The Pitkin Alert system run by Pitkin County’s dispatch center is a software that is used to notify residents directly during an emergency. But until now, it has only translated certain high-priority alerts in Spanish using Google Translate. This is the first story in a three-part series on Spanish-language emergency alerts in the Roaring Fork Valley’s three counties Pitkin, Garfield and Eagle and comparing what different agencies are offering.
The Pitkin Alert system run by Pitkin County’s dispatch center is a software that is used to notify residents directly during an emergency. But until now, it has only translated certain high-priority alerts in Spanish using Google Translate. This is the first story in a three-part series on Spanish-language emergency alerts in the Roaring Fork Valley’s three counties Pitkin, Garfield and Eagle and comparing what different agencies are offering.