NATIONAL IPAWS TEST WEDNESDAY
October 02, 2018
Tuesday PM
(SitNews) JBER, Alaska - The national test sending a Presidential Alert to broadcasters and nearly all cell phones in the United States will happen tomorrow. The Federal Emergency Management Agency in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission had originally scheduled the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) test for September 20th. The test moved to October 3rd to avoid confusion with the response efforts to Hurricane Florence.
At 10:18 a.m. AKDT on October 3rd, cell phones on participating wireless carriers will make a loud alert tone and receive a message that will read “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.”
Two minutes later at 10:20 a.m. AKDT television and radio stations will broadcast an Emergency Alert System test message.
The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management is conducting a short survey after the test to get information on the effectiveness of the wireless test in Alaska. The survey asks if the test was received, zip code received in, the phone’s make, model, and wireless carrier. Residents in the State are asked to go to ready.alaska.gov to find a link to the survey.
The IPAWS infrastructure integrates warning systems such as the Wireless Emergency Alert System, Emergency Alert System, and NOAA weather radio to effectively warn the public in an emergency.
On the Web:
IPAWS
https://www.fema.gov/integrated-public-alert-warning-system
Editing by Mary Kauffman, SitNews
Source of News:
State of Alaska Department of Military & Veterans' Affairs
Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
dmva.alaska.gov/
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