IPAWS sends critical information to Knox County residents

Residents in Knox County now have a new way to receive critical information during emergencies. Knox County Emergency ...
NBC Bay Area

FEMA records show Texas' Kerr County didn't alert all cellphones as flooding began

FEMA records obtained by NBC Dallas-Fort Worth's NBC 5 Investigates team show that Kerr County officials did not use the agency’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System to send warnings with safety ...
Radio World

FEMA Says “Expired Digital Certificate” Caused Monday’s EAS Test Error

An expired IPAWS digital certificate prevented radio stations from receiving FEMA’s IPAWS Required Weekly Test (RWT) on Monday, according to people familiar with the developments. Broadcasters’ EAS ...
Times of San Diego

Local officials have a powerful tool to warn residents of emergencies. They don’t always use it

Failure to alert: Local officials can tap a federal warning system to send targeted alerts with evacuation orders and other actions. Many don’t use it. Lack of access: To use the system, local ...
Radio World

NAB Outlines Key Steps to Modernizing EAS

The National Association of Broadcasters laid out to the FCC the ways it believes the Emergency Alert System can be improved, which include geotargeting, funding for training alert originators and ...