FCC Clears California WEA Test for Earthquake Warnings
California’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) may conduct an end-to-end wireless emergency alert test June 27, 11 a.m. to noon PDT in San Diego County, the FCC said. The Public Safety Bureau conditionally granted a waiver Friday in docket…
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15-91 to permit commercial mobile providers to participate. A backup test would happen July 12 between the same hours. It’s the second in a series to assess feasibility of using WEA with the early earthquake warning system, which requires notifications to be sent within seconds of earthquake generation. Cal OES says data from tests will help to refine integration, decrease latency and increase accuracy, the bureau said. While conditioning waiver on appropriate public outreach, the bureau found “good cause to permit Cal OES to test the feasibility of using WEA to warn the public of such destructive events.”