EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) is preparing to activate the emergency alert system this Thursday in conjunction with the public warning siren test at the Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant.
PEMA will activate the emergency alert system using the local area emergency event code to set off the warning drill.
The alert will broadcast across Luzerne and Columbia Counties.
If you hear sirens Thursday morning and an alert on your devices, don’t be alarmed: it’s only a test.
“At 10:00 a.m., PEMA will be issuing an alert to those in Columbia and Luzerne Counties about a test at 11:00 a.m. from Susquehanna Steam Electric Station that they’ll be testing their sirens, so ours is simply a precautionary test at 10:00 a.m.,” PEMA Executive Deputy Director Jeffery Boyle said.
The test will use public sirens with television and radio broadcasts along with an alert to your cell phone.
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