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Posted on: September 7, 2018

[ARCHIVED] National Emergency Alert Test (Updated)

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on the backup date of October 3, 2018 due to ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Florence. The WEA portion of the test commences at 2:18 pm EDT (1:18 pm CDT), and the EAS portion follows at 2:20 pm EDT. The test will assess the operational readiness of the infrastructure for distribution of a national message and determine whether improvements are needed.


The WEA test message will be sent to cell phones that are connected to wireless carriers participating in WEA.


The WEA system is used to warn the public about dangerous weather, missing children, and other critical situations through alerts on cell phones. The national test will use the same special tone and vibration as with all WEA messages (i.e. Tornado Warning, AMBER Alert). Users cannot opt out of the WEA test.


The test was originally planned for September 20, 2018 but has been postponed until October 3, 2018 due to ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Florence.


For questions regarding this matter, please contact Bensenville EMA Coordinator Don Schultz at dschultz@bensenville.il.us or (630) 350-3461.

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