When counties want to test their emergency alert system without needlessly alarming residents, they can send alerts to a test server. L.A. County sent its first Genasys test alert on Nov. 18, ...

Municipalities like Lakeshore are at the frontline of emergency response across the province, Lakeshore Mayor Tracey Bailey ...

When counties want to test their emergency alert system without needlessly alarming residents, they can send alerts to a test server. L.A. County sent its first Genasys test alert on Nov. 18, ...

It’s a 12,000-watt generator and, like above, promises to “run your household essentials such as lights, appliances and central AC system with EASE during a blackout, storm or emergency event.” ...

County officials announced Friday they are overhauling their emergency alert system after residents across the Los Angeles area continued to receive erroneous emergency alerts that urged them to ...

How to sign up for the new alert system. It's pretty simple — all you'll need to do is text 333111 with your county or borough name without the word county or any spaces or punctuation marks.

“Emergency management and the local dispatch center can send out WEA, wireless emergency alerts, they can activate the emergency alert system,” Geyer said. Grady says knowing is half the battle.

A WPTV investigation uncovered a potential flaw in the emergency alert system that may have left thousands of residents in Palm Beach County without vital warnings on Oct. 9.

Cellphone users in the state received a test emergency alert, ... which is a recently-debuted emergency system that the state describes as “a one stop site for all city services.