Emergency Alert System

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Noun1.Emergency Alert System - a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events
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To further enhance public awareness, the adoption of the Order will also permit authorized Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about the Emergency Alert System to include the system's Attention Signal (the attention-grabbing two-tone audio signal that precedes the alert message) and simulated Header Code tones (the three audible tones that precede the Attention Signal) so long as an appropriate disclaimer is included in the PSA.
FCC Adopts Rosenworcel Plan For False Alert Reporting
"First, state Emergency Alert System plans are filed with the FCC," she noted.
What's Next To Prevent Another False EAS Alert?
The Order provides a 12-month implementation period for Blue Alerts to be delivered over the Emergency Alert System and 18 months for delivery over the Wireless Emergency Alert system.
Blue Alerts Added By FCC To Nation's EAS
Virgin Islands, Wednesday's test of the nation's Emergency Alert System (EAS) is certainly a very important one for broadcasters.
EAS Test On Schedule For Wednesday
The show airs on the ABC network and FCC said that the network has agreed to settle the matter for the misuse of the emergency alert system (EAS) tone.
'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' hit with USD 395,000 fine
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau of the FCC will host a public workshop on Friday, June 28, to help inform state and local emergency management and planning authorities on actions they can take to implement multilingual alerts over the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system.
FCC Schedules Multilingual Emergency Workshop
IPAWS provides public safety officials with an effective way to alert and warn the public about serious emergencies using the Emergency Alert System (EAS), Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio, and other public alerting systems from a single interface.
HD Radio, FEMA demonstrate emergency notification capabilities
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