Emergency Broadcast: Difference between revisions

'''[[Canada]]:''' [https://www.alertready.ca/ Alert Ready] is a national alert system with the capability to override radio broadcasts and use "Wireless Public Alerting" to push alert messages to 4G LTE cellphones. Unlike the similar system in the USA, Canadians cannot opt out of WPA messages (butwhich has lead to all-too-common news reports of the 9-1-1 system being flooded with complaints from people who did not turn off their phones before going to bed the night an Amber Alert was sent). However, WPA messages are not billable, either). Alerts are sent in specific geographic areas for wildfires, natural disasters, Amber Alerts, terrorist threats, and other emergencies. Environment Canada's "Weatheradio Canada" (which disseminated weather warnings, alerts, and tests on VHF radio) has been incorporated into Alert Ready.

Only one province, Alberta, has a provincial emergency warning system. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yieKSxczXXY The Alberta Emergency Public Warning System] was planned after an F5 tornado tore through Edmonton, but was only picked up by all broadcasters after a F3 tornado destroyed a campground at Pine Lake. The EPWS serves to advise the public of imminent threats such as severe summer weather (tornadoes, thunderstorms, and floods) and civil emergencies, and also broadcasts AMBERAmber Alerts. It generally is not used to disseminate less emergent weather alerts such as snowfall or blizzard warnings, as those are considered relatively common events during most of the winter (and spring, and...).