The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be testing its Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) and Emergency Alert System (EAS) Wednesday at 2:20 p.m., according to Montgomery County Emergency Management. The alerts will be sent nationally to the phones of those who have “opted-in” to receiving test alert messages. The EAS was most recently tested in […]
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March 29, 2018 |
Metro D.C. to Test Wireless Emergency Alerts Next Week
About 20 Washington-area communities will take part in a national wireless emergency alert system next week. Between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Thursday, April 5, the communities will issue simultaneously a test message through the Wireless Emergency Alert system, which allows government and public safety officials to send emergency information to a specific area. The […]
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