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 FCC is part of a team of U.S. agencies that maintain the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts, which are the main components of the national public warning system.

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.

Right-to-repair has been a hot-button topic lately, with everyone from consumers to farmers pretty much united behind the idea that owning an item should come with a plausible path to getting it ...

The characteristic tones of the Emergency Alert System are prohibited from general broadcasting by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). They may not be played outside of real alerts ...

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 ...

Los Angeles County has had two failures of its emergency ... the FCC, the state and our region's telecommunications providers, and we've made the preliminary determination that the echo alerts ...

States are filling the gap to help locate more missing people as families advocate for government agencies to add more alert codes beyond the national Amber Alert system. The Federal ...