Wireless Amber Alerts
Statistics show the first three hours after abduction are most critical to recovering a child alive. Wireless technology provides a powerful tool for alerting more than 182 million wireless users across the country during those critical hours. The wireless industry has officially partnered with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) to distribute AMBER Alerts to wireless consumers who opt in to receive geographically specified messages on their wireless devices through an AMBER Alert wireless messaging system.
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How do Wireless AMBER Alerts work?
If your wireless device is capable of receiving text messages, you may opt in to receive Wireless AMBER Alerts by registering at www.wirelessamberalerts.org or by clicking on the link on this page. You will need to provide your wireless phone numbers, including area code, and designate up to five ZIP codes for which you want to receive Wireless AMBER Alerts. You will receive only the AMBER Alert messages that pertain to the ZIP codes you select when they signed up to receive the alerts.
Frequently Asked Questions
How will opting in to receive Wireless AMBER Alerts™ affect my wireless device?
Wireless AMBER Alerts will be a text message and will appear on your wireless device in the same manner as any other text message.
How often will I receive Wireless AMBER Alerts™?
We hope the need never arises for you to receive a Wireless AMBER Alert. Approximately 200-250 AMBER Alerts are activated across the nation each year. You will only receive an AMBER Alert if a notice is sent pertaining to the ZIP codes you designated when you opted in to the program. I received an AMBER Alert and believe I have information that could be helpful – who do I contact? To report helpful information, you should only call the number that appears in the text of the AMBER Alert notice you receive. Do not call your wireless carrier and do not reply to the AMBER Alert message by using your keypad.
Wireless AMBER Alerts is a program of The Wireless Foundation, © 2005.
