This follows the first national EAS test, conducted in November of 2011. Overall, a large majority of EAS participants successfully received the Emergency Action Notification, the live code for the ...

WASHINGTON— At least some Emergency Alert System observers sound encouraged by the FCC’s plans to address EAS shortcomings before the commission and FEMA conduct another national test. FCC List ...

The first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System will be conducted on November 9th, 2011 at 2PM ET. It will assess the Presidential Emergency Action Notification system, which is designed ...

Specifically, the FCC is changing the text for the EAN event code from “Emergency Action Notification” to “National Emergency Message,” is changing the text for the NPT event code from “National ...

Aug. 3, 2007 · A mix-up with the federal Emergency Alert System (EAS) caused radio and television stations in Chicago and throughout Illinois to be interrupted between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m. June 26.. At ...

On October 4 at about 2:20 p.m. EST, FEMA tested its emergency alert system, which is why alarms on TVs, radios, and smartphones were set off.

The early morning alert was a test but the outrage was real. Many in Florida were woken up at 4:45 a.m. on Thursday by a notification on their phones from the Emergency Alert System: “TEST ...