Prep Talk - Episode 33: Wireless Emergency Alerts: A Conversation With The FCC

Providing timely and accurate information to the public is crucial during an emergency. In the latest episode of “Prep Talk,” special guests Lisa Fowlkes, chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety Homeland Security Bureau, and Benjamin Krakauer, assistant commissioner of strategy and program development at New York City Emergency Management, discuss the importance of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) in effectively communicating critical, public safety alerts to the public during an emergency. The guests also discuss some of the latest improvements to the system including geo-targeting and an increased character count from 90 to 360. Read full transcript: on.nyc.gov/preptalk33