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.

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Kevin McGowan, director of L.A. County's Office of Emergency Management, said that the problem was caused by a software ...

After a second round of false alerts rattled Los Angeles County, officials in charge of notifying Angelenos about life threatening dangers are handing responsibility for distribution of evacuation ...

The mistakes created panic across the region, but the county said they had quickly addressed it. The county's director of ...

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 ...

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

These include Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on your phone, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on television and radio, National Oceanic Association of America (NOAA) alerts on radio and various ...

EAS (Emergency Alert System) on TV and Radio, NOAA weather radio alerts, mobile apps and more. It’s important to have several different ways you can receive emergency alerts, and to be armed ...

With the start of the New Year, several laws went into effect in the state of Maryland. That includes the Opioid Overdose and Opioid Related Emergency law. Hospitals now have to follow specific ...

Iowa — The Scott County Emergency Management Agency is testing its Wireless Emergency Alert system for cell phones on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 1 p.m. Only cell phones that have opted in to receive ...

But that could soon change with Milam County launching a new EMS system. "This has been a long time coming," Kain Dodd, the president of the Emergency Services District No. 1. It added a total of ...