Tift County EMA selected for NextGen Warning grant; could send Wireless Emergency Alerts directly
Tift County EMA was selected by GEMA/HS for NextGen Warning Grant funding to receive IPAWS alerting software at no direct cost for two years. At the end of the grant period (09.30.28) the county can discontinue the service or add it to its Everbridge mass-notification agreement.
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Public Safety Director Joey Fowler told the board that Tift County EMA has been selected by the Georgia Emergency Management & Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) for NextGen Warning Grant funding to receive integrated Public Alert and Warning Systems (IPAWS) alerting software. "Becoming an IPAWS Alerting Authority would allow the County to issue Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) directly to cell phones within the County, or within a smaller targeted area, without routing the request through GEMA/HS," Fowler said.
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