Emergency alert set for Wednesday

The province will be conducting a test of B.C.’s emergency alerting system Wednesday afternoon (Nov. 16).

Emergency Management BC says the test will be sent to wireless devices and broadcast on radio and TV stations at 1:55 p.m. as part of the national Alert Ready system to improve public safety in the event of emergency.

The system was launched in B.C. in April 2018 and is tested twice each year.

It was expanded by the NDP government last spring to include alerts for wildfires, floods and extreme-heat emergencies, in addition to tsunamis, civil emergencies and Amber Alerts.

(The Canadian Press)