EAS
Noun: 1. Emergency Alert System: A national public warning system in the United States, coordinated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). It is designed to enable the President to address the nation during a catastrophic event and is used by authorities to deliver emergency information to the public via television, radio, and other broadcast media.
The term "EAS" is used as a proper noun to refer specifically to this federal warning system. It is typically used in formal, governmental, or news contexts when discussing emergency preparedness, public safety communications, or during an actual activation of the system. - The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning via the EAS. - All broadcast stations are required by law to participate in the EAS. - Officials are testing the Emergency Alert System today; you may hear a tone on your radio.
- "EAS activation": The event of the system being used to broadcast an official alert.
- An EAS activation interrupted regular programming to warn of the approaching hurricane.
- "EAS code" or "EAS header data": Refers to the specific digital data signals that precede and identify an EAS message.
- The equipment decodes the EAS header to determine if the alert is for our local area.
- Emergency Alert System: The full, formal name for EAS.
- Alert: A general warning or notification of danger, which an EAS message delivers.
- FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency): The U.S. government agency that oversees the EAS at the federal level.
- Public warning system
- National alert system
- "Broadcast over the EAS": To transmit an emergency message using this system.
- The evacuation order was broadcast over the EAS.
- "EAS test": A scheduled, routine check of the system's functionality.
- Do not be alarmed; the monthly EAS test is scheduled for noon.
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a federal warning system that is activated by FEMA; enables the President to take over the United States airwaves to warn the whole country of major catastrophic events
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