WA: Emergency fire alert system tested ahead of bushfire season

AAP General News (Australia)
08-23-2009
WA: Emergency fire alert system tested ahead of bushfire season

PERTH, Aug 23 AAP - About 800 households in Perth's eastern hillside suburbs will trial
an emergency warning system to alert residents to bushfires.

The trial warning messages will be sent to residents in Bedfordale on Sunday, the West
Australian Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA) said in a statement.

During the test a voice recorded message will be sent to homes with fixed phone lines,
while registered mobile and fax numbers and email addresses will receive text messages.

An emergency alert system was one of the key recommendations of the Victorian Royal
Commission's interim report into the deadly Black Saturday fires that killed 173 people
in February.

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