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

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

This is groundbreaking, and we are the first in the state of California to adopt this program and we’re very proud of that,” ...

The FCC, in the words of soon-to-depart Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, has taken “a major step forward” in expanding multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts ... s Office of National ...

Schall says an official sent out the message via a reverse 911 call, a wireless emergency alert, and the Emergency Alert System.

"There is an extreme amount of frustration, anger, fear, with regards to the erroneous messages that have been being sent out through the wireless emergency alert system across LA County," McGowan ...

An emergency alert for a Sussex County chemical accident was mistakenly issued statewide in Delaware on Wednesday evening, sparking concerns about the state's hazardous crisis response ...

Here's how the wireless emergency alerts, or WEAS, are supposed to work: Authorized national, state, or local authorities send them through FEMA's warning system to a specific geographic zone ...

The Federal Communications Commission will now require commercial mobile service providers that participate in Wireless Emergency ... Integrated Public Alert and Warning System from 2022 to identify ...

"There is an extreme amount of frustration, anger, fear with regards to the erroneous messages that have been being sent out through the wireless emergency alert system across L.A. County," he ...