U.S. Schools Receive Life-Saving NOAA Public Alert Radios
Washington (Aug. 19)—Federal agencies have begun distributing more than 182,000 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Public Alert Radios to preschools, Head Start programs, K-12 nonpublic schools and nonpublic school central offices, K-12 school district offices and post-secondary schools. In two earlier phases, the federal government distributed radios to all 97,000 K-12 public schools across the country, bringing the program to a close this September with life-saving radios in every school in the nation. (More)
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