Warning Briefing Note: First Mile of Warnings

False alarms and near misses can erode public trust in weather warnings, which may lead to people becoming less responsive to actual risks. However, false alarms and near misses can also be used to increase public awareness and improve risk assessmen...

For warning systems to be most comprehensive they need to be multi-hazard and operate across many stakeholders to integrate hazard and risk knowledge. This Warnings Briefing Note, supported by the Global Disaster Preparedness Center/IFRC and produc...

This two-page brief outlines the implementation approach for the IFRC Alert Hub Initiative, which aims to strengthen early warning systems by increasing the use of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and expanding access to reliable, fast, and actiona...