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October monthly warning siren test
The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. The siren test will be coordinated with a test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System.
Monthly siren and Emergency Alert System test, Aug. 1
The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, at 11:45 a.m. The siren test will be coordinated with a test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System.
FEMA and FCC plan nationwide emergency alert test, Oct. 4
The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission will conduct a nationwide test of two key emergency alert systems on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The tests of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts will take place at 8:20 a.m. HST.
Sounding sirens for wildfires in Hawaiʻi may soon be standard emergency protocol
Talks are underway with officials from the Hawai’i Emergency Management Agency and all four counties about codifying a new emergency response protocol to use sirens during wildfires everywhere in the state. It could become official “within days.”