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State and counties point to OraAlert, ShakeAlert and 911 as layered systems for rapid warnings
Summary
Witnesses described Oregon's layered alert-and-warning approach — county 911 centers, a statewide Everbridge-based capability called OraAlert, and the ShakeAlert earthquake-warning system — and discussed past communications failures and FEMA stopgap measures.
Patience Whittingham, deputy director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management, said the state procured a statewide alerting capability called OraAlert and pushed it to counties so local jurisdictions can issue their own alerts rather than relying on a single statewide center.
"Every county can alert their jurisdictions and then some neighboring counties can…
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