MARION COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) – It’s been years in the making in Alabama, but a national catastrophe has pushed a new emergency alert system to the front-burner for first responders – including EMA directors.
The Rave Alert Mass Notification System will send urgent messages simultaneously to people across the state.
First responders and EMA leaders say the idea was something state leaders had talked about for years, but it was the Camp Mystic flooding in Texas nearly a year ago that ignited the push…