Major FCC And FEMA Test In October

FEMA and the FCC will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) this fall. The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests begin at approximately 1:20 pm on Wednesday, October 4. The WEA portion of the test will go to all consumer cell phones. They will send the EAS portion to radio and television.