Emergency Alert System in the United States

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emergency communication system public warning system

The Emergency Alert System in the United States is a national public warning system that enables authorities to quickly broadcast urgent alerts over television, radio, and other communication channels during emergencies such as natural disasters, threats to public safety, or national crises.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Emergency Alert System 5
Emergency Alert System in the United States canonical 2
Emergency Broadcast System 2

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf emergency communication system ⓘ
public warning system ⓘ
abbreviation EAS ⓘ
administeredBy Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ
authority President of the United States ⓘ
canOverride regular programming on participating stations ⓘ
canTransmit Presidential Emergency Action Messages ⓘ
componentOf Integrated Public Alert and Warning System ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dataFormat audio frequency-shift keying ⓘ
designedFor rapid dissemination of life-saving information ⓘ
fullyImplemented late 1990s ⓘ
geographicTargeting county-level targeting via SAME codes ⓘ
includesFeature attention signal ⓘ
monthly tests ⓘ
required monthly test codes ⓘ
weekly tests ⓘ
introduced 1990s ⓘ
legalBasis Communications Act of 1934 ⓘ
Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
surface form: Federal Communications Commission rules

U.S. War Powers Resolution ⓘ
surface form: War Powers Act authorities
medium AM radio ⓘ
FM radio ⓘ
cable television systems ⓘ
satellite radio ⓘ
satellite television ⓘ
television ⓘ
wireless cable systems ⓘ
operatedBy Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
Federal Emergency Management Agency ⓘ
National Weather Service ⓘ
precededBy Emergency Alert System in the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Emergency Broadcast System
purpose dissemination of emergency information to the public ⓘ
local and state emergency alerts ⓘ
national-level presidential alerts ⓘ
weather-related emergency alerts ⓘ
regulatedBy Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
relatedSystem NOAA weather radio network ⓘ
surface form: NOAA Weather Radio

Wireless Emergency Alerts system ⓘ
surface form: Wireless Emergency Alerts
replaced Emergency Alert System in the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Emergency Broadcast System
requiresParticipationFrom broadcast television stations ⓘ
cable television providers ⓘ
radio broadcast stations ⓘ
satellite television providers ⓘ
wireless cable providers ⓘ
scope local ⓘ
national ⓘ
state ⓘ
signalType dual-tone attention signal ⓘ
testMessagePhrase This is a test of the Emergency Alert System ⓘ
typicalEventType AMBER Alerts ⓘ
surface form: AMBER Alerts (via EAS in some jurisdictions)

civil emergencies ⓘ
natural disasters ⓘ
severe weather emergencies ⓘ
usesProtocol Specific Area Message Encoding ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Communications Commission → supervises → Emergency Alert System in the United States ⓘ
Federal Emergency Management Agency → oversees → Emergency Alert System in the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emergency Alert System (in coordination with other agencies)
NWR → integratedWith → Emergency Alert System in the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emergency Alert System
Specific Area Message Encoding → usedIn → Emergency Alert System in the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emergency Alert System
AMBER Alerts → partOf → Emergency Alert System in the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: AMBER Alert
AMBER Alerts → relatedTo → Emergency Alert System in the United States ⓘ
subject surface form: AMBER Alert
this entity surface form: Emergency Alert System
United States emergency management system → hasComponent → Emergency Alert System in the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emergency Alert System
Emergency Alert System in the United States → replaced → Emergency Alert System in the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Emergency Alert System (United States)
this entity surface form: Emergency Broadcast System
Emergency Alert System in the United States → precededBy → Emergency Alert System in the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Emergency Alert System (United States)
this entity surface form: Emergency Broadcast System
Dallas–Fort Worth broadcasters → usesTechnology → Emergency Alert System in the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emergency Alert System
Guam Homeland Security / Office of Civil Defense → uses → Emergency Alert System in the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emergency Alert System on Guam