MIDLAND, Texas — The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System or IPAWS, created in 2006 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is an emergency response system that allows cities and counties to send ...

County officials have signed an agreement adding another layer of communication to go out to people in a designated area in the event of immediate danger. The Bartholomew County commissioners added ...

Jun. 17—With an eye toward always being prepared, the Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management will send a live test message through the IPAWS system on June 28. IPAWS — or the integrated public ...

Around 8:51 p.m. Wednesday, police scanner traffic caught two people discussing what roads they should shut down as a search ensued for someone who jumped out of a car and ran following a police chase ...

If you think you’re receiving more emergency notifications on your mobile phone, television, or radio, you’re not imagining it. Tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings in the Philadelphia area have ...

Failure to alert: Local officials can tap a federal warning system to send targeted alerts with evacuation orders and other actions. Many don’t use it. Lack of access: To use the system, local ...

AUSTIN, Texas — There’s no shortage of emergency alerts going out to residents in Central Texas, but a new system is hoping to make it easier for the city of Austin to send out alerts. Earlier this ...

FEMA records obtained by NBC Dallas-Fort Worth's NBC 5 Investigates team show that Kerr County officials did not use the agency’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System to send warnings with safety ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The NextGen Video Information Systems Alliance (NVISA) and the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) have announced a strategic partnership with Federal Emergency Management ...