Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Cherokee County Government announced there’s a new emergency alert system in place and is encouraging residents to sign up.

Jan. 29—Telephone-based mass notification systems are used by thousands of public safety agencies across the U.S. to warn residents about local emergencies, hazards and other threats. Dixon officials ...

The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) is testing the statewide Emergency Alert System on Thursday. The state coordinates the emergency preparedness test with every city. It is a mandatory ...

Bartholomew County is implementing a new community mass notification system, CodeRED by Crisis24, which will replace the county’s current alert system, Everbridge. Bartholomew County Emergency ...

Texas Division of Emergency Management will conduct a statewide test Thursday morning, including alerts sent to cell phones, outdoor warning sirens and other notification systems.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – A cybersecurity incident appears to have caused a nationwide outage of an emergency notification system called “CodeRED.” The CodeRED notification system is just one of several ...

Emergency alerting systems are getting a statewide test this week. The Texas Division of Emergency Management is using the drill to evaluate the effectiveness of the alerts as public warning tools.