The FCC is upgrading the Wireless Emergency Alert system to make sure critical warnings reach everyone quickly and reliably. New updates include support for 13 languages, including ASL, better ...

The fine and decree follow an FCC investigation into allegations that various operations owned by Paramount improperly transmitted Emergency Alert System (EAS) codes, the EAS attention signal or ...

Thirteen years after its introduction, the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system—touted by the FCC as an “essential part of America’s emergency preparedness”—still suffers from performance anxiety.

It can also translate them into multiple languages (something the Federal Communications Commission has been eyeing for Emergency Alert System messaging). “This critical information from state and ...

The FCC studied data from the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System from 2022 to identify the most common alerts. The National Weather Service recommended two templates for tornados and two ...

Emergency evacuation alerts have gone off the rails, pinging people seemingly at random. Experts say that such errors can sow ...

County Supervisor Janice Hahn is proposing that the county’s emergency alert system be disabled until a solution to the technical error, which causes millions to receive evacuation ...