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Sig alert, Sig-alert or Sigalert in California, as well as other parts of the United States, means an incident that significantly disrupts road traffic.The term was originally the name of a pioneering system of automated radio broadcasts regarding traffic conditions, introduced in the 1950s and named after its inventor, Loyd Sigmon.
During disaster response and recovery operations, the office works to ensure personnel staffing needs are met, while working to make sure the logistical needs and facility operations are managed. On a daily basis the office ensures the physical operation of the 118,000-square-foot (11,000 m 2 ) Cal OES headquarters in Mather, California runs ...
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ALERT FM is an emergency notification system that delivers messages from state, local, and/or private sector officials to citizens, schools, businesses, and first responders using the Radio Data System (data sub-carrier) of local FM radio stations.
Here’s who sends out the alert to your phone and why you were buzzed even if you didn’t feel the earth shake.
As the EBS was about to be replaced by its successor, the aforementioned Emergency Alert System in the mid-1990s, some stations used the following message: "This station is testing its Emergency Broadcast System equipment. The EBS will soon be replaced with the Emergency Alert System; the EAS will provide timely emergency warnings."
The Ebony Alert operates in a similar fashion as the Amber Alert — but the latter is only for individuals 17 years or younger — activating electronic highway signs to alert the public of the ...
An upgrade to California's earthquake early-warning system using GPS data will allow more timely alerts about shaking and better estimate the magnitude of a megaquake.