Ready Will County5.0.0

The Will County Emergency Management Agency is excited to announce the 2023 version of the Ready Will County Smartphone Application. This application is offered for free. The Ready Will County Application is a tool designed to assist the whole-community in preparing for all-hazard incidents and disseminating critical information during emergency situations. This application offers a Resource Center including programs and services available for community members in need and during emergency situations.

Version History Performance enhancements and design improvements 5.0.0 12/18/2025 Social Media Feature updates and compatibility improvements 4.1.0 06/25/2024 Performance enhancements and design improvements 4.0.0 04/21/2023 - This release includes accessibility and location tracking improvements as well as bug fixes.
- Fixed a possible migration crash in 3.13.0. 3.13.1 12/13/2022 This release includes accessibility and location tracking improvements as well as bug fixes. 3.13.0 12/12/2022 In this release, we’ve improved the app’s accessibility by offering a high-contrast theme option. 3.12.2 08/04/2022 In this release, access code was moved to the app settings, we've added a high-contrast theme for improved accessibility available when activating "Increase contrast" from your device's accessibility settings, and news articles without images no longer show a placeholder image for a more compact view. 3.12.0 07/15/2022 NEW FEATURE: Receive relevant alerts and notifications based on your current location or the ZIP code regions you have subscribed to.

This release also includes a new onboarding and settings page experience and over 50 bug fixes. 3.11.0 03/12/2022 This release will allow users to change the language of their app to either English or Spanish. It also includes an improved module access code experience, enhanced privacy and over 80 bug fixes. 3.8.0 01/12/2022 This release includes bug fixes and improvements to nearly all its features. 3.7.1 06/02/2021 This release includes bug fixes and improvements to nearly all its features. 3.7.0 05/20/2021 We are working hard to improve our app with every update. This release fixes many bugs and improves the performance of the app. 3.6.3 03/11/2021 We are working hard to improve our app with every update. This release fixes many bugs and improves the performance of the app. 3.6.2 02/20/2021 Ready Will County has been completely redesigned from the ground up to make preparing for an emergency as easy as possible.

What’s new?

* A completely redesigned user interface easily guides citizens to the information they need to know, when they need to know it.

* The Make your Plan module prepares users with even more content, tips and checklists than before. The content is tailored to the user’s profile, delivering a highly personalized preparedness plan.

* The Resources module provides one-touch access to important County emergency addresses and locations.

* The News module informs and notifies County citizens of any up-to-the-minute information they need to know to stay safe.

* A Video library allows users to browse preparedness videos

* FAQS and Checklists provide easy-to-use information that can be updated on the fly.

* The Assessment module allows users to test their pandemic readiness. 3.6.0 12/15/2020 - Prevent the application from becoming non responsive if an eGuide can't be accessed.
- Moved the eGuides out of the cache, so they no longer get deleted if the device runs low on space. 1.91 02/27/2019 Instead of offering to download the optional reading material on every launch, it now does this only when trying to open the eGuides. 1.90 06/15/2018 - Alerts can now display the affected area 1.86 12/23/2017 Made the extra reading material an optional download, no longer preventing the use of the app in case of connectivity issues during the initial setup 1.85 09/01/2017 1.82 05/20/2017