National Weather Service Asks FCC to Update Alerting Rules
The National Weather Service said it reviewed the comments on a record refresh on multimedia enhancements to wireless emergency alerts and agrees with those who want requirements. The FCC received comments in May, including from the NWS, on whether to…
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mandate including multimedia content in alerts (see 1805290059 and 1805300010). The NWS “agrees with the numerous public safety organizations that support the incorporation of multimedia to improve the life-saving capability of WEA,” the service replied Monday in docket 15-91. “Information graphics, inundation maps, video, American Sign Language and other forms of multimedia can cut across traditional language barriers and help guide people out of harm’s way.”