Google Public Alerts
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Type of site | Weather and safety alerting site |
|---|---|
| Owner | Google.org |
| URL | google |
| Launched | 30 October 2012[1] |
Google Public Alerts is an online notification service owned by Google.org that sends safety alerts (weather watches, warnings, advisories, safety instructions, etc.) to the United States, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Mexico launched on October 30, 2012. And to the Philippines on November 12, 2014. It is part of the Google Crisis Response team and publishes content from its partners of each country.[2] If you activate Google Now, you can see suitable weather and public safety on Google Search and Google Maps.[2]
On June 3, 2014, Public Alerts connected with Twitter to display tweets about the current event to keep people safe via special sources. Google called it "extreme public alerts" because it can answer questions, as if schools are closed. Google says "it's only enabled in majorly english-speaking countries".[3]
Partners[4]
United States
- National Weather Service
- United States Geological Survey
- West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
- AMBER alerts from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
- Nixle
Australia
Canada
Colombia
- Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (National Unit for Disaster Risk Management)
- Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies)
Japan
Taiwan
- Central Weather Bureau
- Water Resource Agency
- Soil and Water Conversation Bureau
- Directorate General of Highways
- National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction
Indonesia
- Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics)
- Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management)