WEA Tests Get FCC OK for Dallas, Montgomery County, Texas
The FCC Public Safety Bureau approved limited waiver of wireless emergency alert rules to permit carriers to participate in a March 4 Dallas test, with a March 8 backup. This will be the “first live test” of the WEA system…
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there and will target a message “to a targeted polygon encompassing the Central Business District,” the bureau said Tuesday in docket 15-91. “We are persuaded by Dallas [Office of Emergency Management] that the proposed WEA test will help educate the public about WEA and improve the proficiency of emergency managers in the use of WEA before the initiation of an actual alert during an emergency.” The 30-minute exercise starts at 10 a.m. CST. The bureau also approved waiver for a three-part test March 19 in Montgomery County, Texas. The backup is March 26.