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2. 5 must-know tips for getting a text, call through after a big ...

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   These tips can help you send a message or make a call when phone lines are congested after a major storm. ... talk second” approach to keep phone lines open for emergency calls. Plus, sending a ...

3. Emergency text messaging services - Wikipedia

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   Emergency text messaging services are a technology that enables emergency call operators to receive text messages. [1] Its use is encouraged for people with hearing impairment or who have trouble speaking; it can also be used for situations when calling may pose a safety risk, such as a home invasion or domestic abuse. [2]

4. Wireless Emergency Alerts - Wikipedia

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   An example of a Wireless Emergency Alert on an Android smartphone, indicating a Tornado Warning in the covered area. Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) and, prior to that, as the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN), [1] is an alerting network in the United States designed to disseminate emergency alerts to cell phones using Cell ...

5. Alert messaging - Wikipedia

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   The first system was the Emergency Broadcast System, an emergency warning system in the United States, used from 1963 to 1997, when it was replaced by the Emergency Alert System. On April 9, 2008, the FCC approved an emergency alert text-messaging system so that cellular telephone users can get text message alerts in case of emergencies. [3]

6. Sending emergency alerts is complicated. How to stay ... - AOL

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   After receiving emergency text alerts about flash flooding after rivers had ... authorities with the ability to use the system to send out warning messages. ... weather alerts via text: ...

7. Did you know you could text 911 in an emergency? How it ... - AOL

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   If you text 911 and Text to 911 is unavailable in your area, you will receive a bounceback alert that “text is not available, please make a voice call to 911.” Text messages to 911 may take ...

8. Emergency communication system - Wikipedia

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   Example of an emergency SMS text message on a mobile phone. This exemplifies one potential weakness of using SMS for emergency communications, namely that messages can be forged. Mobiles phones may be considered a private communication device, because they are usually associated with or owned by a single individual.

9. Canton can now send emergency and nonemergency alerts ... - AOL

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   Five things to know about Canton City's new mobile alerts system.