Emergency Preparedness

All residents and businesses in Frederick should be prepared for large-scale emergencies or disasters such as tornadoes, aircraft crashes, explosions, hazardous materials accidents, and other incidents.

Emergency Event Notifications

The Town of Frederick and the Carbon Valley Emergency Management Agency want the community to know that being prepared is the best way to be resilient. Weld County and the Carbon Valley emergency response agencies have teamed up to provide Emergency Notification for emergency events that may affect you and your families, such as police activity in your neighborhood, tornado warnings, severe weather events, and more.

CodeRED Emergency Notifications

11/24/2025 ALERT - This system was temporarily taken offline following a recent cybersecurity incident. At this time, there is no evidence that any stolen data has been published.  However, residents who used the same password for CodeRed on any other personal or business accounts are encouraged to change those passwords. Please visit the Weld County webpage for further details. 

More resources for emergency weather alert notification:

Outdoor Sirens - A Thing of the Past

In 2013, the Town Board of Trustees for Frederick and Firestone chose to deactivate local tornado warning sirens. In a report to the Towns, the Frederick-Firestone Fire District said approximately ten additional sirens were needed to cover the entire jurisdiction effectively. Initial costs would have run $15,000 to $20,000 a siren, not including land-use agreements, power to the site, and ongoing maintenance. To update the sirens in 2013, it would have cost the Towns upwards of $250,000, with annual costs exceeding $30,000.

The downsides of the siren:

  • The sirens cannot provide specific information on weather conditions and what you need to do to prepare. 
  • Sirens are not designed to be heard indoors or in vehicles. 
  • Siren sounds produce curiosity, pulling people outdoors, resulting in the opposite effect of their design and function. 
  • The audible range of the siren is impacted by typography, such as trees, buildings, wind, and ambient noises. These are all present in severe weather, making the sirens even more ineffective. 

In the past, the public relied heavily on outdoor sirens for severe weather warnings. These devices gave very little warning of approaching severe weather. They could only be heard within a very small outdoor area, which brought people out of safety to hear them. Sirens are not capable of providing specific information on weather conditions and what you should do to prepare. They are not designed to be heard indoors or in your vehicle and are no longer in use in Frederick. We'd like residents to sign up for CodeRED as it is a much more effective way to get the most up-to-date information.