Australians in disaster zones to receive phone alerts to improve emergency response
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#6BAZX)
Government hopes prominent notifications will be hard to miss as it plans to begin testing new system soon
People in disaster zones will receive urgent phone alerts with warnings and advice, as the federal government plans to begin testing of a new emergency messaging system for fires, floods and public safety crises.
The new system will give prominent mobile notifications on phone screens that users cannot accidentally overlook, with an official alert from the government which cannot be mistaken for a scam text.
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