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General category for any systems used to notify persons of an emergency. May include changeable message signs, sirens, telephone and other media. |
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. |
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* '''''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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Revision as of 10:14, 28 June 2017
General category for any systems used to notify persons or devices of an emergency. May include changeable message signs, sirens, telephone and other media.
- 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.