Emergency alert system

‘We Have an Emergency in Semiconductors’: FEMA Emergency Alert Test Interrupts Senators, Sparks Humorous Reactions

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ran a test on Wednesday to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. Though the operation was announced in August, it ...

October 4, 2023BY Epoch Videos
Massive Nationwide Test of US Emergency Alert System Coming Soon

The test will be sent out to every television, every radio, and cellphone in the United States on ...

September 1, 2023BY Jack Phillips
Public Emergency Alert Systems Scheduled to Be Tested in October

The test will ensure that the American public is notified on emergencies, particularly those on the national level, ...

August 4, 2023BY Naveen Athrappully
Government at Loggerheads With Critics Over Emergency Alerts as Test Looms

The government has urged people not to try and deactivate the emergency alerts system on their mobile phones ...

April 19, 2023BY Chris Summers
UK to Send Emergency Alerts via Mobile Network

UK residents will get a loud siren-like alert from their smartphones on April 23 as the government tests its ...

March 19, 2023BY Lily Zhou
National Emergency Alert Test Set to Take Place Wednesday

A Canada-wide test of the national emergency alert system is set to take place today. Canadians can expect ...

November 16, 2022BY The Canadian Press
Coastal City Launches New Emergency Alert System

A new outdoor emergency system to alert residents of disasters was put to the test May 27 in Laguna Beach, Calif. “Nothing ...

May 27, 2021BY Vanessa Serna