Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts Webinar for State and Local Government Officials
The free webinar focused on issues relevant to these emergency alerting systems that affect state and local governments, such as how these systems work, who is eligible to initiate alerts, and the targeting of messages to particular geographic areas, as well as the latest developments at the Federal Communications Commission. The webinar helped ensure state and local governments are ready and able to utilize these alerting systems when they are needed. The webinar also gave participants an opportunity to ask Commission staff questions.