Five minutes now. Seconds of warning later.

Your alerts checklist

• KitsapALERT: Kitsap County's warnings for evacuations, boil-water notices, road closures, and local emergencies. Register your home address and where you work or your kids go to school.
• Wireless Emergency Alerts on your phone. iPhone: Settings → Notifications → Government Alerts. Android: Settings → search "Emergency alerts."
• ShakeAlert earthquake early warning. Built into Android phones. On iPhone, install the MyShake app.
• Tsunami alerts if you live, work, or walk on the shoreline: the NVS Tsunami Evacuation app and NOAA Weather Radio.
• Ferry and bridge alerts: WSDOT alerts for Kingston–Edmonds and the Hood Canal Bridge.
• Power: bookmark the PSE outage map and save PSE's outage number in your phone.
• A NOAA Weather Radio or a battery or crank AM/FM radio for when the cell network is down.
• Follow official sources: Kitsap County DEM, North Kitsap Fire & Rescue, and Washington EMD.
• Join the North End Prepares email list for local preparedness news.

North End Prepares is not an official warning system.

Where to sign up

• KitsapALERT Kitsap County's emergency notification system. kcowa.us/alert
• Phone alerts (Wireless Emergency Alerts) Washington EMD's guide to phone alerts, tsunami apps, and more. mil.wa.gov/alerts
• ShakeAlert and MyShake Earthquake early warning. You may get seconds to Drop, Cover, and Hold On. shakealert.org
• WSDOT ferry and traffic alerts Subscribe to Kingston–Edmonds, SR 104, and Hood Canal Bridge alerts. wsdot.wa.gov
• Kitsap County road closures Check here for Hansville Road NE. kitsap.gov roads
• Kitsap County email and text updates County news by email or text. GovDelivery sign-up