Americans will meet a nationwide exigency exam alert on their cellular telephone , TVs , and tuner on Wednesday at 2:20 p.m. ET . to test the wireless warning signal system of rules . The trial will be conducted to ascertain that the organization ’s automated response continues to operate efficiently in pillow slip of a public emergency brake .
The Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA ) announce it will be publish the test in an Augustnews releaseand the phone parking brake test will say : “ THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System . No action is needed . ” The Emergency Alert System ( EAS ) and Wireless Emergency Alerts ( WEA ) will be mail out as schedule , but FEMA said in its sacking that both tests will be prorogue in the face of “ widespread severe weather or other significant events . ” The backup date for both tests is Oct. 11 .
The test will continue for roughly 30 minutes and the alert will be displayed in Spanish for phones dress to the spoken communication through the main carte du jour .
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A separate content issued on wireless and television will say : “ This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System , emerge by the Federal Emergency Management Agency , covering the United States from 14:20 to 14:50 hours ET . This is only a test . No action is required by the world . ”
FEMA addressed possible concern on itssite , assuring mass that the national test will not be used to gather secret data and is simply “ design to evaluate the effectualness of the systems in send out an emergency message . ” It order rumour that multitude will have to strike down or disregard the alarum for apply their phone or that their gimmick will continue to sound for the entire 30 minutes is not the font . It also said that posts urge citizenry to twist off their phones , claiming “ the qui vive are harmful due to eminent - relative frequency sign ” is also false .
FEMA says in its press release that the test will sound off on cellphones regardless of whether the apprisal option is spark off and despite the telephone being jell to thrill mode . Legislation passed in 2015 command FEMA to channel a tryout every three old age to ensure that Americans incur alarum within 10 minute of a public or atmospheric condition - relate emergency including natural disasters , act of terrorism , and other public safe warning .
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