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Digital Emergency Alert System
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>In 2004, <a href="/facts/Las_Vegas%2c_Nevada/DLwGjxJt">Las Vegas</a>' <a href="/facts/PBS/E6q9udH8">PBS</a> member station, <a href="/facts/KLVX/2xIxffhy">KLVX</a>, was the first station in the United States to demonstrate what digital television has to offer in times of emergency. </p><p>In 2010, the DEAS project was terminated in favor of FEMA's IPAWS Open Platform for Emergency Networks (OPEN). IPAWS OPEN is a set of securely hosted Web services that enable the routing of standards-compliant emergency messages between disparate third-party applications, systems, networks and devices.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> As stated by FEMA, reasons for terminating DEAS included concerns over the stability and reliability of some of the underlying products, and the proprietary nature of many of the systems used within DEAS. </p><p>However, responding to a mandate included in the WARN act, FEMA continues to utilize a variant of the DEAS architecture for <a href="/facts/Wireless_Emergency_Alerts/GuxeYA9N">Wireless Emergency Alerts</a>, also known as the Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> In 2007 and 2008, the <a href="/facts/Federal_Communications_Commission/Ueghz8W0">Federal Communications Commission</a> proposed and adopted the network structure, operational procedures and technical requirements for the <a href="/facts/Personal_Localized_Alerting_Network/GuxeYA9N">Personal Localized Alerting Network</a> (PLAN) system.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Personal_Localized_Alerting_Network/GuxeYA9N">Personal Localized Alerting Network</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Common_Alerting_Protocol/tVttaUdF">Common Alerting Protocol</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Commercial_Mobile_Alert_System/GuxeYA9N">Commercial Mobile Alert System</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.governmentvideo.com/article/27534">Government Video article on DEAS</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Sarkar, Dibya (2005-04-11). "FEMA tests digital alert system - Technology will send messages to wireless devices, radio, TV and the Internet". Federal Computer Week. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080907044243/http://www.fcw.com/article88522-04-11-05-Print" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080907044243/http://www.fcw.com/article88522-04-11-05-Print</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"FEMA: IPAWS Components". Archived from the original on 2 July 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120702012030/http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/aggregator.shtm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120702012030/http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/aggregator.shtm</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"PBS WARN Project (Warning, Alert and Response Network)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141012125327/https://secure.connect.pbs.org/pbsdocuments/Solutions/Conferences/Technology/2011/Presentations/Doshi.Golub.Wallace_WARN.revFINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20141012125327/https://secure.connect.pbs.org/pbsdocuments/Solutions/Conferences/Technology/2011/Presentations/Doshi.Golub.Wallace_WARN.revFINAL.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Wyatt, Edward (2011-05-09). "Emergency Alert System Expected for Cellphones". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2011-05-15. Retrieved 2011-05-26. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110515095230/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/us/10safety.html?_r=2" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20110515095230/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/10/us/10safety.html?_r=2</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>