FCC OKs Dallas Alert Test With Simulated Air Crash, and Puerto Rico WEA Test
The FCC Public Safety Bureau will permit carriers to participate in a Dallas Office of Emergency Management wireless emergency alerts test Nov. 2, in areas surrounding Love Field. The WEA test will come as part of FAA-mandated training testing emergency…
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response to a simulated aircraft crash. “The proposed test will help to educate the public about WEA and improve the proficiency of local emergency management officials in sending WEA messages to the public, specifically by providing Dallas with data on how effective a WEA message is in an airport setting,” said Monday's order in docket 15-91. The bureau said the city must keep its commitment to educate the public that this is only a test. The bureau also said it'll permit the Puerto Rico Emergency Management Bureau to do a WEA test Wednesday.