Monday, December 7, 2009

FEMA & FCC Standards for emergency alerts

FEMA And The FCC Announce Adoption Of Standards For Wireless Carriers To Receive And Deliver Emergency Alerts Via Mobile Devices

As part of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), the nation's next generation of emergency alert and warning networks, the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced the adoption of the design specifications for the development of a gateway interface that will enable wireless carriers to provide its customers with timely and accurate emergency alerts and warnings via their cell phones and other mobile devices.

Bottom line: IPAWS intended to provide emergency mangers and the President of the United States a means to send 90 character text alerts and warnings to the public

More info at: http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=50056

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