Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...
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Randy Wright Comments on the Development of the New BEACON Emergency Alert System
Randy Wright, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Division of Media Properties executive ...
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Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
LOS ANGELES (AP) — When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.
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L.A. County’s evacuation alert system broke down during fires. It’s part of a larger problem
When the federal government in 2012 launched Wireless Emergency Alerts — a new system that allowed officials to send loud, screeching alarms to cellphones across a large area — many local ...