While Americans are getting increasingly used to emergency alerts from local police and fire officials, on October 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET they’ll receive something a little different. “THIS IS A TEST of ...

In another case of homeland security housekeeping, the Office of Management and Budget soon will mandate a reallocation of wireless efforts to one e-government initiative, according to Ronald Miller, ...

Metro staff will ask the transit agency’s board of directors in April to approve building a new wireless system that would be compatible with all of the wireless carriers’ systems and could make cell ...

Don’t be alarmed: The U.S. government on Oct. 4 will be conducting a test — only a test — of the emergency alert systems that span the nation’s millions of wireless phones, TVs and radios. The ...

A nationwide test of emergency alert systems is scheduled for early October. Although it is only a routine test of systems designed to inform the public about incoming threats, the alerts can still be ...

Amidst all the text messages you might see Wednesday, a unique one every American should receive is already catching people’s attention. This text, with a unique sound and vibration, is part of the ...

In early September 2023, readers asked Snopes for confirmation of reports they had seen online claiming that a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) ...

(Gray News) - Federal agencies will broadcast a message to cellphones, televisions and radios across the U.S. Wednesday to test the nation’s emergency alert systems. The Federal Emergency Management ...

(TNS) - On Oct. 4, you will hear your phone go off. Rather than receive a text from a loved one or co-worker, it will be a nationwide test ordered by the federal government. That day, the Federal ...

Do you have a cellphone? Expect it to buzz Wednesday afternoon. According to a press release, the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday, October 4 ...

As FEMA and the FCC made preparations for a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system on Oct. 4, 2023, social media users shared warnings that ...