Emergency Communications: The Emergency Alert System (EAS) and All-Hazard Warnings

[摘要] The Emergency Alert System (EAS) 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. This report summarizes the technology and administration of EAS and the NOAA/NWS all-hazard network, and some of the key proposals for change

[发布日期] 2004-11-12 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Emergency management;Emergency communication systems;Telecommunication