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

Many were awakened by an emergency alert on Monday night in Wake County that may have gone out to more people than necessary.

In the wake of the Los Angeles County fires, Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly posted a message on social media reminding ...

multilayered notification system and enhance its "two-on-one call" network that connects one person via phone to two other people. "These emergency alerts helped us evacuate hundreds of thousands ...

The direct-to-cell Starlink system in Southern California will deliver wireless emergency alerts and power SMS texting to 911 ...

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Here are all the current wildfires burning in Southern California at a glance. An emergency alert about an evacuation warning was sent out to cellphones across Los Angeles County, but the alert ...

The Los Angeles County Fire Department sent another erroneous emergency ... alert can be a consequence of life and death.” On Thursday, just before 4 p.m., people across the county received cell ...

The county's director of emergency management said the cell phone alerts have already saved ... unnecessary chaos and some distrust of the alert system. The City of Beverly Hills, in a post ...