Types Of Alerts - GreatCall Jitterbug Touch User Manual

8.2 Types of Alerts

There are three types of alerts through CMAS:
1. Alerts issued by the President
2. Alerts involving imminent threats to life or property
issued by the National Weather Service or other
authorized emergency management agency.
3. Amber Alerts – missing child alert
Alert messages are provided by approved emergency
agencies and delivered via the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA).
CMAS does not use the customer mobile number to transmit
messages and does not use the GPS location of the device.
Instead, CMAS broadcasts messages similar to that of radio
today.
There is no charge for receiving CMAS messages.
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