Public Alert Radios Distributed to Schools Nationwide
Federal agencies have begun distributing more than 182,000 Public Alert Radios to preschools, Head Start programs, K-12 nonpublic schools and nonpublic school central offices, K-12 school district offices and post-secondary schools.
Federal agencies have begun distributing more than 182,000 Public Alert Radios to preschools, Head Start programs, K-12 nonpublic schools and nonpublic school central offices, K-12 school district offices and post-secondary schools.
Commonly known as NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, these Public Alert Radios provide alerts and safety steps on a wide range of emergencies, from an approaching tornado to the urgent need to be on the lookout for an abducted child. The radios sound an alarm to alert school personnel even when other means of communication are disabled.
In two earlier phases of the
Public Alert Radios for Schools program, the federal government distributed radios to all 97,000 K-12 public schools across the country, bringing the program to a close this September with radios in every school in the nation.
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