Alliance City Manager J.D. Cox is encouraging Alliance citizens to sign up for the city’s new communications system, known as Code Red.

Cox says Code Red is similar to the telephone communications systems implemented by the Alliance Public Schools and the Alliance St. Agnes Academy that have alerted parents to school closings, or important meetings.

Cox says Code Red will alert you about everything from tornado warnings to street closures.

You can sign up for the Code Red Communications system by logging on to the city’s web site at city of alliance dot net and click on code red.