Update for Clarification:
In order to not over-saturate with testing, the AMBER will NOT include the Kenai Peninsula Borough or Valdez-Cordova Census Area locations/FIPS Codes that will receive the Tsunami Warning test on March 25.
Original Post:
The Alaska State Troopers and the Alaska Broadcasters Association will be conducting a live test of the Alaska Amber Alert System on Wednesday, February 19th at approximately 10:20 a.m. The test will be canceled in the event of an actual child abduction Amber Alert.
The Amber Alert test will be broadcast on radio and television through the Emergency Alert System (EAS). Audio on television and radio will indicate it’s a “test,” but what viewers see on their television screens may not.
The test will not be sent to cellphones through the Wireless Emergency Alerts system, although in an actual Amber alert, this system would be used.
The Alaska Amber Alert is a voluntary partnership between law enforcement agencies, broadcasters, media, and the public to provide an urgent bulletin in the most serious child-abduction cases. The television and radio broadcast EAS, email, social media, and the State’s transportation 511 system is used to distribute a description of the abducted child and suspected abductor.
The goal of the Alaska Amber Alert system is to provide rapid, widespread information to the public on endangered, abducted children to aid in their safe return.