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Great Falls, Montana, the first city to be effected by the hijacking on February 11, 2013, at 2:30 pm. On February 11, 2013, the Emergency Alert System of five different television stations across the U.S. states of Montana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and New Mexico were hijacked, interrupting each television broadcast with a local area emergency message warning viewers of a zombie apocalypse.
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 a nuclear war or any other mass casualty situation.
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.
The EAS portion of the test sent an emergency alert to all radios and televisions, while the WEA portion of the drill sent an alert to all consumer cell phones.
The Emergency Alert System began to build up on most cable television systems through the installation of then-new generators and encoders between 1997 and 1999. Some of the notable EAS generators at the time include Video Data Systems, Texscan, Gorman-Redlich, Idea/Onics, and Cable Envoy; and encoders include SAGE, TFT, and Trilithic models.
A civil danger warning (SAME code: CDW) is a warning issued through the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in the United States to warn the public of an event that presents danger to a significant civilian population.
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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 .