Short answer: AlertBrevard sign-up is done online through Brevard County Emergency Management's Alert Signup page, and the system sends calls, texts or emails about boil-water notices, evacuation orders and other emergencies for each registered address. Cell numbers must be added, since calls otherwise reach only landlines. Brevard also pushes alerts through the BrevardEOC text line (text BrevardEOC to 888777), automatic Wireless Emergency Alerts, NOAA Weather Radio WXJ70 in Melbourne on 162.550 MHz, and the 2-1-1 Community Information Hotline.
Last verified: October 12, 2026, against the sources listed at the end of this page.
How does someone sign up for AlertBrevard?
AlertBrevard registration is done online through the Alert Signup page of Brevard County Emergency Management, where a person accepts the county's terms and conditions and then continues to the AlertBrevard sign-up (Brevard County Alert Signup).
The addresses matter because AlertBrevard is location based. Brevard County Emergency Management says notices go out for the area around each address a person enters, such as a home, a business or an elderly parent's home, and that each contact can be set to receive a telephone call, a text message, an email or a mix of the three (Brevard County).
Cell phones are the step most often missed. The county's Stay Informed page says AlertBrevard call notifications go only to landline telephones unless other numbers are added to the database, and it strongly encourages anyone who relies on a cell phone as the main number to register it with AlertBrevard (Brevard County Stay Informed).
Help is available by phone. The county's Alert Signup page directs questions about emergency notifications to the Brevard County Emergency Management Office at (321) 637-6670 (Brevard County), the office listed at 1751 Huntington Lane in Rockledge (Brevard County Emergency Management). City of Melbourne residents who cannot register online can call the city's ECO Division at 321-608-5080, where staff will register them (City of Melbourne).
The registration terms also set out the privacy rules. The Brevard County Board of County Commissioners says it will never sell the information or use it for solicitation, that it is used only to send emergency notifications, and that it is exempt from public records under Florida Statute 119 (AlertBrevard terms). The same terms warn that the county cannot guarantee a notification every time and that cell carriers may charge for alert calls or texts, and the Alert Signup page also links an opt-out form for anyone who does not want AlertBrevard notifications. The Titusville Police Department posts the same terms on the City of Titusville website (City of Titusville).
What does AlertBrevard send, and which agencies use it?
AlertBrevard sends automated notices about boil-water notices, shelter-in-place or evacuation orders, law enforcement activity and similar events for a registered Brevard address (Brevard County Emergency Management).
The county's own summary of the system names boil water notices, wildfires, and weather-related watches and warnings as typical messages, and the Stay Informed page adds that the enhanced version of the system can deliver by email or text message and offers a variety of weather notifications (Brevard County). Brevard County Emergency Management calls AlertBrevard a primary tool for reaching the public, and the Alert Signup page says the notifications give specific instructions for people to follow to keep themselves and others safe (Brevard County).
Several agencies send through the same system. Brevard County lists emergency management, the Brevard County Sheriff's Office and local police and utility departments as users (Brevard County), and its Alert Signup page names county Emergency Management, Utilities and Fire Rescue (Brevard County Alert Signup). The City of Palm Bay uses AlertBrevard to send emergency notifications by phone, email, text and social media (City of Palm Bay), and the Titusville Police Department hosts the county's registration terms on its own site (City of Titusville).
Melbourne uses it mainly for water. The City of Melbourne says it now sends time-sensitive messages and critical community alerts about its water service through AlertBrevard, which it describes as the same Everbridge mass notification system Brevard County Emergency Management uses for emergencies such as hurricanes (City of Melbourne). Melbourne adds the contact information from its utility customer accounts to AlertBrevard on a regular basis, but only the contacts on the account, so other people in a Melbourne household still need to sign up. Registered users can set quiet hours.
What are the other ways Brevard County pushes emergency alerts?
