Canada will test its emergency alert system, Alert Ready, across the country on Wednesday. Alert Ready is Canada’s emergency alerting system which delivers critical and potentially life-saving ...

When the siren-like sounds from an Amber Alert rang out on cellular phones across Ontario on Monday, it sparked a bit of a backlash against Canada's new mobile emergency alert system.

Canada's emergency alert system has been busy with wildfires and extreme weather. ... used for everything from Amber Alerts and alerts about dangerous people to storm warnings and evacuation orders.

Don't be surprised if your phone suddenly goes off — Canada will be conducting its emergency alert system test nationwide this week. According to the website, Alert Ready was created to deliver ...

A 70-year-old man in Canada was arrested this week after complaining to police about receiving an Amber Alert on his phone.

Some broadcasters and EAS experts have said a national code is unnecessary and might add to listener “alert fatigue.” But the NAB said it supports the effort. It joined others who have commented on ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be testing its Wireless Emergency Alerts, or WEA, and Emergency Alert System, or EAS, nationwide today at 2:20 p.m., according to an Oct. 3 press release.

TVs and radios tuned to a broadcast station should have played the message for about one minute, which said: “This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, issued by the Federal ...

The technology underlying the Amber Alert system is the Emergency Alert System (EAS), the direct descendant of the Emergency Broadcast System begun during the Cold War and known to many people by ...

Colston said people also have to consider the far-reaching effect of EAS. He cited the case of an Amber alert for Comanche County, which is “almost 600 miles away” from Mayes County. “When an Amber ...

Canada will test its emergency alert system, Alert Ready, across the country on Wednesday. Alert Ready is Canada’s emergency alerting system which delivers critical and potentially life-saving ...