Integrated Public Alert and Warning System [IPAWS] Law and Legal Definition
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is a system to identify a digital technology that, when combined with upgraded Emergency Alert System capabilities, will enhance federal, state, and local leaders’ ability to communicate alert and warning information to the general public. It is under development by the Department of Homeland Security with the Federal Communications Com mission, in cooperation with the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration and the private sector. IPAWS provides the following:
a. It will allow the U.S. President to speak to the American people under all emergency circumstances, including situations of war, terrorist attack, natural disaster, or other hazards;
b. It will build and maintain an effective, reliable, integrated, flexible, and alert and warning comprehensive system;
c. It will enable Federal, State, territorial, tribal, and local alert and warning emergency communication officials to access multiple broadcast and other communications pathways for the purpose of creating and activating alert and warning messages related to any hazard impacting public safety and well-being;
d. It will reach the American public before, during, and after a disaster through as many means as possible;
e. It will diversify and modernize the Emergency Alert System (EAS);
f. It will create an interoperability framework by establishing or adopting standards such as the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP); and
g. It will enable alert and warning to those with disabilities and to those without an understanding of the English language.
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