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The following information was received by e-mail from the Lancaster County Administrator, Mr. Frank Pleva:
National EAS test set for Nov. 9
The first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System will occur on Nov. 9 at approximately 2 p.m. The test will include transmission by FEMA of a "live" Emergency Action Notification alert code to all EAS participants and notice to the general public that the EAS has been activated for a national emergency, along with an audible notice that "this is a test."
The test will last approximately three minutes. The Federal Communications Commission and FEMA have requested that broadcasters air public service announcements in advance of the test to assure the public that this is only a test. Pre-produced PSAs and scripts are available at http://www.easalert.org.
Note: because this is a "live code" test, the automatically generated EAS text crawl on TV screens will display as an actual Emergency Action Notification. Nothing in the text crawl will indicate that the alert is a test. Broadcasters are encouraged to use a text slide in conjunction with the crawl, but they are not required to do so.
More information about the national EAS test is available at:
· FCC: http://www.fcc.gov/pshs/
· FEMA: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/eas_info.shtm
· National Association of Broadcasters: http://www.nab.org/documents/advocacy/EAS/EAS.asp | 
