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How well do you know emergency alerts?

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In the first nationwide WEA test in 2018, about what share of cell phones were expected to receive the alert?

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656 children

As of 2013, about how many children had been recovered thanks to AMBER Alerts, per the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children?

That tally reflects nearly two decades of the program operating nationwide.

Source: Wikipedia, AMBER Alert (2013) en.wikipedia.org

2005

Canada's national AMBER Alert-style system went nationwide by what year?

Canada's first provincial program began in Alberta in December 2002 before expanding nationwide.

Source: Wikipedia, AMBER Alert (2024) en.wikipedia.org

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