FEMA, FCC to conduct national emergency alert test Wednesday
Published: Oct. 3, 2023 at 6:14 PM CDT|Updated: Oct. 3, 2023 at 9:55 PM CDT
“It allows your local, state, and federal jurisdictions to get information out quickly to the masses. So, if there is any large scale disaster, I mean even if we had one in Smith County we could send one out,” said Smith County Emergency Management coordinator Brandon Moore.
Moore said the test is similar to the local alert tests we receive monthly, but on a national scale.
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