Receiving Emergency Alerts Messages - SCHOK Volt SV55 User Manual

Receiving Emergency Alerts
Messages
Emergency Alerts service allows you to receive automatic
alerts in times of crisis (e.g., earthquake, hurricanes, etc.).
Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), also known as CMAS, is
a part of a national alerting system called IPAWS
(Integrated Public Alert and Warning System) that enables
emergency management officials to rapidly disseminate the
warnings and safety information via text alerts to wireless
phones based on the phones' geographic location, The
Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA is
responsible for receiving the alerting information and
forwarding the alerts to participating wireless carriers such
as Sprint. Such alerts may come from the President of the
United States; the National Weather Service, state or
county public safety officials. This system is integrated into
the same national alerting services that serve television and
radio today. For more information regarding WEA/CMAS
please go to: FEMA website.
https://www.fema.gov/emergency-
managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-
system/public/wireless-emergency-alerts

1. Receiving Emergency Alerts Messages

1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Messaging.
2. Tap Emergency alerts message you want to view.
Emergency alert messages are indicated with
Emergency alert icon.
• If Emergency alert arrives on your phone during a
call, is displayed in the Status bar. If
Presidential Emergency Alert, emergency alert icon
will flash. If non-Presidential, Emergency alert icon
is static icon.
• Only the Presidential Emergency Alert icon is displayed
under the Time/Date on the unlock/lock screen.
• If you are on an Emergency alert message screen
in the Messaging application, the following
options are removed or disabled: Reply,
Forward, and Call.
• If you have power cycled your phone and a Presidential
Emergency Alert has not been viewed, the
Presidential Emergency Alert icon will continue to
flash when the device is powered on again.
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