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General'''''ENS (Emergency Notification Systems)''''' is a general category for any systems used to notify persons or devices of an emergency. May include changeable message signs, sirens, telephone and other media.
 
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'''''LAENS (Large Area Emergency Notification System)'''''
 
A communications system used by a public safety agency to notify people in a large area about an emergency condition.
 
'''''WAENS (Wide Area Emergency Notification System)'''''
 
A communications system designed to deliver information (action or knowledge related) regarding a public safety, public service or emergency management event. Message recipients may include first responder staff from multiple jurisdictions, residents living in a small segment of a neighborhood/community or an entire county, motorists traveling on freeways or major thoroughfares or, quite simply, almost anyone anywhere.
 
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'''NENA 56-003''', NENA Minimum Standards for Emergency Telephone Notification Systems Document
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