding...

I work with government agencies that use this important emergency program. From what I know if you get a call from this phone number you have been notified of an emergency or critical bullentin from public safety officials in your area. You can call this number back and it will identify the last emergency message sent to your phone. The only way you can get a call from this number is if local public safety personnel select your area to be notified of an important incident.

If you claimed to be called by this number all you have to do is call it back - if you were in the system it will identify you and if you are not in the system it will not identify upi and therefore it could not have called you. You can't call someone you don't have a phone number for...

This # called my house at 11:10 PM, I called it back and got a message that the police were searching for a missing person. which explained the search helicopter the woke me up.

They called last night twice. It was an alert about a missing elderly woman in my town. Gave her description and a phone number to call if we saw her. I am sure all the tests above were just getting the system going. What better way to let people know about missing people? I for once was glad to get a phone call from an 866 number.

It is a company called Emergency Communications Network, Inc coderedweb.com
They contract to send spam recorded phone calls.
They also use 866-419-5001 and 866-672-5620.

Hollywood,FL Police department with recorded message. Called 5 times in a row and finally left a message.
NOT A GOOD USE OF MY TAX MONEY!

They called 3 times on one hour. Said it was a Code Red for 2 missing children in my area. It is actually legit (although does not come across that way since no message is left) but when you call back, detailed info is given regarding the emergency. It is a useful service but the system should be changed to leave messages.

Just got 2 calls from that number with no messages. Hubby called them back from work, it stated that an alert message could only be retrieved from the number they called. Turned out to be a report of a missing teenager last seen a few blocks away from my house. The cal-back number is a legit #.

Called my house 8 times last night at around 9:30pm. These kind of people need to be dealt with appropriately, give everyone they call 10 minutes with them to beat their ass. Usless pieces of shit.

It was what is referred to as a reverse 911 call. Recorded call from our local police searching for an "endangered" adult seen earlier in our area. Used when a large amount of people need to be contacted immediately, as in the fires in S. CA a couple weeks back.

I received a call from 8664195000. It was my school calling. They have set up an emergency message system that calls all the students if something happens. My message was a TEST. I go to Oklahoma State Univ.

They left some sort of recording on my answering machine as though they were the cops!!!

Called back to the number. It doesn't exist.

Fakes.

fucking called at 11 oclock at night, fucking kikes