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Emergency Alert System (EAS) and All-Hazard Warnings (June 26, 2009).


PB2009113330

Publication Date 2009
Personal Author Moore, L. K.
Page Count 14
Abstract The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is built on a structure conceived in the 1950s when over-the-air broadcasting was the best-available technology for widely disseminating emergency alerts. It is one of several federally managed warning systems. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) jointly administers EAS with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in cooperation with the National Weather Service (NWS), an organization within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The NOAA/NWS weather radio system has been upgraded to an all-hazard warning capability. Measures to improve the NOAA network and the new Digital Emergency Alert System (DEAS) are ongoing. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), working with the Association of Public Television Stations, is implementing a program that will disseminate national alert messages over digital broadcast airwaves, using satellite and public TV broadcast towers. This program, referred to as the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), is part of the Departments response to an Executive Order requiring the Secretary of Homeland Security to meet specific requirements for an alert system as part of U.S. policy.
Keywords
  • Emergencies
  • Hazards
  • Warning systems
  • Attention
  • Intelligence
  • Operational readiness
  • Pilots
  • Telecommunications
  • Homeland security
  • Terrorism
  • Civilian population
  • Communication and radio systems
  • Distribution
  • Weather
  • United States government
  • EAS(Emergency Alert System)
  • All-hazard warning
Source Agency
  • Congressional Research Service
Corporate Authors Congressional Research Service, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes See also report dated 13 Sep 06, AD-A467 184.
Document Type Technical Report
Title Note Rept. to Congress.
NTIS Issue Number 200922
Emergency Alert System (EAS) and All-Hazard Warnings (June 26, 2009).
Emergency Alert System (EAS) and All-Hazard Warnings (June 26, 2009).
PB2009113330

  • Emergencies
  • Hazards
  • Warning systems
  • Attention
  • Intelligence
  • Operational readiness
  • Pilots
  • Telecommunications
  • Homeland security
  • Terrorism
  • Civilian population
  • Communication and radio systems
  • Distribution
  • Weather
  • United States government
  • EAS(Emergency Alert System)
  • All-hazard warning
  • Congressional Research Service
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