The primary goal of conducting the test is to identify technical issues of the system, related to geography. West County has unique topography, which presents challenges not seen in other…

Yes. We conduct annual drills to ensure our systems work and the public is aware of them.

We will be working with community groups and regional public safety agencies who will be strategically located in the test area to gauge the success of the alert system. Groups…

Yes. It will take some time to go over the results, but we expect to have results by September 24, 2020.

The primary goal is to ensure the system works. The exercise will strengthen collaboration among response agencies and community partners participating in the planning phase of the exercise. We will…

Not all phones can receive WEA alerts as some cellular service provider do not participate in the WEA program. Cell phone devices must also be WEA-capable to receive the alerts.…

Please see this page for details.

Due to changes in protocol with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), WEA tests require users voluntarily opt in to receive the test.  Only those devices that have entered the code…

When activated by an event, NOAA weather radios generate an alarm, voice alert, and flasher. Sonoma County residents should tune their NOAA radio to frequency 162.475 and SAME code: 006097. If…

Nixle is used on an almost daily basis by a variety of public safety agencies around the County. Because of its frequency of use, we are comfortable with both the…