The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the federal government's program manager for the national Emergency Alert System (EAS), along with the Association of ...

During a campus emergency, time is of the essence. Communication during a crisis needs to be fast and accurate so that people can react quickly and appropriately. While the advent of text message ...

The Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) and the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today tested Phase Two of its Digital Emergency Alert System ...

Whether facing natural disasters, civil unrest, cyber attacks or public health crises, city and county agencies must act swiftly and clearly. The four phases of emergency management (prevent, prepare, ...

A new Digital Emergency Alert System, which uses digital broadcast signals to send emergency messages to PCs and mobile devices, was demonstrated in the Washington, D.C. area this week. The system, ...

Federal emergency officials have launched the pilot of a Digital Emergency Alert System in the nation’s capital – a system they hope one day will provide a “digital backbone” that makes for better EAS ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - When severe weather comes, experts recommend that people build digital emergency kits — stocking essentials for cell phones, tablets and other electronic devices — in addition to ...

Imagine you’re camping in the Australian outback. Your friend falls and breaks a leg, and you call Triple Zero (000) – but you’re panicking, and can’t remember which roads you took to the rocky ...

Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. In the last several years, digital strategies, like mobile applications, the Internet of Things, wearable technology, machine learning, and ...