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Notification system on mobile phones, televisions and radios is being tested in the United States

  • October 4, 2023
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency, together with the Federal Communications Commission in the United States, will conduct a nationwide test of the federal emergency notification system. This was

Notification system on mobile phones, televisions and radios is being tested in the United States

Notification system on mobile phones, televisions and radios is being tested in the United States

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, together with the Federal Communications Commission in the United States, will conduct a nationwide test of the federal emergency notification system.

This was reported by CBS News, according to Ukrinform.

Emergency messages are divided into two groups: Emergency Alert System (EAS) for radio and television, and Wireless Emergency Message (WEA) for wireless. phones. It is planned to be launched simultaneously.

Base stations will broadcast a test signal for 30 minutes starting from approximately 14.20 and will last 1 minute. During this period, wireless phones that are active and compatible with the paging system should receive a test message if they are within a certain radius of an active tower and their wireless provider participates in the national paging system. Some older phones may not support this feature.

Alerts are “accompanied by a unique tone and vibration” to make wireless control more accessible to people with disabilities, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Wireless alerts are generated by authorized federal, state, local, tribal and territorial government agencies and sent to wireless service providers through FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Alert System, a platform that integrates the nation’s multimedia alert systems and allows authorities to quickly send alerts . Real emergency messages to the public via multiple communications networks, including television, telephone and radio.

As reported UkrinformThe Bulgarian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that the national early warning system was tested.

Source: Ukrinform

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