Investigation targets LA County emergency alert system

Long Beach congressman leads probe into LA County’s faulty evacuation alerts during wildfires
Congressman Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, hopes this investigation will prevent tragedy in future emergencies and minimize confusion of Los Angeles County residents.
Congressman launches investigation into L.A. County's faulty emergency alerts
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach) has sent letters to L.A. County and software company Genasys requesting information on 'precise failures' that led to erroneous alerts.
Southern California Congress members call for investigation into LA County's emergency alert system
More than a dozen members of Congress signed letters calling for a further look into the emergency alert messaging system that sent an erroneous evacuation warning to thousands of Los Angeles County residents in the midst of January's wildfires.
County leaders call for further look into LA's emergency alert system
Los Angeles leaders are calling for answers weeks after an alert was mistakenly sent​ to hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles County residents, warning them to evacuate their homes in the midst of the January's destructive wildfires.
Congress members call for review of L.A. County emergency alert system
A group of Southern California congress members joined the call for answers about what caused evacuation warnings to be mistakenly sent to thousands of residents during the height of last month’s wildfires.
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Investigation underway after millions receive erroneous evacuation alerts during LA wildfires
A new investigation is underway into emergency alerts that were sent by mistake to millions of southern Californians as the ...
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SoCal Reps. Call for Review of LACo Emergency Notification System in Congress
Long Beach, more than a dozen congressional representatives signed letters that were sent to Los Angeles County and its ...
As western Altadena waited hours for evacuation orders, fire commanders faced utter chaos
With thousands of lives at risk, a mobile command post tasked with issuing evacuation orders struggled to keep pace with the ...
Too little, too late: Residents say they were in the dark as fire spread with no evacuation order
When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby ...
Passenger plane catches fire on runway, leaving at least 7 injured during emergency evacuation
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Black Hawk helicopter was on emergency evacuation trial run before Washington DC crash, officials say
A senior army chief defended the helicopter's flight near a busy airport, pointing to the sensitive nature of its mission.
United Airlines flight aborts takeoff at Houston airport after engine warning prompts evacuation
According to United Airlines, the pilot of Flight 1382, an Airbus A319 on its way to New York’s LaGuardia Airport, stopped ...
“Unrecognizable odor” leading to Covington Middle School evacuation ruled carbon monoxide leak, school says
The Virginia Department of Emergency Management and Roanoke Valley Regional Hazardous Materials Team began the investigation ...
Austin Community College launches emergency preparedness week with campus-wide drills
Austin Community College is hosting Emergency Preparedness Week from Feb. 3rd-7th.This week ACC is preparing its campuses in ...