Today was the day for the US government’s big emergency alert drill, which sent a test message to every TV, radio and cell phone in the nation. Starting at approximately 2:20 pm ET on Wednesday ...

The test, led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission, is scheduled for 2:20 p.m. EDT and will involve all agencies who are part of the Emergency Alert ...

Today was the day for the US government’s big emergency alert drill, which sent a test message to every TV, radio and cell phone in the nation. Starting at approximately 2:20 pm ET on Wednesday ...

FEMA and FCC plan nationwide emergency alert test Oct. 4 00:41. Your electronic devices may have alarmed you on Wednesday — and there's a reason for that.

The national test consists of two parts, which occur in conjunction with one another, in order to test the Emergency Alert System and the Wireless Emergency Alerts, according to FEMA.

A national alert test is seen on a cellphone on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. The government conducted its once-every-three-years nationwide test of the emergency alert system on Wednesday.

The UK's emergency alert system is set for a nationwide test, sounding a 10-second siren on millions of phones.

The Scott County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) will conduct a countywide test of the. Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system for cellphones Saturday, January 4 at 1:00 p.m.

On June 28, 2025, the Department of Telecom sent out a test emergency alert via the Cell Broadcast Alert System to Android ...

Nearly every mobile phone in the UK is set to receive an emergency alert message in 2025 as part of a national test.

The emergency system is used to alert the public to potentially deadly situations, including national security threats and ...