When severe weather hits Cherokee County, the emergency operations center activates. “January, February is kind of our peak ...

Genasys, a leading provider of emergency alert software, had a tempting pitch for California counties looking for a seamless way to send evacuations orders with a click of a button. Lured by a better ...

Kane County is launching a new public safety alert system meant to notify residents of things like emergency weather, large-scale police activity and road closures.

The blaring noise on my phone definitely got my attention, but wasn’t particularly scary. It came through two minutes early, at 2:18 pm, and many people took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to ...

At 2:20 p.m. ET / 1:20 CT / 11:20 PT on Oct. 4, cellular devices, televisions, and radio systems across the U.S. will sound off as part of a national emergency alert test designed to ensure that the ...

A new alert system has been launched in Maryland to notify Black leaders and clergy about credible threats or hate crimes. The Emmett Till Alerts system – named in honor of the 14-year-old Black teen ...

It’s a new system for a northern New Mexico fire department, alerting drivers when an emergency vehicle is nearby. The ...

The Tewksbury Police Department is rolling out a new mass notification system after its previous alert platform, CodeRED by ...

Based in Tampa, Florida, Virginia Pelley is a former women's magazine editor who has written health and fitness content for Men's Journal, Cosmopolitan magazine, the Chicago Tribune, ...

The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, at 11:45 a.m ...

Frances Gatta is a freelance health writer with experience covering health care technology, general health, mental health, femtech and personalized nutrition for companies and publications like Oura, ...

Life Alert is perhaps the best-known medical alert system around, but pricing and other details about the brand are not easily found on the Life Alert website. Customers have to call the toll-free ...