Besides AlertBrevard, Brevard County Emergency Management lists a BrevardEOC text line, @BrevardEOC social media, Wireless Emergency Alerts, the 2-1-1 hotline, its website and press releases, and NOAA Weather Radio (Brevard County Stay Informed).
| Channel | How to get it | What it carries |
|---|---|---|
| AlertBrevard | Register online with Brevard County Emergency Management | Calls, texts or emails for registered Brevard addresses |
| BrevardEOC text line | Text BrevardEOC to 888777 | Updates and alerts from Brevard County Emergency Management |
| Wireless Emergency Alerts | No sign-up; free on capable phones | National, imminent threat, AMBER and public safety alerts |
| 2-1-1 Community Information Hotline | Dial 2-1-1 | Sandbags, evacuation routes, shelters, help after a storm |
| NOAA Weather Radio | Receiver set to county code 012009 | NWS Melbourne warnings 24 hours a day |
The text line needs only a text message. The Stay Informed page tells cell phone users to text BrevardEOC to 888777 for updates, with normal text messaging rates applying, and says the BrevardEOC posts cover prescribed fires, severe weather, incidents that affect major roadways, space launches and preparedness tips (Brevard County). Ahead of Hurricane Milton in October 2024, the City of Palm Bay repeated the instruction: text BREVARDEOC to 888777 to get updates and emergency alerts from Brevard County Emergency Management (City of Palm Bay).
Brevard County Emergency Management is blunt about limits: its Stay Informed page says no one system is 100-percent fail safe and able to reach the whole population at once, so it may use one or more tools depending on the speed, location and severity of the emergency (Brevard County). That is why the county lists several channels rather than one.
Do Wireless Emergency Alerts need a sign-up in Brevard?
No sign-up is needed: Brevard County Emergency Management says mobile users are automatically enrolled in Wireless Emergency Alerts and are not charged for them (Brevard County).
The FCC describes WEA as a free system in which authorized national, state or local officials send geographically targeted, text-like messages to compatible phones through FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, and it lists four alert types: National Alerts, Imminent Threat alerts, AMBER Alerts and Public Safety Messages (Federal Communications Commission). Carriers may let subscribers block imminent threat and AMBER alerts, but National Alerts cannot be blocked. For a phone in Melbourne or Titusville, that means the alert arrives by location, not by registration.
The county page explains what that looks like in Brevard: alerts are targeted to the area and have a unique sound, a person traveling into an affected area after an alert goes out still receives it, and a person away from home does not receive an alert issued for the home area (Brevard County Stay Informed). AlertBrevard works differently, because its notices are based on the Brevard address a person registers rather than on where the phone is (Brevard County Emergency Management).
Which NOAA Weather Radio stations cover Brevard County?
Three NOAA Weather Radio transmitters programmed by the National Weather Service office in Melbourne alert for Brevard County: WXJ70 in Melbourne, KIH26 in Daytona Beach and KIH63 in Orlando (NWS Melbourne).
| Transmitter | Frequency | Other alerted counties |
|---|---|---|
| WXJ70, Melbourne | 162.550 MHz | Indian River, Orange, Osceola |
| KIH26, Daytona Beach | 162.400 MHz | Flagler, Lake, Orange, Putnam, Seminole, Volusia |
| KIH63, Orlando | 162.475 MHz | Lake, Orange, Osceola, Polk, Seminole, Volusia |
Brevard County Emergency Management calls a NOAA Weather Radio the most effective way to receive timely and official emergency weather notifications, and says the other channels should not be substituted for it (Brevard County). The county gives the FIPS code for programming a radio for Brevard as 012009, which matches the county code listed by NWS Melbourne (NWS Melbourne).
NWS Melbourne says the stations broadcast official warnings, watches and forecasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and that radios with SAME receivers let owners pick specific counties such as Brevard. Weekly tests of the alerting features run every Wednesday between 11 AM and noon, moved to the next day when weather is active (NWS Melbourne). The county page prints the frequency as 162.5550MHz; the NWS Melbourne listing for WXJ70 is 162.550 MHz, the figure used in the table.
What is the 2-1-1 Community Information Hotline?
The 2-1-1 Community Information Hotline is a partnership of Brevard County Emergency Management and 2-1-1 Brevard, a nonprofit 24-hour helpline, that residents can dial before, during and after an emergency (Brevard County Stay Informed).
