Government Emergency Alert Systems

Government Emergency Alert Systems

The United States government uses a variety of methods to push important information out to it's citizens. Below are links to three of the top sites our national government uses to keep Americans up to date on the latest threats.

National Terrorisim Advisory System (NTAS)

In 2011, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) replaced the color-coded alerts of the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) with the National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS), designed to more effectively communicate information about terrorist threats by providing timely, detailed information to the American public.

It recognizes that Americans all share responsibility for the nation's security, and should always be aware of the heightened risk of terrorist attack in the United States and what they should do.

This page also contains any current NTAS advisories and archived copies of expired advisories.

www.dhs.gov

Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS)

During an emergency, alert and warning officials need to provide the public with life-saving information quickly. The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is a modernization and integration of the nation’s alert and warning infrastructure and will save time when time matters most, protecting life and property.

Federal, State, territorial, tribal, and local alerting authorities can use IPAWS and integrate local systems that use Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standards with the IPAWS infrastructure. IPAWS provides public safety officials with an effective way to alert and warn the public about serious emergencies using the Emergency Alert System (EAS), Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio, and other public alerting systems from a single interface.

www.fema.gov

Emergency Alert System (EAS)

The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national public warning system that requires broadcasters, cable television systems, wireless cable systems, satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) providers, and direct broadcast satellite (DBS) providers to provide the communications capability to the President to address the American public during a national emergency. The system also may be used by state and local authorities to deliver important emergency information, such as AMBER alerts and weather information targeted to specific areas.

The FCC, in conjunction with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service (NWS), implements the EAS at the federal level. The President has sole responsibility for determining when the EAS will be activated at the national level, and has delegated this authority to the director of FEMA. FEMA is responsible for implementation of the national-level activation of the EAS, tests, and exercises. The NWS develops emergency weather information to alert the public about imminent dangerous weather conditions.

The FCC's role includes prescribing rules that establish technical standards for the EAS, procedures for EAS participants to follow in the event The EAS is activated, and EAS testing protocols. Additionally, the FCC ensures that the EAS state and local plans developed by industry conform to FCC EAS rules and regulations.

www.fcc.gov

Local Warning Notification Systems

Addisonhttps://member.everbridge.net/index/892807736724545#/login
Balch Springshttps://tx-balchsprings.civicplus.com/MyAccount?dn=www.cityofbalchsprings.com&from=url&url=%2f&anchor=&validationMessage=
Carrolltonhttps://member.everbridge.net/index/453003085612552#/login
Cockrell Hillhttps://cityofcockrellhill.us/MyAccount/?from=url&url=%2F&dn=https://cityofcockrellhill.us
Coppellhttps://member.everbridge.net/index/892807736723618#/login
Dallashttps://cityofdallas.onthealert.com/Account/LogIn
DeSotohttps://account.civicplus.com/identity/CivicPlusLogin?signin=1d5d2c6ee0cc9d1c63344c91f32f19ef
Duncanvillehttps://member.everbridge.net/index/892807736722826#/login
Grand Prairiehttps://member.everbridge.net/397890065268747/login
Highland Parkhttps://122911392.bbcportal.com/
Irvinghttps://member.everbridge.net/index/892807736721758#/login
Lancasterhttps://public.coderedweb.com/CNE/en-US/8A6624CF2BC2
Richardsonhttps://member.everbridge.net/index/453003085611744#/login
Rowletthttps://www.smart911.com/smart911/login.action?logout
Sachsehttps://account.civicplus.com/identity/CivicPlusLogin?signin=dc2621a17edfd97d70ce85267e7b2d60
Seagovillehttps://account.civicplus.com/identity/CivicPlusLogin?signin=aa333265648499706fe755adaaa1f361
Sunnyvalehttps://public.alertsense.com/SignUp/?RegionId=1848
University Parkhttps://public.coderedweb.com/CNE/en-US/7819A8C8F41B