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Douglas County refining emergency alert system

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Douglas County is refining an emergency alert system to better serve the public and let people know when something dangerous is happening near them. It's the alert system that sen... read more

Douglas County emergency communications explained

In Douglas County ... They also provide an emergency outreach phone notification system called “reverse 911.” This service calls county residents to warn of emergency situations like wildfire evacuati... read more

Douglas County sirens won’t sound during Thursday tornado drill

Douglas ... County officials say the threat for possible rain on Thursday has forced the cancellation. It is standard procedure for local agencies to postpone siren tests during the threat of actual i... read more

States of Emergency Declared for Several Areas in Northern Nevada Ahead of Potential Flooding

Noon: Washoe County says Toll Road is closed at Mt. Rose Highway due to flooded roads. Governor Sandoval has declared a state of emergency due to the severe weather system ... Douglas, Lyon, and Store... read more

'Legal ripoff'? Nebraska makes it easier for investors to take farms, homes for unpaid taxes

Moss and his wife always tried to keep an emergency ... tax manager at the Douglas County Treasurer’s Office, said he would prefer to see a change in the law so that there is judicial oversight of tax ... read more

The County Scene: Sign up for Douglas County emergency notification system

It’s about the Douglas ... south county this summer are the most immediate examples, but evacuation alerts for floods, missing children alerts, hazardous materials leaks, and neighborhood emergency in... read more

Sheriff defends decision not to sound tornado sirens

weather-radio alert or outdoor siren. "As per Carle's Emergency Operations Plan, once there is official notification of a tornado warning from a county Emergency Management Agency, NOAA weather radio ... read more

Douglas County ready to put $45M bond to work

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Neb. (WOWT ... The bond will also help with upgrades inside the jail and all the alert systems at fire stations. County commissioners and staff said through revenue increases and cost ... read more

Hurricane Irma: Georgia School Systems Announce Closures (UPDATED)

Nathan Deal on Friday expanded his state of emergency declaration to include an additional ... this website and social media," it added. To the west in Douglas County, that system's administrative sta... read more

Tuesday’s warning was only a test

“This is the best time to do it, so people know how to prepare,” said Teri Smith, assistant director of Douglas County Emergency Management ... a test warning over the voice-activated alert system, bu... read more

Two dead in Georgia, one missing in Tennessee as storms soak Southeast

Forecasters issued flood alerts for parts of Tennessee ... Another fatality was reported in Douglas County west of Atlanta after a vehicle was washed off a road into a creek and the adult male driver, ... read more

E-911 Center Gets New Facility

"When I started we were doing about 48,000 calls a year, now we're doing about 125,000 calls a year," Whitaker said.The Douglas County 911 Positron Voice over IP Emergency Response (VIPER) System is a... read more