Emergency Alert System Test Today

The test message will also be posted on the bu homepage on bu today and on the bu emergency management website as well as on twitter at bupolice and on each of the more than 120 stations on the bu tv cable system.

Emergency alert system test today.

Dallas tx today radio and television stations across the country will broadcast the first national test of the emergency alert system. Kera listeners have heard the system tested before. The federal emergency management agency or fema just buzzed every television and radio in the u s. The alert test went out on.

The emergency alert system is designed to provide rapid. The audio test message was similar to regular monthly eas test messages with which the public is familiar. The aim of the test is to ensure that the system is working properly. Eas participants radio and television broadcasters cable systems satellite radio and television providers and wireline video providers deliver local alerts.

The emergency alerts have become a familiar sound since the national public alert system was first tested in early 2018 when glitches were uncovered in several provinces. The emergency alert system eas is a national warning system in the united states put into place on january 1 1997 approved by the federal communications commission fcc in november 1994 when it replaced the emergency broadcast system ebs which in turn replaced conelrad it is jointly coordinated by the federal emergency management agency fema the federal communications commission. The emergency alert system eas is a national public warning system that allows the president to address the american people within 10 minutes during a national emergency. The monthly test of the all hazard statewide outdoor warning siren system coordinated with the test of the live audio broadcast segment of the emergency alert system is scheduled for 11 45 a m.

This is a test of the national emergency alert system the intent of 2019 s test was to evaluate the readiness of the national alerting capability in the absence of internet connectivity.