SoCal officials hope to tackle loss of cell service during wildfires, snowstorms

Los Angeles officials are working with wireless providers to try to improve communications during emergencies such as wildfires and snowstorms.

Fire season is year-round in Southern California. And one of the major issues facing residents, especially those in more remote communities, is how to get emergency information in a hurry.

A similar problem arises during severe snowstorms in the mountains, as we saw this past winter. Authorities had difficulty getting information to residents with cell service out."The city is currently working with a number of wireless carriers to improve the cell signals in the impact areas, the vulnerable areas, which is primarily the canyons," Moore told the City Council recently.

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