Common Alerting Protocol — The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) is an XML based data format for exchanging public warnings and emergencies between alerting technologies. CAP allows a warning message to be consistently disseminated simultaneously over many warning systems to… … Wikipedia
Civil defense siren — Federal Signal Thunderbolt 1003 Civil Defense siren. A civil defense siren (also referred to as an air raid siren, tornado siren, tsunami siren, fire siren/whistle, flood siren, weather siren, time/curfew siren, or other outdoor warning siren) is … Wikipedia
Network-centric emergency notification — is a method for turning an internet protocol (IP) network and its connected devices into a highly effective alarm system in times of emergency. Emergency alerts are created in a web based console, and once triggered, are disseminated across the… … Wikipedia
Emergency Alert System — The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the U.S. put into place in 1994, superseding the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) and the CONELRAD System and is jointly coordinated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),… … Wikipedia
Crisis management — is the process by which an organization deals with a major event that threatens to harm the organization, its stakeholders, or the general public. The study of crisis management originated with the large scale industrial and environmental… … Wikipedia
CANALERT — is the name for the Government of Canada s national public alerting initiative. Currently CANALERT is in the development stage, and is intended to enable emergency managers to deliver public alerts over radio, television, mobile phones, and the… … Wikipedia
OASIS (organization) — The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) is a global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e business and web service standards. With its headquarters in the USA, members of… … Wikipedia
Commercial Mobile Alert System — The Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS), also known as the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN), is an alerting network designed to disseminate emergency alerts to mobile devices such as cell phones and pagers. The Federal Communications… … Wikipedia
oBIX — (for Open Building Information Exchange) is a standard for RESTful Web Services based interfaces to building control systems. Building control systems include those electrical and mechanical systems that operate inside a building, including… … Wikipedia
Digital Emergency Alert System — The Digital Emergency Alert System (DEAS) was a system managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and designed to alert first responders and civilians in the event of a national emergency. It was based upon and supplemented the… … Wikipedia
Emergency service — Emergency services are organizations which ensure public safety by addressing different emergencies. Some agencies exist solely for addressing certain types of emergencies whilst others deal with ad hoc emergencies as part of their normal… … Wikipedia