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Ohio County Can Test Wireless Alerts Ahead of Eclipse

The FCC Public Safety Bureau approved a request by the Huron County, Ohio, Emergency Management Agency for a wireless emergency alert test March 19. The agency notes in its waiver requests the county has suffered train derailments and incidents of…

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bad weather and wants to ensure it can “alert the large number of tourists” expected for the April 8 “Great North American Eclipse,” the bureau said Tuesday. “We are persuaded it is in the public interest to allow Huron County to conduct a test of its WEA capabilities,” the bureau said in docket 15-91: “Such testing will not only provide needed training, it will help Huron County to gain confidence in using its WEA capabilities.”