When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When disaster strikes, government emergency alert systems offer a simple promise: Residents will get information about nearby dangers and instructions to help them stay safe.

Because of that, fire crews like the ones at the Waterloo-Morada Fire District are on high alert. “When we do have a Red Flag Warning, it alerts us that the conditions are right,” Chief Walder ...

Norfolk Fire Rescue is on the forefront of technology in fire service, already using drones to aid at fire scenes. “We embrace technology for a lot of different reasons,” said O’Brien.