SYDNEY, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Australia's government is pushing to establish a bushfire early warning system after a week of blazes that killed at least 181 people, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard said on Sunday.
Gillard told Channel Nine television that legislation was being prepared to set up the system after years of delays.
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Sunday, February 15, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
SEATTLE TIMES: Friday's Kingston-area quake revealed cracks in alert system
When an earthquake larger than magnitude 3 strikes the Northwest, an automated system is supposed to page University of Washington seismologists and notify emergency managers.
But that's not what happened with Friday morning's magnitude-4.5 jolt.
Because computers were apparently overloaded with data from an expanded network of seismic instruments, the scientists were awakened instead by predawn calls from journalists.
"The system has worked flawlessly for 10 years," said Steve Malone, emeritus professor and former director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. "This time, nothing went off."
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
TECHNOLOGY TIPS: Emergency Warning Functions in Telephone Systems
Modern telephone systems have a public address or paging function either built in or part of a connected controller. If you have ever been at a retail store and heard the overhead speaker announcement that diapers are on sale in aisle 4, then heard a sound like someone hanging up a phone, that is an telephone system PA function.
This function can be a critical (and often overlooked) part of an emergency warning system. Whether in a retail store or an office setting, the ability to announce to every phone in the system of an emergency can be invaluable. Look for features such as all or selected paging, paging to phones and/or stand alone speakers, and the ability to integrate with other warning systems. A very important function is the ability to add a passcode to prevent unauthorized use.
Here is an example of how this works. The emergency coordinators in an office building monitor the weather radio. A tornado warning is issued. The emergency coordinator picks up any phone in the system, punches in the ALL CALL passcode, and announces a take cover warning to everyone. The warning goes out over the telephone speakers (whether the phone is in use or not) and over stand alone PA speakers. Once the tornado has passed, an all clear announcement is transmitted the same way. A step up in functionality could be integrating the weather radio alert directly into the telephone system, with either an ALL CALL or designated phones.
Contact your telephone vendor or IT provider for more information.
This function can be a critical (and often overlooked) part of an emergency warning system. Whether in a retail store or an office setting, the ability to announce to every phone in the system of an emergency can be invaluable. Look for features such as all or selected paging, paging to phones and/or stand alone speakers, and the ability to integrate with other warning systems. A very important function is the ability to add a passcode to prevent unauthorized use.
Here is an example of how this works. The emergency coordinators in an office building monitor the weather radio. A tornado warning is issued. The emergency coordinator picks up any phone in the system, punches in the ALL CALL passcode, and announces a take cover warning to everyone. The warning goes out over the telephone speakers (whether the phone is in use or not) and over stand alone PA speakers. Once the tornado has passed, an all clear announcement is transmitted the same way. A step up in functionality could be integrating the weather radio alert directly into the telephone system, with either an ALL CALL or designated phones.
Contact your telephone vendor or IT provider for more information.
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