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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 AM, FM and satellite radio.

  3. National Emergency Message - Wikipedia

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    National Emergency Message. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Analog horror - Wikipedia

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    Analog horror. Analog horror is a subgenre of horror fiction and an offshoot of the found footage film genre, [1][2][3] said to have originated online during the late 2000s and early 2010s with web series such as No Through Road, Local 58, Gemini Home Entertainment, and Marble Hornets.[3][2][4][5] Concept for an Indonesian EAS.

  7. Emergency override system - Wikipedia

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    The Local Access Alert (also known as Local Access System or Emergency Override System) is a system designed to warn radio stations, television stations, cable television broadcast feeds or satellite signals of impending dangers such as severe weather and other civil emergencies. With a gradual transition from analog cable to digital cable, the ...

  8. Law enforcement warning - Wikipedia

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    Law enforcement warning. (Redirected from Law Enforcement Warning) A law enforcement warning ( SAME code: LEW) is a warning issued through the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in the United States to warn the public of criminal events that pose a threat to public safety. These include jailbreaks, riots, and bomb explosions.

  9. Civil defense siren - Wikipedia

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    Hungary. [edit] The first ever civil defense air raid siren system was installed in 1938-1939 by the Hungarian Goverment to warn the public of air attacks. Electric-motor sirens were placed in big cities, the high-range sirens were placed in downtown, while the suburban areas had small-range electric-motor sirens.