A runaway alligator and other non-emergencies that hampered UK ambulance dispatchers
Ambulance services stretched thin in the U.K. are drawing attention to the non-emergency calls that are hampering their response times ...
An imminent threat warning? Cold War-era siren for 'air raid' erroneously activates
"The siren tone that we heard on Saturday, this week, is what we call the attack mode," said Eric Rasmussen, director of ...
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Calif. wildfires highlight complicated chain of evacuation communication
As the deadly LA wildfires and other major emergencies have shown, alerts rely on a complicated chain of communication between first responders, government administrators, third-party companies and ...
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Stroke warning sign acronyms drive 911 calls, F.A.S.T. leads in symptom recall for public
Both F.A.S.T. and BE-FAST acronyms motivated people to call 911 right away for a possible stroke, and this impact lasted for 30 days.
Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...