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Goochland County Impacted by CodeRED System Outage

Administration Posted on November 22, 2025

The CodeRED emergency notification system is currently experiencing a widespread outage due to a cybersecurity incident. CodeRED is the emergency notification system Goochland County and many other localities use to send telephone calls, text messages and emails to quickly deliver critical information during emergencies. 

Goochland County officials were notified late Friday night that data associated with the CodeRED system may be compromised. The company states that there is currently no indication that the data has been leaked. Those who have signed up to receive CodeRED notifications from Goochland County are advised those notifications are currently out of service.  

Should an incident occur, emergency updates will be posted on the following platforms: 

Additionally in the event of an emergency, Goochland County has made arrangements with the Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) to use FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning (IPAWS) system to notify the community during this outage. To receive IPAWS messages, your mobile phone must be set to allow wireless emergency alerts (typically found in advanced notification settings). 

There is currently no emergency situation in Goochland County.  

As a general best practice following cybersecurity incidents, residents who signed up for CodeRED should consider taking precautionary measures – such as updating passwords to other online accounts – if they used the same password for CodeRED. 

More information will be published on the Goochland County website when available.  

For any questions, please contact Goochland County’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at 804-556-5678 to leave a message with your contact information, messages will be returned within 48 hours.