Specific Area Message Encoding

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Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME) is a digital protocol used in U.S. emergency alerting systems to target warnings to specific geographic areas and types of hazards.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf digital protocol
emergency alerting protocol
abbreviation SAME
adoptedFor nationwide Emergency Alert System in 1997
appliesTo geographic areas identified by FIPS codes
componentOf NOAA weather radio network
surface form: NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards

United States public warning system
countryOfUse United States of America
surface form: United States
developedBy Federal Communications Commission
National Weather Service
encodes alert duration
alert originator
date and time information
event or hazard type
geographic location
message ID
governs automatic activation of EAS equipment
automatic activation of NOAA Weather Radio receivers
hasFormatElement attention signal
audio message
end-of-message code
header codes
preamble
introducedInDecade 1980s
modulation audio FSK at 520.83 baud
purpose automate activation of alert receivers
encode hazard type in emergency alerts
reduce over-alerting outside affected areas
target emergency warnings to specific geographic areas
regulates how EAS participants encode alerts
relatedStandard United States Census Bureau designated areas
surface form: Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) codes for areas
signalType audio frequency-shift keying
standardizedBy Federal Communications Commission
National Weather Service
supports automatic alert receiver activation
selective alerting by county
selective alerting by forecast zone
selective alerting by independent city
selective alerting by marine zone
usedFor AMBER Alerts distribution via EAS
civil emergency messages
evacuation notices
shelter-in-place warnings
weather warnings
usedIn Emergency Alert System in the United States
surface form: Emergency Alert System

NOAA weather radio network
surface form: NOAA Weather Radio

National Weather Service alerting
local emergency alerting systems
usesFrequency 520.83 baud mark and space tones

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Emergency Alert System in the United States usesProtocol Specific Area Message Encoding
subject surface form: Emergency Alert System (United States)
NOAA weather radio network usesTechnology Specific Area Message Encoding
subject surface form: NOAA Weather Radio