Update 11/14/25, 4:15 p.m.: On Nov. 11, the Weld County Public Safety Communications Department was alerted by CodeRED, the provider Weld County contracts with for emergency alerts, that they had pulled their system offline the day before (11/10/25) due to concerns from their information technology department. There has been no further update from CodeRED, nor has the Weld County representative for CodeRED returned any of the county’s calls/emails.
While we await more details about this situation, Weld County wants to assure the public of two important items:
1. Weld County has had a long-standing agreement with LETA (Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority) to provide a back-up for Weld County should an emergency alert need to be sent to residents. Weld County and Larimer County emergency management personnel and public safety communications personnel (dispatch) have been in contact with each other regarding the current CodeRED situation and Larimer County stands ready to assist Weld County if needed.
2. The CodeRED outage does NOT impact the public’s ability to call 9-1-1 for emergency assistance. The CodeRED system is separate from what the county uses for handling emergency calls.
What we know currently is that new sign-ups to CodeRED cannot be done while their system is offline; alerts cannot be sent through their system while its offline; CodeRED personnel have not responded to the county with additional information; and this is impacting several counties that have contracted with CodeRED for this service.
We will share more information as we receive it.
11/14/25: This week, the CodeRed notification system was taken offline by the vendor, the root cause has yet to be identified. Please be assured that this is a standalone system and is not connected to any Weld County systems. There is no impact on county operations or data.
As a precaution, new signups for CodeRed have been temporarily suspended. Additionally, if you use the CodeRed mobile app for location-based alerts, those alerts and subscribed alerts are currently unavailable. We have other alerting methods that will be used during emergencies.
We appreciate your patience and will provide updates as more information becomes available. This particular vendor has nothing to do with services for calling 9-1-1. Those services are operating at full capacity.
If you have questions, please contact Director Tina Powell at 970-400-2895.
CodeRED is the FREE community emergency notification system available to local residents that will send address-specific alerts concerning time-sensitive and/or emergency information that may impact your home or business address.
CodeRED is a high-speed mass notification system to keep you safe in the event of an emergency near your specific address. The system delivers emergency messages to your landline as well as to your registered mobile device, text and email.
Weld County encourages you to take action and register your cell phone and/or email address for this service (landlines within Weld County are automatically registered through the county's 911 system) and verify your physical address to receive targeted notifications that directly impact your home or business. When you register your information in the CodeRED system, you can also opt-in to receive address-specific weather alerts from the National Weather Service.
Sign up for CodeRED alerts!