Radio World’s Masked Engineer Is Fed Up With the Failings of the Emergency Alert System The Emergency Alert System. That morphed version of Conelrad and EBS held over from the Cold War we love to hate ...

Given some of the most shocking emergency events of the past decade, whether on school campuses, severe weather conditions, or the overall climate of hyper-awareness in the United States following ...

Several months ago, I shared my thoughts in this space about our country’s Emergency Alert System, explaining its somewhat tortuous history and underpinnings. In my rant I concluded that the EAS ...

I still get P-O’d when I see the “system” gearing up for another unfunded mandate. Granted, the latest “idea du jour” concerning emergency warnings has been perpetuated by many owners just looking for ...

“FEMA plans on doing a ‘test’ of the EBS on Oct 4 or 11 at 2:22PM. I would turn OFF ALL 5G devices,” the writer concluded. Similar claims about a test alert that will “activate” deadly diseases within ...

I wish I could say that I was surprised that the so-called first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) was a bust. During my past life doing public affairs work, one of my successes was ...

Federal officials stage a nationwide test to develop a next-generation approach to informing citizens. In the next two years, federal officials plan to unveil a new means for providing emergency ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission conducted an emergency alert test on Wednesday. The test took place at 2:20 p.m. ET and the process involved ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A couple of recent news items caught my attention and imagination. Maybe you noticed, too. Both ...

For some reason I don't recall having national Emergency Alert System (EAS) tests back when I was a local emergency manager. Maybe they were part of the regularly scheduled monthly tests and I just ...