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http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/eas.html
http://www.albany.edu/sunynyalert/faq.shtml (SUNY NY Alert)
The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is designed to provide and receive emergency information at nation, state, and local levels via broadcast stations, cable, and wireless cable systems quickly and automatically. For example, the National Weather Service (NWS) have used the EAS to relay local emergency messages such as weather information to alert the public of dangerous local weather conditions and other emergencies through the media such as television, radio, and Internet. SUNY NY Alert is one of the good examples of the Emergency Alert System, which allows the University to send out critical emergency information about the campus through email, phone, and text messaging to all students and faculty who registered for this alert system. This system will also be used to alert the campus community in the event of a weather related emergency such as a campus closing and violence on campus and in a community around school.
Although EAS costs a lot for setting up and periodic testing of the system, I rate EAS as 4.8 out of 5 because it enables to inform and alert people about the emergency events so quickly and automatically so that people can not only keep tracking what is happening but also take actions as quickly as possible and also it will save a lot of money overall. Since multiple alternate sources of warning are available, people can reach at least one source to gain emergency information even if one link in the dissemination of alert information is broken down. Due to its efficiency; quick, broad, effortless, and costless, EAS plays a very important role in such a big organization like SUNY Albany because sending out information especially emergency messages takes a while due to its size. With EAS, you do not need to cry over wasting time to come to a closed campus!
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