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TOWN OF WICKENBURG GENASYS PROTECT ALERTING Battalion Chief Tony Christofferson 12/1/2025 • System that develops evacuation zones for the TOW • Zones are established based on ingress/egress/total population • Provides alerting platform to push out critical information to the public 2 What is Genasys Protect Alerts • Civic Alert (current platform) is not meeting the needs of the TOW and it’s citizens by not adequately providing up-to-date critical information and keeping the public informed • Assembled study group from every TOW department director involved in alerts to find a better communication platform Advantages of Genasys platform: • Provides real-time information directly from public safety to the community (road closures, emergency evacuations, and community events) • Anyone can access Genasys without having to sign-up to get information Why are we changing alerting systems? 3 4 Zone examples • We currently already have $6,334.76 budgeted for the renewal of Civic Alerts (contract due in May of 2026) • The first year cost for Genasys including training is $7118.22. Difference of $783.46 that can be absorbed by public safety. • Annually re-occurring cost for Genasys is $3623.22. Fiscal year 26/27 will have a cost savings of $2711.54. How much will it cost? 5 Questions? 6