Public Safety Bureau OKs San Francisco WEA Test
The FCC cleared a wireless emergency alert (WEA) test next month in San Francisco. In a Tuesday order in docket 15-91, the Public Safety Bureau granted a waiver of WEA rules to permit commercial mobile service providers to participate in…
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an end-to-end WEA test by the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management Oct. 17 between 5:15 and 5:45 p.m. PDT, with a backup test possible Oct. 24 between 3 and 3:30 p.m. PDT. “In light of San Francisco’s assessment regarding the potential for a 6.7 magnitude or higher earthquake to occur at any time, and the opportunity to promote earthquake safety and preparedness in connection with the anniversary of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and the annual statewide ShakeOut exercise, we find good cause to permit San Francisco to test the feasibility of using WEA to warn the public of such destructive events,” the bureau said. The bureau conditioned the waiver on appropriate public outreach.