Emergency alerts to include American Sign Language and 13 additional languages as part of order expanding cellphone alerts

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 ...
TV Tech

Congress Approves Funding for Public Broadcasting Emergency, Educational Programs

WASHINGTON— The U.S. House of Representatives this week passed its final fiscal year (FY) 2026 minibus package of funding, ...

Spokane County to unveil new emergency alert system by late February after cyberattack

Spokane County is seeking a new emergency alert system after a cyberattack compromised the existing one. The county aims to ...
WUGA

Updated emergency alert system comes to Athens-Clarke County

Athens-Clarke County’s 911 Center can now use the Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) messages. IPAWS is a part ...
Homeland Security Today

COLUMN: The Role of Public Information Officers and the Media in Early Warning Systems

FEMA Public Information Officer(PIO) Renee Bafalis in Wakulla County along the St. Marks River, speaks with WCTV-TV reporter Tara Herrschaft about FEMA's response to Tropical Storm Fay. Crawfordville, ...

Spokane County, governments across the country hamstrung by cyberattack on widely used emergency notifications system

Hackers gained access to the company that provides Spokane County’s emergency alert notifications system last November as part of a larger cyberattack that hampered local governments and first ...