Imminent Severe Blue Alert Today. Since its launch in 2012 the WEA system been used more than 40000 times to warn the public about dangerous weather missing children and other critical situations all through alerts on compatible cell phones and other mobile devices. A law enforcement officer has been killed suffers serious bodily injury or is assaulted with a deadly weapon and the suspect has fled the scene of the offense 2. Blue Alert A Blue Alert means a violent attack on a law enforcement officer has occurred and a search for the suspect is active. Wireless Emergency Alerts WEA sends free informational text messages to WEA-enabled cell phones within the range of an imminent and dangerous local situation severe weather event or AMBER emergency.
DPS will issue a Blue Alert when the following criteria has been met as listed below. Since its launch in 2012 the WEA system been used more than 40000 times to warn the public about dangerous weather missing children and other critical situations all through alerts on compatible cell phones and other mobile devices. Wireless Emergency Alerts WEA sends free informational text messages to WEA-enabled cell phones within the range of an imminent and dangerous local situation severe weather event or AMBER emergency. About news of national authority concern. Blue Alert provides immediate information to the public through media broadcasts soliciting help from the public in the safe and swift apprehension of the suspect. State and local authorities may also use the system to deliver important emergency information such as weather information imminent threats AMBER alerts and local incident.
Wireless Emergency Alerts WEA sends free informational text messages to WEA-enabled cell phones within the range of an imminent and dangerous local situation severe weather event or AMBER emergency.
In an Order adopted today the FCC created a dedicated Blue Alert event code in the Emergency Alert System so that state and local agencies have the. Imminent Threat Alerts include natural or human-made disasters extreme weather active shooters and other threatening emergencies that are current or emerging. Wireless Emergency Alerts WEA sends free informational text messages to WEA-enabled cell phones within the range of an imminent and dangerous local situation severe weather event or AMBER emergency. Presidential Alerts Alerts issued by the President or a designee. One may also ask why was a blue alert issued today. At least 10 inch of rain in the last 15 minutes.