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State of Alaska Emergency Alert System
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- The EAS consists of a network of broadcast stations, across the Nation and across the
State, with equipment designed to allow the automatic transmission and broadcasting of
emergency messages. Alerts pass from station to station and on to the air automatically,
without human intervention. The State
Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management activates the EAS for State-level alerts.
- The new EAS incorporates coding that allows specific locations to be alerted, so that
only affected areas receive the alert, so as not to alarm locations not affected. The new
EAS allows alert information to be digitally coded, along with standard audio information,
so that television stations can have a crawl that displays the text of the alert for
hearing-impaired citizens.
- EAS was designed to be a cooperative effort between government agencies and local
broadcasters. In Alaska the EAS is overseen by the State Emergency Communications
Committee (SECC), whose members include local broadcasters, the State of Alaska Division of Homeland
Security and Emergency Management,
the National Weather Service and the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center. The SECC is
chaired by Alaska broadcasters and cable system operators.
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P.O. Box 5750, Fort Richardson, AK
99505-5750
Phone: (907)428-7000 Fax: (907)428-7009
dhs&em_emergency_mgmt@ak-prepared.com
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