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IPAWS Alerting Authorities: Agencies and Organizations

Published by FEMA/Resilience/National Preparedness Directorate | Department of Homeland Security | Catalog Last Checked: May 06, 2026 at 11:12 AM | Dataset Last Updated: April 01, 2025 at 12:39 PM
An Alerting Authority is a jurisdiction with the designated authority to alert and warn the public when there is an impending natural or human-made disaster, threat, or dangerous or missing person. Today, there are more than 1,800 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial Alerting Authorities using IPAWS to issue critical public alerts and warnings in their jurisdictions.

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