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Emergency alert system : national integration efforts and assessments / Gregory Raisman and Kevin Kimes, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- American political, economic, and security issues series.
- Electronics and Telecommunications Research
- American Political, Economic, and Security Issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
- United States.
- Emergency communication systems--United States.
- Emergency communication systems.
- Emergency management--United States.
- Emergency management.
- Civil defense warning systems--United States.
- Civil defense warning systems.
- Natural disaster warning systems--United States.
- Natural disaster warning systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (133 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Nova Publishers, c2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An effective system to alert the public during emergencies can help reduce property damage and save lives. In 2004, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initiated the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) with the goal of integrating the nation's Emergency Alert System (EAS) and other public-alerting systems into a comprehensive system. In 2009, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on long-standing weaknesses with EAS and FEMA's limited progress in implementing IPAWS. Subsequently, FEMA and the FCC conducted the first-ever nation-wide EAS test in November 2011. This book examines recent efforts to implement IPAWS and improve EAS; how IPAWS capabilities have changed since 2009 and what barriers, if any, affect its implementation; and the results of the nation-wide EAS test and federal efforts to address identified weaknesses are discussed.
- Contents:
- Emergency alerting : capabilities have improved, but additional guidance and testing are needed
- Strengthening the emergency alert system (EAS) : lessons learned from the nationwide EAS test
- The emergency alert system (EAS) has all-hazard warnings
- Emergency preparedness : improved planning and coordination necessary for modernization and integration of public alert and warning system.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 02, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-62808-447-2
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