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  2. Emergency Alert System - Wikipedia

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    Emergency Broadcast System, Local Access Alert. The Emergency Alert System ( EAS) is a national warning system in the United States designed to allow authorized officials to broadcast emergency alerts and warning messages to the public via cable, satellite and broadcast television and both AM, FM and satellite radio.

  3. Emergency communication system - Wikipedia

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    An emergency communication system that's designed for non-technical users will ensure successful administration and usage; and during some life-threatening emergency situations, campus administrators must be able to react quickly and trigger the alert system swiftly. Yet emergency alert is probably among the least used and least familiar processes.

  4. Specific Area Message Encoding - Wikipedia

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    Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) is a protocol used for framing and classification of broadcasting emergency warning messages. It was developed by the United States National Weather Service for use on its NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) network, and was later adopted by the Federal Communications Commission for the Emergency Alert System, then subsequently by Environment Canada for use on its ...

  5. National Emergency Message - Wikipedia

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    An emergency action notification test on an Android smartphone; October 3, 2018. A National Emergency Message ( SAME code: EAN), formerly known until 2022 as an Emergency Action Notification, is the national activation of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) used to alert the residents of the United States of a national or global emergency such as ...

  6. Emergency Broadcast System - Wikipedia

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    Emergency Alert System. The Emergency Broadcast System ( EBS ), sometimes called the Emergency Action Notification System ( EANS ), was an emergency warning system used in the United States. It was the most commonly used, along with the Emergency Override system. It replaced the previous CONELRAD system and was used from 1963 to 1997, at which ...

  7. Integrated Public Alert and Warning System - Wikipedia

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    The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System ( IPAWS) is an architecture that unifies the United States' Emergency Alert System, National Warning System, Wireless Emergency Alerts, and NOAA Weather Radio, under a single platform. IPAWS was designed to modernize these systems by enabling alerts to be aggregated over a network and distributed ...

  8. Local area emergency - Wikipedia

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    Local area emergency. Local area emergency ( SAME code: LAE) is an advisory issued by local authorities through the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in the United States to notify the public of an event that does not pose a significant threat to public safety and/or property by itself, but could escalate, contribute to other more serious events, or ...

  9. Civil danger warning - Wikipedia

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    597 wous44 klzk 272046 cdwlzk arc083-280000- urgent - immediate broadcast requested civil danger warning arkansas emergency management agency little rock arkansas relayed by national weather service little rock ar 346 pm cdt mon may 27 2019 the following message is transmitted at the request of the logan county emergency management agency and ...