Of course, you should also keep abreast of conditions in your area—especially during known severe weather seasons—and be prepared with various emergency kits and the best mobile apps to navigate emergencies of all kinds. But if you only do one thing, enable these essential alerts on your iPhone or Android.
Notifications and scroll down to the Government Alerts section, where you can toggle alerts on or off. There's also a toggle for test alerts—system tests run by state and local emergency management agencies—which are off by default.
As outlined by the California Learning Resource Network, emergency or imminent threat alerts on iOS include severe weather or disaster warnings issued by the National Weather Service as well as state and local authorities, while public safety alerts cover civil emergencies, power outages, and hazmat incidents. All devices receive alerts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the event of a national emergency.
How to enable emergency alerts on Android
Safety and emergency > Wireless emergency alerts. You can also search "wireless emergency alerts". Flip the toggle next to the alerts you want to receive (which include all the same options as on iOS).
Safety and emergency > Earthquake alerts) and include messages to either "be aware" or "take action," with notifications breaking through even if you have Do Not Disturb on. While Google's is an Android-wide system, Samsung Galaxy users may soon see even more granular setting options for earthquake warnings.
Sign up for other alert services
You should look up emergency alerts for your city or county, which may offer more localized information for everything from severe weather to traffic and road conditions in addition to those already sent via government alerts.
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