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'''Integrated Public Alert and Warning System ([[has acronym::IPAWS]])''' is an alternative approach to [[Emergency Plan]] [[Sirens]] using phone notifications. Like Amber Alerts. | '''Integrated Public Alert and Warning System ([[has acronym::IPAWS]])''' is FEMA's national system for local alerting that provides authenticated emergency and life-saving information to the public through mobile phones using Wireless Emergency Alerts, to radio and television via the Emergency Alert System, and on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Weather Radio. It is an alternative approach to [[Emergency Plan]] [[Sirens]] using phone notifications. Like Amber Alerts. | ||
* [[URL::https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:42, 13 September 2023
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is FEMA's national system for local alerting that provides authenticated emergency and life-saving information to the public through mobile phones using Wireless Emergency Alerts, to radio and television via the Emergency Alert System, and on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Weather Radio. It is an alternative approach to Emergency Plan Sirens using phone notifications. Like Amber Alerts.