FCC OKs US Virgin Islands Tsunami WEA/EAS Tests
The FCC cleared the U.S. Virgin Islands to do a live-code wireless emergency alert and emergency alert system test March 14 at 10 a.m. local time in the Caribe Wave 2019 tsunami warning exercise. In a Wednesday order in docket…
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15-91, the Public Safety Bureau granted a waiver request by the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency (see 1903050027). The proposed test “will help to educate the public, improve VITEMA’s ability to distribute EAS and WEA alerts in the event of a natural or man-made disaster, and help build confidence in the emergency warning systems in the U.S. Virgin Islands following the devastating hurricanes of 2017,” said the bureau. It conditioned waiver upon full implementation of VITEMA’s outreach plan.