Wednesday there will be a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System sent to radio and television stations through FEMA. Local authorities also recommend checking your Code Red registration on your cell phone.To get more news about security tag, you can visit estar-eassystem news official website.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is conducting a nationwide test Wednesday, August 7, where a test message will be sent to radio and television stations beginning at 11:20 a.m. The test will not include the wireless Emergency Alert System (EAS), which sends alerts to cell phones. This is solely a test of alerting on radio and television.

Wednesday's test will essentially mimick how an alert would come across your T.V. or radio during an emergency such as a wildfire. The goal is to evaluate the readiness of the national alerting capability in the absence of internet connectivity.
Law enforcement agencies, such as the Shasta County Sheriff's Office, encourage citizens to visit their website or any of the local law enforcement websites and click on the CodeRED link to register or update your cell phone numbers and email addresses, in addition to the EAS test.

A reminder, the Code Red registration is in addition to precautionary steps. You will not get an emergency notification to your cell phone Wednesday. Authorities ask to not call 9-1-1 or law enforcement agencies as this could have a negative impact on first responders handling in-progress calls.

The nationwide test will be approximately one minute long, with only a minor interruption of radio and television programs, and similar to regular monthly EAS local tests. Both the audio message and text crawl should be accessible to people with disabilities.