Brevard County Emergency Management says hotline specialists carry current information on sandbags, evacuation routes and shelters and on getting help after a storm, and that during Hurricane Matthew in 2016, 2-1-1 staff and volunteers answered almost 4,500 calls (Brevard County). The City of Palm Bay lists 2-1-1 as the Brevard County Emergency Management citizen hotline and describes 2-1-1 Brevard as staffed around the clock, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (City of Palm Bay).
A state line sits behind the county one. Palm Bay's preparedness page lists the State Assistance Information Line (SAIL) at (800) 342-3557, a toll-free hotline the state activates during an emergency affecting Florida (City of Palm Bay). Last verified: October 12, 2026, on the Brevard County, City of Palm Bay, City of Melbourne, NWS Melbourne and FCC websites.
Frequently asked questions
Can AlertBrevard alerts cost anything?
The AlertBrevard terms on Brevard County's Alert Signup page say cellular phone companies may apply a service charge when alerts arrive as cellular calls or text messages, and that the county is not responsible for those charges. The BrevardEOC text line also carries normal text messaging rates, per Brevard County Emergency Management.
Will a cell phone get AlertBrevard calls automatically?
No. Brevard County Emergency Management says AlertBrevard call notifications reach only landline telephones unless other numbers are added, so a resident who relies on a cell phone in Palm Bay, Melbourne or anywhere in Brevard should register that number.
Does a City of Melbourne water customer need to register separately?
Melbourne adds the contact information on its utility customer accounts to AlertBrevard regularly, but only the contacts tied to the account. Other members of the household are not included and would register on their own or call the ECO Division at 321-608-5080.
Can Wireless Emergency Alerts be turned off?
Partly. The FCC says carriers may let subscribers block imminent threat alerts and AMBER Alerts, but National Alerts cannot be blocked. Brevard County Emergency Management notes that capable phones are enrolled automatically and receive alerts at no charge.
What frequency should a weather radio in Brevard County use?
NWS Melbourne lists WXJ70 in Melbourne at 162.550 MHz, KIH26 in Daytona Beach at 162.400 MHz and KIH63 in Orlando at 162.475 MHz as stations that alert for Brevard. The county code for SAME programming is 012009.
Sources
- Emergency Management Office, Brevard County https://www.brevardfl.gov/EmergencyManagement Used for: AlertBrevard description, users, contacts
- Step 4: Stay Informed, Brevard County Emergency Management https://www.brevardfl.gov/EmergencyManagement/BePrepared/Step4StayInformed Used for: alert channels, BrevardEOC text, WEA, 2-1-1 hotline, NOAA radio, FIPS code
- NOAA Weather Radio, NWS Melbourne https://www.weather.gov/mlb/nwr Used for: transmitters, frequencies, county code, weekly test
- Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), Federal Communications Commission https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/wireless-emergency-alerts-wea Used for: WEA cost, sign-up, alert types, blocking
- AlertBrevard, City of Titusville https://titusville.com/249/AlertBrevard Used for: AlertBrevard registration terms and privacy notice
- Emergency Notifications, City of Melbourne https://www.melbourneflorida.org/Government/Departments/Public-Works-Utilities/Emergency-Notifications Used for: Melbourne use of AlertBrevard, Everbridge, quiet hours, ECO Division phone
- Emergency Preparedness, City of Palm Bay Fire Rescue https://www.palmbayfl.gov/government/city-departments-f-to-z/fire-rescue/emergency-preparedness-home Used for: Palm Bay use of AlertBrevard, 2-1-1 Brevard, SAIL
- City of Palm Bay Declares Local State of Emergency (Hurricane Milton) https://www.palmbayfl.gov/Home/Components/News/News/12566/17 Used for: BREVARDEOC text line
- Alert Signup, AlertBrevard Notification System, Brevard County Emergency Management https://www.brevardfl.gov/EmergencyManagement/AlertSignup Used for: sign-up flow, terms, privacy, opt-out, agencies using AlertBrevard, EM office phone
