• The Standard Emergency Warning Signal (SEWS) is a warning siren used in Australia to alert the public of danger. The siren is played over radio, television...
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    arises. The Standard Emergency Warning Signal was originally adopted by the Bureau of Meteorology in the 1970s for tropical cyclone warnings. It became...
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    A civil defense siren is a siren used to provide an emergency population warning to the general population of approaching danger. Initially designed to...
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    The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the United States designed to allow authorized officials to broadcast emergency alerts...
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    effectiveness and provide audible warnings alongside the visual warnings produced by the lights. In many jurisdictions, the use of emergency lights may afford the...
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    siren signals, their meanings and the "requirements for their operation". Tsunami warnings are also issued over radio and to mobile phones via Emergency Mobile...
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    distribute the alert to local broadcast media (led by the Standard Emergency Warning Signal tone), SMS messaging and automated landline phone calls. Tornado...
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    signal they are approaching is clear or at caution. Depending on the upcoming signal state, the AWS will either produce a 'horn' sound (as a warning indication)...
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    The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS), sometimes called the Emergency Action Notification System (EANS), was an emergency warning system used in the United...
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    North Warning System Standard Emergency Warning Signal (Australia) Traffic Collision Avoidance System Train Protection & Warning System Tsunami warning system...
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    carry out a shunting move. Warning signal The warning signal is the most unusual of the three types of British permissive signal. It is, like the shunt-ahead...
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    Public Warning System (Singapore) Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Wireless Emergency Alerts ShakeAlert Standard Emergency Warning Signal Emergency...
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    406 MHz distress radio signal, which is used by search-and-rescue teams to quickly locate the emergency and render aid. The distress signal is detected by satellites...
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  • activated when the signal is at danger. A train that passes the signal will have its emergency brake activated. If the train is travelling at speed, this may...
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    [citation needed] The hazard warning signal (sometimes called "hazard warning flashers", "hazard warning lights", "emergency lights", "4-way flashers",...
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  • Hong Kong tropical cyclone warning signals are issued by the Hong Kong Observatory to warn of a potential threat or effects of a tropical cyclone in the...
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    The National Emergency Alarm Repeater (NEAR) was a civilian emergency warning device in the United States. It was a 2–3" (5–7.5 cm) square box designed...
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    Federal Signal Modulators (also known as Modulator Speaker Arrays) are electronic warning devices produced by Federal Signal Corporation that are used...
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  • is a protocol used for framing and classification of broadcasting emergency warning messages. It was developed by the United States National Weather Service...
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    Broadcast Emergency population warning Emergency Alert System Emergency Public Warning System Four-minute warning CONELRAD UK's National Attack Warning System...
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    Japanese railway signals, according to the ministerial decree defining technical standards of railways (鉄道に関する技術上の基準を定める省令, Tetsudō ni kansuru gijutsu...
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    coordinate emergency alerts and warning messages through WEA and other public systems by means of the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System. The...
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  • stop signal and a warning signal and can therefore, according to the needs of the position, present aspects of both a plain stop signal and a warning signal...
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  • EU-Alert (category Emergency Alert System)
    Public Warning System designed to disseminate emergency alerts to mobile phones based on Cell Broadcast technology, as defined by ETSI standards. National...
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    aspect, which gives the driver advance warning that the stop signal ahead may be displaying 'danger'. The distant signal is installed at roughly full braking...
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  • The rainstorm warning signals are a set of signals used in Hong Kong to alert the public about the occurrence of heavy rain which is likely to bring about...
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    SOS (redirect from SOS signal)
    still recognized as a standard distress signal that may be used with any signaling method. It has been used as a visual distress signal, consisting of three...
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  • Pan-pan (category Distress signals)
    The radiotelephony message PAN-PAN is the international standard urgency signal that someone aboard a boat, ship, aircraft, or other vehicle uses to declare...
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    technologies, including forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, pedestrian automatic emergency braking, and adaptive lighting, among others...
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    ends”. A “Signal 30” could be a fatal car crash or any death, depending on local usage. Plain language helps ensure critical clarity in emergencies. It is...
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