Mobile phones have become an indispensable part of everyday life. In many countries, cell phones now serve a new purpose: emergency alerting. Following a 2019 EU directive, European countries must be ...

A lack of resources and an outdated emergency alert process led to delays in warning residents about the need to evacuate as flames began consuming neighborhoods during the deadly Los Angeles ...

One year after Hurricane Helene, many families in western North Carolina remember what it felt like to be left in the dark.

WINDSOR, CT (WFSB) - Emergency crews responded to the Rolled Alloys facility in Windsor on Wednesday morning. Firefighters and other first responders could be seen at the facility on Pigeon Hill Road.

One year ago, Hurricane Helene slammed into Western North Carolina, leaving behind more than just physical devastation. The storm exposed critical gaps in how emergency information reaches residents ...

A child has died in a tragic incident after 48 people fell off a small boat attempting to cross the English Channel.

Although the CTA all but dismissed broadcast alerts as obsolete, it did admit that because the current EAS model is built on broadcast-based architecture, adding new rules would cause technical ...

After some technical problems, the Valley Volunteer Fire Department has decided to stop using its alert siren.

North Carolina Gov. Stein declared a State of Emergency as the state braces for heavy rain and potential flooding from Tropical Depression 9 or future storm Imelda.

The Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology has received the 2025 Government Experience Project Award for its real-time emergency alerts mapping and navigation project.

An outside review of Los Angeles County’s response to January’s deadly wildfires found a lack of resources and outdated policies for sending emergency alerts led to delays in warning residents ...

Emergency crews pulled off a bluff rescue on Oct. 1 for an injured man on the shore of Lake Michigan at Bay View Park, according to the St. Francis Fire Department. The fire department said they ...