October 4 2024 Emergency. Tracey bearden with polk county emergency management says this is a test to see if the national system would work in a mass disaster. Here's why, and what to know it's part of a test of the emergency alert system from the fcc and fema

Fema and the fcc will test a nationwide emergency alert on wednesday, october 4, sending a message to every mobile phone across the country at 2:20 p.m. Forum general registration opens july 29.