All public schools to receive emergency radios
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Updated: April 17, 2007
Members of the delegation said that the Public Alert Radios operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, sounding an alarm that will alert school personnel to severe weather conditions and other emergencies, even when other means of communication are disabled.
These radios enable the effective delivery of information for a wide range of crises, whether it`s an approaching tornado, a telephone outage disrupting 9-1-1 services, local roads overrun by flash floods, or the urgent need to be on the lookout for an abducted child. Radio distribution will begin this week and every school will have one by the end of October.
This project is a joint venture between the U.S. Department of Commerce`s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Department of Education`s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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