📋 Tender Overview
Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructures Emergency Measures Organization EMO is reminding Manitobans the National Public Alerting System Alert Ready is scheduled to issue an emergency alert test message on multiple communication channels tomorrow Nov. 16 at 155 p.m. CST.Testing of all components is an important and necessary part of any public alerting system. It provides an opportunity to validate and improve the end-to-end performance and reliability of the system to ensure it operates as it is intended on TV radio and compatible wireless devices. Test alerts also educate the public on what an emergency alert will look and sound like in the event of a life-threatening situation.The test alert will be distributed on TV radio and compatible wireless devices. However not all Manitobans will receive the test alert on their mobile devices. This may occur for a variety of reasons including device compatibility connection to an LTE network cell tower coverage and device software and settings.
