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Nationwide Test of the Emergency Alert System

The test occurred on Wednesday, November 9 at 2:00 PM EST



Administrator Fugate and FEMA’s Neil McDevitt explain the test in American Sign language:




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FEMA, the FCC, NOAA and communications service providers, and many others administered our first-ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System on Wednesday, November 9 at 2:00 PM EST. We are currently collecting data about the initial results, and it will take the test’s participants several weeks to send us the full results of their tests.

The FEMA Blog has information about what's next and some of the reviews that have come in.

Please contact us at ipaws@dhs.gov with questions, comments, and/or requests for additional information.

For reference, read the FAQ's we provided before the test and visit the FCC EAS Test page.

Open Letter

  • Joint FEMA/FCC Letter on the National Alert System Test (PDF 2MB, TXT 9KB)

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Last Modified: Saturday, 19-Nov-2011 16:03:58 EST