Providing additional information for emergency alerts via wireless networks

A mobile device in communication with a telecommunications system, the mobile device comprising:

• at least one hardware processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions for providing targeted alerts to a user, the instructions, which, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the mobile device to:
• receive an alert message from a server subsystem of the telecommunications system, via one or more cell sites of the telecommunication systems, wherein:
• the alert message indicates an emergency associated with a geographic area,
• the alert message designates the one or more cell sites associated with the telecommunications system to pass the alert message to multiple mobile devices located within a network coverage area of the one or more cell sites, and
• the network coverage area includes the geographical area associated with the emergency;
• generate a request message based on the alert message received by the mobile device;
• transmit the request message to a lookup subsystem of the telecommunications system;
• in response to the transmitted request message, receive additional information from a lookup subsystem of the telecommunications network
• wherein the lookup subsystem performs a lookup at a database for the additional information associated with the alert message, and
• wherein the additional information identifies the geographic area associated with the emergency;
• and
• perform an action related to the alert message based on whether the mobile device is located within the geographic area associated with the emergency from the lookup subsystem.

A method performed by a mobile device in communication with a telecommunications system, the method including:

• receiving an alert message from a first subsystem of the telecommunication systems, wherein:
• the alert message indicates an occurrence associated with a geographic area,
• the alert message designates one or more cell sites associated with the telecommunications system to pass the alert message to multiple mobile devices located within a network coverage area of the one or more cell sites, and
• the network coverage area includes the geographical area;
• transmitting a request message to a second subsystem of the telecommunications system to obtain additional information associated with the alert message from a database;
• and
• receiving the additional information from the second subsystem of the telecommunications system;
• and
• performing an action related to the alert message based on whether the mobile device is located within the geographic area associated with the occurrence.