An expired IPAWS digital certificate prevented radio stations from receiving FEMA’s IPAWS Required Weekly Test (RWT) on ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Emergency Alert System test hit my phone at 2:18 p.m., but it didn't hit my TV until 2:22 p.m. The FEMA information had a timeline of any time between 2:20 p.m. and 2:50 p.m.

On Oct. 4, 2023, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct a national test of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS).

Update 3/21: Monday’s Required Weekly Test (RWT) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency was not sent out to radio stations. FEMA told EAS stakeholders in an email Tuesday morning it is currently ...

Jun. 17—With an eye toward always being prepared, the Rockwall County Office of Emergency Management will send a live test message through the IPAWS system on June 28. IPAWS — or the integrated public ...

MIDLAND, Texas — The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System or IPAWS, created in 2006 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is an emergency response system that allows cities and counties to send ...