Wireless Emergency Alerts — a national public warning system commonly used by state and local authorities to deliver important information about severe weather, natural disasters, or missing persons ...

The Consumer Technology Association told the Federal Communications Commission last week that it believes the current Emergency Alert System is highly effective and, if expanded, could create more ...

Used for Amber alerts, natural disasters, and every other critical warning in between, the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system has gotten a nice shot in the arm from the Federal Communications ...

The City of Houston Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will conduct a city-wide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system on Friday, September 5 at 11 a.m. as part of the Integrated Public ...

Oregon has two emergency alert systems. One is automatic, the other is opt-in. It’s good to have both. Multnomah County tested its emergency alert system Thursday. Oregon has two systems, OR Alert and ...

In a press conference on Dec. 15, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley urged residents to sign up for Providence 311, or PVD311— a platform typically used for non-emergency service requests and related ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is backing a statewide emergency alert system. When you get an emergency ...

Providence residents got no automatic alerts after the Brown shooting, raising concerns about local warning systems.

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The next notification on your phone might be one you wouldn’t expect: a shark alert. A new state law now requires Alabama emergency officials to administer a wireless ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – A cybersecurity incident appears to have caused a nationwide outage of an emergency notification system called “CodeRED.” The CodeRED notification system is just one of several ...

Kaua‘i is testing its emergency notification system on January 26, with alerts to enrolled residents' phones and inboxes.