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Twenty jurisdictions in the National Capital Region are conducting a simultaneous regional Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system...

WEA (Wireless Emergency Alerts) is a

public safety system allowing people who use cell phones and other mobile

devices to...

The National

Capital Region’s Emergency Managers Council of Governments is conducting the

country’s first live, geo-targeting...

“This is a
test of the Prince George's County Emergency Alert System. No action required.”

WEA includes

a special tone (some describe it as quite loud) and a vibration, both repeated

twice. A text message also appears...

No, if a

person’s WEA-enabled cell phone or mobile device is located in the target

location, an alert will be received. A person...

Each

jurisdiction participating in the exercise will draw their geo-targeted map. We

are 100 percent certain cell phone or...

Authorized

national, state or local government authorities may send alerts regarding

public safety emergencies – such as...

There are

three types of messages sent through WEA: extreme weather and other threatening

emergencies in an area, AMBER alerts...