Emergency Preparedness
EMBC is participating in a National Public Alerting Exercise today (Wed) at 1:55 PM. If you have your radio or TV on at 1:55 PM you should hear some alerting tones. This is a Test only, do not take any physical action. When we hear the alerting tone EMBC procedure directs that we tune our radio or TV to a local station for info. CBC will only be able to report general info which may or may not be relative to specific areas in an actual emergency. Info is sketchy but 88.5 FM (Parksville / Qualicum) or 95.7 FM (Powell River) are my suggestions for stations to tune to if we hear alerting tones broadcast over public radio or TV. If you don't know exactly where these stations are on your radio dial I recommend you locate them and make a note to yourself so when or if you hear the Disaster Notification Tones you will be able to tune directly to a local station that will be broadcasting relative local info.
Ross
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