Chicago’s Talk-A-Phone unveils its Wide-Area Emergency Broadcast System (W.E.B.S.), an IP-based family of mass notification devices that can be integrated into a comprehensive emergency communication ...

If you hear a screeching alert go off on your cell phone – and everyone else’s cell phone – this Wednesday at 1:20 p.m. Central Time, don’t panic.The federal government said it will conduct on ...

Growing up, the Emergency Broadcast System was a kind of sonic boogeyman. Its signature harsh tone would cut through your favorite TV show or song on the radio, announcing that “THIS IS ONLY A TEST”.

The initiative could help reach people in places lacking access to local news sources. The nation’s first artificial-intelligence-powered emergency broadcast system launched Wednesday in Florida, a ...

Central Texas is still reeling from those devastating floods that claimed more than 100 lives and left dozens missing. Torrential rains caused the Guadalupe River to rise nearly 30 feet in under an ...

SEATTLE — In an effort to improve its emergency communications network and mass communication capabilities, the University of Washington (UW) installed 24 Talk-A-Phone emergency phone towers across ...