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.
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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.
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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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