Don't be alarmed, this is only a test. The loud alerts blaring from your electronic devices on Wednesday are no cause for concern. The Federal Emergency Management Agency will conduct a nationwide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. L.A. County had only recently gotten its emergency alert system when fires erupted across the area. Genasys, a leading provider of ...

WASHINGTON -- Vulnerabilities in software that TV and radio networks around the country use to transmit emergency alerts could allow a hacker to broadcast fake messages over the alert system, a ...

Get ready to hear an emergency alert test go off on your smartphone at 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 4 — but don't panic. Millions of us will hear the same test going off on all of our phones at the ...

Randy Dean’s passion project started three years ago out of a beat-up plastic suitcase. A strobe light screwed into a case, a 6-volt battery, a switch and Dean’s desire to help people who are deaf or ...

Grand Traverse County is moving to switch emergency alert systems following a series of “critical issues” that affected ...

Emergency systems are legally required if certain criteria are met. The criteria are set by municipal, state, federal, or other codes. An emergency system automatically provides light, power, or both ...

When Boone County, Mo., emergency dispatcher Chuck Mastalski answered the phone, it was clear the caller was in distress. Unable to breathe, the man could not confirm his location or describe the ...

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 ...