PowerPoint Presentation
IJIS Mid-Year Briefing John Lawson Executive Director, AWARN
AllianceThursday, September 15, 2016
AWARN Alerts based on Next Generation Television (ATSC 3.0)
Leverage the one-to-many architecture of broadcastingAre not
reliant on the electric grid or cellular network connectivityReduce
the burden on 911 and other two-way communicationsProvide
information before, during and after emergency eventsDeliver rich
media, e.g., video, photographs, text, radar images, plume models,
evacuation routes, inundation maps, shelter information, hospital
wait times, and power outage informationProvide for multilingual
and accessible alertsWake-up devices deep indoors or mobile
This is a recent WEA AMBER alert 90 characters with useful, but
limited information.
Lets take a look an an AWARN AMBER alert.
AWARN Demos in ProductionTornado with ABC 33/40, based on 2011
Tuscaloosa-Birmingham long track tornadoChemical spill with WJLA,
based on May 2016 CSX derailment in Northeast Washington, DCActive
shooter with WRAL, in coordination with NC public safety
agencies
IJIS Mid-Year Briefing John Lawson Executive Director, AWARN
AllianceAWARN.org; [email protected]
Thursday, September 15, 2016
2016Blues21472.6762016Blues65905.5552016Blues29387.9592016Blues26645.042016Blues16117.4612016Blues2455.5112016Blues2089.7952
