Local Governments Say WEA System in Urgent Need of Improvement
Local governments are urging the FCC to require more accurate geo-targeting of wireless emergency alerts. The WEA system “is urgently in need of life‐saving technology updates,” said Oregon governments led by the city of Portland Bureau of Emergency Management. “Our…
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region faces a range of natural, human‐caused, and technological hazards and where the public may need to be informed quickly to take action to stay safe, including 9‐1‐1 outages, flooding, winter weather, the release of hazardous materials, wildfires, civil disturbances, boil water notices, dam failures, public health emergencies, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions,” they said in a filing Thursday in docket 15-91. “For example, the Eagle Creek Fire last September in the Columbia River Gorge reached the edge of the metro region and for a time was the top fire priority in the country.” The District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency told the FCC it's concerned the commission still hasn't imposed device-assisted, geo-targeting capability requirements. “Now is the time to act on WEA geo-targeting improvements that are precise within one-tenth of a mile,” the department said.