The test involved two types of alerts: wireless emergency alerts (WEA) on your phone, and the emergency alert system (EAS ... and basically any phone made in the past decade.

The two agencies are subscribing to new technology that sends alerts of nearby drivers through smartphones and some vehicles’ ...

“THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” The incoming message also made a loud noise. Customers whose phones were set to the Spanish language ...

Wednesday’s combined test from the FEMA and the Federal Communication Commission included the Wireless Emergency Alerts, or WEA, and the Emergency Alert System ... and made available to ...

Emergency alert messages that made up the test were divided into two groups — the Emergency Alert System for radios and televisions, and the Wireless Emergency Alerts for wireless phones ...

Lured by a better price and shinier features, Riverside, Inyo and Monterey counties made the ... The emergency management office switched from its previous emergency alert system, OnSolve CodeRED ...

FEMA writes on a page about the Emergency Alert System that this is done “in close partnership with state, local, tribal, and territorial authorities.” All of this is made possible by FEMA’s ...

As FEMA and the FCC made preparations for a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system on Oct. 4, 2023, social media users shared warnings that ...

We’ve added Alexa Emergency Assist and LifeFone ... typical of those for similar medical alert systems. And the LifeFone’s lack of one-time setup fees made it more affordable than others ...

(TNS) — When the federal government in 2012 launched Wireless Emergency Alerts — a new system that allowed officials ... the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency made news after sending out ...

In the U.S., the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) works with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS). IPAWS is used to alert ...