County to test nation's first mass mobile alert system

SAN DIEGO COUNTY – Imagine you are among thousands of people attending a Chargers game, unaware that a few miles away, your route home has just been shut down by a dangerous chemical spill. The County Office of Emergency Services is the first local agency in the nation to test new technology that could send mass text alerts in these types of emergency situations to notify people in specified areas.

”This expands our reach beyond reverse 911 and those who have registered their cell phone numbers with AlertSanDiego,” said Ron Lane, director of the County of San Diego Office of Emergency Se...