Emergency Alert System (EAS): Is Your System Ready? - SCTE

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-(+- /' • NWS issues more than 80% of all alerts handled by the EAS network • Most states require Cable TV systems to monitor their local NOAA radio station • NOAA uses SAME protocol for hazard alerts; i.e. TOR tornado, FFW flash flood warning • NOAA uses FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) codes to designate the affected EAS geographic zones, i.e. counties
! 0 ' /# • Presidential <strong>Alert</strong> issued; FEMA activates the PEP system • Transmitters come under government control, a Presidential message is sent out; an EAN code, alert tones, and the audio message • The EAN is passed from the PEP to SR (State Relay) or SP to LP to Cable <strong>System</strong> to customer TV • An EAS End Of Message (EOM) is sent out, the EAS network passes the message, and the programming returns to normal
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