Emergency Mobile Alert System PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 25 August 2010 10:29
The County Office of Emergency Services is the first local agency in the nation to test new technology that could send mass text alerts in emergency situations to notify people in specified areas.  The Office of Emergency Services (OES) is working with Sprint and California’s Emergency Management Agency to test the technology, called the Commercial Mobile Alert System, or CMAS. CMAS is a national program established by the Federal Communications Commission to provide emergency information from federal, state and local officials about disasters, terrorist threats and other imminent dangers. Residents can receive cell phone alerts by registering their numbers with AlertSanDiego at www.ReadySanDiego.org.