Emergency Alert System (EAS) - Pennington County, South Dakota

(Information Adapted from the FEMA website) The Emergency Alert System is a national public warning system that requires TV and radio broadcasters, cable television systems, wireless cable systems, satellite digital audio radio service providers, direct broadcast satellite service providers and wireline video service providers to offer to the President the communications capability to address the American public during a national emergency. The system also may be used by state and local authorities to deliver important emergency information such as AMBER (missing children) alerts and emergency weather information targeted to a specific area. How does the EAS work? The FCC works with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Rapid City & Pennington County offer emergency text alerts, News

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