The village of Romeoville, Illinois, will switch its emergency alert notification system starting on July 1.
The village released a statement saying that when the calendar flips to July, the current emergency alert system will go dormant and the village will now use Smart911.
Village officials said Smart911 is already being utilized by Will County and other municipalities within it, and allows users to input additional information like emergency contacts, preferred providers and pet information that will be sent to first responders when the registered phone number dials 911…