Municipalities in Greater Saint John and around the Province now have a new way of getting out information to their residents. It's called the Sentinel and makes it easy for officials to get in touch with you by phone, text or e-mail if there is an emergency situation.
Brian Shanks is spokesperson for the K.V. Emergency Measures Organization and says the bottom line of this service is to save lives.
Shanks says some of the work left to do with the program is meet again with municipal councils to lay out the kind of risks facing each community from the Police and Fire Departments along with EMO perspective.
The program is paid for through cost sharing on a per capita basis and by usage and it's on a volunteer basis to sign up.
