EMA emergency app includes coronavirus updates

Daniel Dye / The Herald

The Elmore County EMA updated its emergency management smartphone app with a new feature that informs and alerts residents of the developing COVID-19 pandemic.

The Elmore County Emergency Management Agency recently updated its emergency management smartphone app with a new feature that informs and alerts residents of the developing COVID-19 pandemic.

EMA director Keith Barnett said last month when the app launched the most important benefit is that citizens will immediately know when alerts are posted.