The City of Stillwater will implement a new instant notification system to better alert the community ahead of emergency situations like the March 2025 wildfires. City Council voted to approve an ...

Learn about the core functions and benefits of FEMA's IPAWS system for local public safety agencies. Discover how becoming an authorized Alert Originator can improve emergency alerting capabilities.

AUSTIN, Texas — There’s no shortage of emergency alerts going out to residents in Central Texas, but a new system is hoping to make it easier for the city of Austin to send out alerts. Earlier this ...

As part of the federal government’s mission to modernize the nation’s public alert and warning capabilities, FEMA’s NGWSGP enables public safety agencies to strengthen their emergency communications ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin is becoming a FEMA-approved Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Alerting Authority. The new system gives the city more capabilities to alert ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Athens-Clarke County’s (ACC) 911 center is now authorized to send Integrated Public ...

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 ...

OAK HARBOR, Ohio (WTVG) - The Ottawa County and Lucas County emergency management agencies announced that they will be switching to the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System for alerting the ...

WASHINGTON – Our ability to observe and predict severe weather events and other disasters has improved markedly over recent decades, yet this progress does not always translate into similar advances ...