Swift911 Public Reviews

This system has been adopted by my county and by the city and towns in the county. Much of the information is not immediately useful to me, like when a water main breaks 20 miles away. However, sometimes it’s invaluable, like when the county health department had opened up some new vaccination slots, and I could nail one down quickly. The interface is a bit clunky, and it’s the municipality which gets to decide how the contacts are made, but overall, I am glad to have a timely source of information which may be critical.

Overall, it is nice to get notifications. I don't like that it calls and texts me. I only need the text message, not both. There is nowhere in settings to limit notifications to text messages only. I got Swift911Public for weather alerts when I found out the city sirens can't be heard where I live. Most alerts tend to be for missing people and normally they are found shortly after the notification.

I tried to download this as instructed by San Bernardino county so I can get emergency evacuations alerts. I couldn’t finish the registration process because the screen where you select your house on the map- it won’t let me click Next to move on to the next part of the process. When I tried to login again it said I wasn’t registered. I wish emergency alert systems didn’t rely on defective apps to send you alerts.

I get 2 calls, 2 texts, and and an email every time a notice goes out. I do not want this. Do not call me- ever- let alone 2x. Users should be able to choose how they want to be notified about non-emergency matters. My community uses this service to notify residents of all kinds of events: National Night Out, street closures, etc. Those types of things do NOT require multiple points of contact. Without preferences the application is a nuisance and will be deleted.

Swift911Public forces you to pick one city and states that you can add several cities and your county later under add subscriptions. I live in an area that has several small cities right next to each other and would like info on them as well as my county. After over 47 min of searching it still hasn’t given me the option to add anything else. This is the EMERGENCY app that my county chooses to use and I am not able to gain full benefit from it. Ridiculous

I can find no way to make it work .. I am a graduate engineer. Very sad! I’ve never received an alert through it.

No option is offered in Swift911Public for text only notifications. Nor is it offered via my municipality website Lin to Swift911. No information on level of alerts or what they are for (amber?, weather? Severe weather?, severe weather warning? or severe weather watch?) No option to choose which alerts you prefer.
Clunky at best

Just went through an actual chemical-based emergency in my area - only received 1 initial alert on primary cell / then nothing else - when we had multiple ‘shelter in place’ orders during 2 days. Even when all my info is correct. Thank goodness for local news app update. Disappointed this system fell short.

After I put my address in, it goes to the map which is correct. Hit next and nothing happens. Tried several times.

Cannot register get to the address then a map pops up I click next and nothing. Won’t go past the map. Tried many times. On an iPhone 11

I very much ch appreciate the warnings and phone calls!

Overall, I real like Swift911Public. It has given us critical information at times it is really needed. I was very disappointed this morning when I was alerted. Thinking there was an emergency near me, I picked up my phone and was angered to see that a local county entity was in need of a dozen operator? Seriously?! This should be for emergencies only! Seriously thinking about deleting app.

Terrible app .. not even sure if it’s setup correct. Thought I would get information about COVID-19 but I have no idea what I will get from Swift911Public.

It tells me to move a pin to my exact location on a map but there’s no pin and no help button so I am unable to proceed and set myself up.

Not sure if it’s because I’m traveling away from home but in the last 6 hours this one app consumed 80% of my battery while I slept. Clearly needs to be updated

I keep getting "alerts" pushed to my phone, but every time I open Swift911Public it shows "There are no recent alerts to display". Don't waste your time, it doesn't work.

Try to resister and stops then have to do it again stops
Close app and try log in to finish won’t even work

Not able to be used on ios13.2

My local sheriffs department recommended Swift911Public on their website but when I sign up it says no service in my area😂 total waste of time!

It got stuck on the map asking to show where I live. Stupid shot app!

Have subscriptions showing active and all my info is there, but I have not received any messages since I downloaded it.

I like Swift911Public, however it has a huge problem. I get a mobile alert and everytime a click on it to see it, it says there is no new n alerts listed. If this is fixed, I would be 5 star happy. Without it being fixed, there really isnt a reason to have it.

I live in the Los Angeles area and Swift911Public says no subscription available. I search cities and NOTHING comes up. Totally useless! Deleting.

I tried multiple times to register and I never get sent a pin. Waste of time!

Dorian has been ongoing for many days and haven’t received any alerts from CEMA or Swift.

I need assistance correcting; I’ve never heard of this assigned municipality