Levelland-Hockley County Emergency Management is urging residents and business owners to register for weather related and emergency notifications to stay informed and alerted in case of emergencies.
Residents are encouraged to go to RUAWARE.US to register for Hockley County Alerts. Business Owners in Hockley County can go to https://r.iinfo. com/hockleycobizcontact for business alerts. Also, individuals are encouraged to check their wireless device to see if it has the “emergency alerts by location” turned on. Individuals should not assume that getting amber alerts to their phone their settings are correct for the notification; people will have to allow location alerts.
All alerts through this system come from local officials; never spam, solicitation calls, text messages or emails. All of the text messages will come from the same number so it can be saved in contacts to be easily recognized.
The phone calls received will come through with the office of emergency management number 806-568-5487 so it can be saved and easily recognizable.