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WEA is a public safety system that allows customers with compatible mobile devices to receive text-like messages about imminent threats to safety in their area. Learn how WEA works, what alerts it delivers, and how to check if your phone is WEA-capable.
Learn about the FCC's role in the Wireless Emergency Alert system, which delivers critical warnings and information to the public on their wireless devices. Find resources, FAQs, enforcement advisories, and archived announcements related to WEA rules, testing, and multilingual alerts.
Learn about the latest developments and enhancements in Wireless Emergency Alerts, including enhanced geo-targeting, longer messages, and multilingual alerts. Enhanced geo-targeting is designed to deliver alerts to the exact area targeted by emergency management officials with no more than a one-tenth of a mile overshoot.
Learn how to use the new features of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) to communicate more effectively with your community during emergencies. Find out how to send longer messages, public safety messages, Spanish-language alerts, and state/local tests.
WEAs are emergency messages sent by authorized government authorities to the public through participating wireless service providers. Learn about the types of alerts, the FCC's accessibility requirements, and how to opt in or out of WEA messages.
EAS is a national public warning system used by state and local authorities to deliver emergency information, such as weather and AMBER alerts. The FCC does not create or transmit EAS alerts, but establishes technical standards, procedures, and testing protocols for EAS participants.
Learn how WEA has saved lives and improved emergency preparedness and response in the US since 2012. Find out the FCC's plans and proposals to enhance WEA performance and reliability in the future.
On August 30, 2022, the FCC issued a News Release announcing that it will conduct tests on September 12 and 13, 2022, with 42 state and local government agencies to assess the geographic accuracy, timeliness, and reliability of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA).
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In October 2023, the FCC adopted rules to require participating wireless providers to make available certain Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) in the thirteen most commonly spoken languages in the United States and in American Sign Language (ASL) in addition to English, and to allow consumers to opt-in to receive ASL WEA alerts.