How the City of Victoria Strengthened & Scaled Municipal Alerting with Alertable

Explore how the City of Victoria’s emergency alerting needs expanded following the 2018 tsunami warning, driving the adoption of Alertable to support faster, multi-channel, high-volume emergency notifications across the region.

In early 2018, a magnitude 7.9 Alaska earthquake triggered a tsunami warning for coastal British Columbia, prompting thousands of people across the region to sign up for Victoria’s notification system within days. The sudden surge revealed the need for a more scalable, high-capacity system.