More CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images FEMA and the FCC will test a nationwide emergency alert on Wednesday, October 4, sending a message to every mobile phone across the country at 2:20 p.m. ET.

In a hurricane or a flood, you could lose cell phone service and Wi-Fi. But there is new technology that you may not even ...

Keep a list of emergency contact numbers in your cell phone, posted near your home phone, and in your "go bag." Keep an extra "go bag" in your car in the event you cannot go home to retrieve your ...

The phone should pop up a screen to help you point your phone most optimally at the satellite. Keep in mind that this is strictly for use in emergencies, as it does connect you to emergency services.

Open the messenger app on your phone and text 'register' to 999 and then 'yes' to confirm when the service responds. This will enable you to be able to message 999 in the event of an emergency.

Contact emergency services without dialing 911 Perhaps one of the simplest things your iPhone can do to keep you safe is to call emergency services. But it’s not always easy to just call 911.

At this stage, Emergency SOS will instruct you to point your phone at the nearest satellite, showing an animation that indicates when you’ve locked on to the signal.

Calls for a better emergency call system after outage (6 min 33 sec) The head of the Telecommunications Forum wants the government to look at prioritising upgrades to the 111 emergency phone-line ...