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San Mateo County offers residents customized option for disaster alerts

Original post made on Sep 24, 2019

Fire departments emphasize the importance of early-alert systems to keep residents informed about wildfires and other emergencies, but what methods is San Mateo County using to broadcast emergency warnings to the public?

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Posted by Peter Carpenter
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Sep 24, 2019 at 12:20 pm
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“ We're pulling out every tool we have available," said Jeff Norris, the county's emergency services coordinator.'”

This is why MPFPD’s innovations with the Walsh Road siren and the LRAD at Station 2 are so important. Cell phone systems only reach a small number of people and WILL fail in a major earthquake.

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