SWCAA Notification Service (S.N.S.) Description

What is it?

The SNS (SWCAA Notice Service) subscription provides communications to the public for many SWCAA actions. An E-mail or SMS Text (cell) message is sent to all subscribers when a specific action is taken by SWCAA. This includes:

  • Burn ban and air quality events
  • News releases
  • Proposed fee or rule changes
  • Job openings
  • Availability of Woodstove Rebate programs
  • Permitting actions and hearings

Why did we create this Service?

SWCAA had a limited notice service provided by a 3rd party service that only included burn ban and air quality alerts. The service company was sold and the new company's service did not meet our communications needs. We decided to create our own service and expand its scope to include additional SWCAA activities. Our new SWCAA Notice Service is designed to provide a means for the general public to subscribe to these notices. An E-mail or SMS Text (Cell phone) message is sent to our subscribers whenever SWCAA invokes an action of interest to you. The Notice message contains details of the action or provides a reference link to a SWCAA web page where additional information may be obtained.


Who can benefit from this Service?

The Notice Service is available to all citizens and business concerns in Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Skamania, and Wahkiakum counties in southwest Washington State. People outside of these areas may subscribe if they have an interest in SWCAA Notices. Feel free to let your friends, relatives, and neighbors know of this service.


How does it work?

An interested citizen/business subscribes to the service:

  • You visit our SNS home page and click on the subscription service in which you are interested
  • Click the Subscribe button under the New Subscriber section
  • Enter your contact information and how you wish to be notified
  • Click the Submit Button
  • Your contact information and notice selection are added to our subscription list (note that we do not release this information to anyone. Rest assured that we treat your information as highly confidential and is only used by SWCAA to send notices)
  • You are sent an E-mail message that confirms we received your application
  • You must activate your subscription by clicking on the link included in the confirmation E-mail
  • Read the message and click the link or cut and paste it into your web browser to activate your subscription
  • If you don't activate your subscription you will not receive any Notices and you may receive future notices from SWCAA to encourage you to activate your subscription
  • Your subscription is marked active and you will begin receiving future SWCAA Notices
We use this subscription method to:
  • Provide a secure means of subscribing to the service
  • Ensure that you are the one subscribing to the service
  • Ensure that we don't send notices to those who didn't subscribe

 
How do I change my subscription?

If you want to change your contact information, password or Notice selections:

  • Visit our SNS subscription page at SWCAA Subscriptions
  • Select the subscription service in which you want to change
  • Login to the service using your E-mail address and password entered into the Existing Subscriber section
  • Click the Login Button
  • Select the action you want to perform from the links in the action box
    • Update My Subscription: Permits you to change your subscription
    • Unsubscribe Me: removes the subscription from our subscription files (Your contact information remains intact - only your subscription type is removed)
    • Logout: Disconnects you from the SNS subscription page

SWCAA hopes S.N.S. provides you with Notifications of value to you.