National AMBER Alert Day: What it is and why it was started

On Tuesday, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) marked National AMBER Alert Day by highlighting the tool that has ...

National Amber Alert Day marks 30th anniversary of Amber Hagerman case

Today marks National Amber Alert Day and the 30th anniversary of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman's abduction and murder in ...

National Amber Alert Day recognizes important resource used to find missing children

On Tuesday, national and local Amber Alert coordinators take the day to focus on the Amber Alert system. The alerts started ...
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Presidential alert test sent by FEMA; new national system lets presidents send notifications to your phone

WASHINGTON -- This is why you may have gotten a notification from the White House on Wednesday. The government tested a new national alert system that would let presidents send out emergency messages ...
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Alabama to launch state-level emergency alert system

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is backing a statewide emergency alert system. When you get an emergency alert on your phone, those ...
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Public Safety During Severe Weather and Other Disasters Could Be Improved With Better Alert Systems and Improved Understanding of Social and Behavioral Factors

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 ...