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

Moore, Linda K.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Emergency management;    Telecommunications;    Emergency communication systems;   

RP-ID  :  RL32527
RP-ID  :  RL32527_2006Oct04

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is built on a structure conceived in the 1950s when over-the-air broadcasting was the best-available technology for widely disseminating emergency alerts. Bills in the 109th Congress that would improve emergency alert systems, domestically and internationally, include S. 50 (Senator Inouye) and H.R. 296 (Representative Menendez); these bills were prompted by the tsunami disaster but include measures that also apply to the need for a better all-hazard warning system in the United States. The report summarizes the technology and administration of EAS and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Weather Service (NWS) all-hazard network, new programs in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and some of the key proposals for change.