The Broadcast Warning Working Group (BWWG) just received a PDF copy of the National EAS Test Report entitled, “Strengthening the Emergency Alert System (EAS): Lessons Learned from the Nationwide EAS Test”. We have not yet read and digested this report, but decided that it needs to get out to the widest possible audience as fast...
The National Test: What Do We Know? FEMA originated the first-ever national EAS test over one year ago on November 9, 2011. EAS stakeholders are still waiting for action from the FCC on what the test accomplished. Most of what we know officially about test issues has come from FEMA. According to information quoted...
Disaster data collection has been activated for Hurricane Sandy. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has asked that we send this urgent email to our affected broadcast stations. The FCC has developed the Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) to receive information on the status of your communications equipment in the disaster area. The area of interest...
Core BWWG member and long time supporter of improved public warnings Ann Arnold passed away Saturday, September 1. She was 67. Her relentless support for improved warnings will be sorely missed by us all, but Ann’s work in other areas on both the Texas state level and nationally leave a deep void in our...
An Open “Letter” to the National Weather Service from the Broadcast Warning Working Group August 20, 2012 Dear National Weather Service: You have been in the warning business longer than most of us. Warnings about weather that can affect our lives adversely are your mission and, in general, you do it well. However, when you,...
There is a new development on the EAS front that we should watch – closely. The FCC released a public notice on August 17 stating that the FCC is going to “share” results of the national EAS test with the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The purpose, the notice gives for this is that the...
