Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Mount Weather is the location of a control station for the FEMA National Radio System (FNARS), a high frequency radio system connecting most federal public safety agencies and the U.S. military with most of the states. [3] FNARS allows the president to access the Emergency Alert System. [4]
The National Public Warning System, also known as the Primary Entry Point (PEP) stations, is a network of 77 radio stations that are, in coordination with FEMA, used to originate emergency alert and warning information to the public before, during, and after incidents and disasters. PEP stations are equipped with additional and backup ...
This ensures they are available even when the local system is down or overloaded. NAWAS has major terminals at each state Emergency Operations Center [3] and State Emergency Management Facility. Other secondary terminals include local emergency management agencies, National Weather Service field offices and Public-safety answering points (PSAPs).
National Emergency Messages are treated the same as any other message transmitted over the Emergency Alert System, except that stations are required to relay them. [2] When a message is received, the receiver is to open an audio channel to the originating source until the End of Message (EOM) tones are received.
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 ...
The Emergency Broadcast System comprises all communications facilities designated and authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to operate during a period of national emergency." [8] This "grave national emergency" message recording and script above was not in use by individual stations or published in any known FCC document.
(a) To develop the use of personal radio services as an additional source of communications for emergencies, disasters, and as an emergency aid to individuals; [1] (b) To establish 24-hour volunteer monitoring of emergency calls, particularly over officially designated emergency frequencies, from personal radio service operators, and report such calls to appropriate emergency authorities; [1]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders on April 1, 1979. [1]