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Emergency Alerts

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Emergency Alerts This device is designed to receive wireless emergency alerts from the Commercial Mobile Alerting System (CMAS), which may also be known as the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN). For more information, contact your wireless provider. Emergency alerts allows customers to receive geographicallytargeted messages. Alert messages notify customers of imminent threats to their safety within their area. There is no charge for receiving an Emergency alert message. There are three types of Emergency alerts: • Alerts issued by the President • Alerts involving imminent threats to safety of life (extreme and severe) • AMBER alerts (missing child alert) Users may choose not to receive Imminent alerts (extreme and severe) and AMBER alerts. Note: Alerts issued by the President cannot be disabled. To disable Imminent and AMBER alerts: 1. From a Home screen, tap Apps > Messages. 2. Tap More > Settings > Emergency alert settings. 3. Tap Emergency alerts. • All alerts are enabled (on) by default. 4. Tap an alert option to disable it. Applications 124 Messages

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Emergency Alerts
This device is designed to receive wireless emergency alerts From
the Commercial Mobile Alerting System (CMAS), which may also be
known as the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN). ±or more
inFormation, contact your wireless provider.
Emergency alerts allows customers to receive geographically-
targeted messages. Alert messages notiFy customers oF imminent
threats to their saFety within their area. There is no charge For
receiving an Emergency alert message.
There are three types oF Emergency alerts:
Alerts issued by the President
Alerts involving imminent threats to saFety oF liFe (extreme and
severe)
AMBER alerts (missing child alert)
Users may choose not to receive Imminent alerts (extreme and
severe) and AMBER alerts.
Note
: Alerts issued by the President cannot be disabled.
To disable Imminent and AMBER alerts:
1. ±rom a Home screen, tap
Apps
>
 
Messages
.
2. Tap
More
>
Settings
>
Emergency alert settings
.
3. Tap
Emergency alerts
.
All alerts are enabled (on) by deFault.
4. Tap an alert option to disable it.
Applications
124
Messages