Sign up for Red Rose Alerts on Regroup

This guide shows how to register for the City of Lancaster’s Red Rose Alerts, so you receive location-specific emergency warnings and routine city updates by email, text, or phone. It explains choosing notification types, verifying contacts, entering your address (so alerts reach only those affected), and setting language preferences. Following it ensures you get timely, relevant public-safety and service notices.

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Visit <https://www.cityoflancasterpa.gov/alerts/>

Notification Preferences

Select the type(s) of notifications you would like to receive. *You can add more later.*

Click Next.

Profile Information

Enter your first and last name.

Contact Methods

If you selected email, enter your email address.

If you selected phone, enter your phone number and select the type of phone.

Phone Number Verification

Click "Confirm by SMS/Text." You will receive a text message with a confirmation code.

Enter the SMS confirmation code.

Address

Enter your address. *Notifications are only sent to users who are impacted based on their location. You can add additional addresses later.*

Language Preference

Select your preferred language.

Click Subscribe.

Alert Subscriptions

You are now subscribed! At this point, you will only receive emergency alerts for the location you identified. *To receive messages about closures and delays, trash and recycling, or event information, make your selections then click Update.*

Click Update to save your preferences.

You are now signed up for emergency alerts and routine messages. *Optional: You may click Proceed to be forwarded to Regroup, where you can set a username/password and add additional contact methods.*

You can create a password for your account, which lets you add additional contact methods and manage your subscriptions. [Learn More](https://scribehow.com/o/2L956hqPTfOutQzjOmj3sw/viewer/Claim_Red_Rose_Alerts_Profile_in_Regroup__yBaKCZK0Rj-6jW2GrwmFHw)