Here are the dates and times of the EAS Required Monthly Tests (RMT). As a reminder, the EAS State Plan states that the RMT must be transmitted during the third full week of the month. The FCC’s Part 11 Rules state that during odd-numbered months, the RMT will be scheduled between 8:30 a.m. and local sunset; during even-numbered months, the RMT will be scheduled between local sunset and 8:30 a.m.
Tests will occur 5 minutes before the hour or half-hour. Remember, you have 60 minutes* in which to rebroadcast the test. If you are off the air at the time of the test, you must transmit the RMT upon resuming operation. If the RMT has been erased from your encoder through the receipt of another alert, you must transmit a Required Weekly Test (RWT) instead.
The date of the 2021 EAS National Test has not yet been set. Under FCC rules (47 CFR 11.61), “(ii) A national test shall replace the required weekly and monthly tests for all EAS Participants, as set forth in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section, in the week and month in which it occurs.”
December 17, 2020 (Thursday)
16:55 pm
Source: MDPS
January 19, 2021 (Tuesday)
11:25 am
Source: MPBN
February 17, 2021 (Wednesday)
23:55 pm
Source: NWS Caribou
March 18, 2021 (Thursday)
13:55 pm
Source: MEMA
April 21, 2021 (Wednesday)
6:55 am
Source: MDPS
May 18, 2021 (Tuesday)
9:55 am
Source: MPBN
June 17, 2021 (Thursday)
10:55 am
Source: NWS Caribou
July 21, 2021 (Wednesday)
14:25 pm
Source: MEMA
FEMA, in cooperation with the FCC, plans to conduct a national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at 2:20 pm EDT. The EAS message will test dissemination of the National Periodic Test (NPT) Event Code. There will also be a concurrent test of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs).
August 11, 2021 (Wednesday)
2:20 pm
Source: FEMA
According to the FCC’s regulations (47 CFR 11),
(ii) A national test shall replace the required weekly and monthly tests for all EAS Participants, as set forth in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section, in the week and month in which it occurs.
August 17, 2021 (Tuesday)
23:55 pm
Source: MDPS
September 16, 2021 (Thursday)
9:25 am
Source: MPBN
October 20, 2021 (Wednesday)
4:55 am
Source: NWS Caribou
November 16, 2021 (Tuesday)
10:55 am
Source: MEMA
December 16, 2021 (Thursday)
4:25 pm
Source: MDPS
Source Key:
MEMA = Maine Emergency Management Agency
MDPS = Maine Dept. of Public Safety
NWS = National Weather Service
MPBN = Maine Public Broadcasting Network
*The FCC’s EAS Report & Order which took effect 5/16/02 extended the time for rebroadcasting an RMT from 15 minutes to 60 minutes.