National Warning System (NAWAS)
National Warning System (NAWAS)

Author: United States. Office of Civil Defense

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Published: 1966

Total Pages: 40

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The objective of the Warning Program is to establish, operate, and maintain an effective nationwide warning system to alert governments, industry, and the public to the threat of enemy attack and other extraordinary dangers.

Principles of Warning and Criteria Governing Eligibility of National Warning Systems (NAWAS) Terminals
Principles of Warning and Criteria Governing Eligibility of National Warning Systems (NAWAS) Terminals

Author: FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY WASHINGTON DC.

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Published: 1981

Total Pages: 18

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The purpose of the guide is to provide civil defense and emergency management personnel with information concerning the basic principles of warning. The guide includes descriptions of the types of warning signals and their meaning, the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS), tests, exercise terms, basic steps in dissemination of warning, and criteria governing eligibility of National Warning System (NAWAS) terminals.

National Warning System Analysis
National Warning System Analysis

Author: Murray Rosenthal

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Published: 1974

Total Pages: 292

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The report reviews the nation's civil preparedness warning system. The project analyzed and evaluated: (1) the present operational configuration of the National Warning System (NAWAS), as well as state and local warning systems; (2) needed updating and/or changes in the National Warning Centers' operational concepts and procedures; (3) the role of NAWAS, with a nationwide implementation of the Decision Information Distribution System (DIDS) and during DIDS implementation stages; (4) the potential use of cable television for all types of warning; and (5) low-cost means of developing internal public warning in the metropolitan areas to supplement outdoor systems by taking advantage of existing communications and media outlets, including Crisis Home Alerting Technique (CHAT).