LOCAL WARNING SYSTEM DEFINITION

Abstract

The document is the final report of the Local Warning System Definition project. The report describes a method for determining an optimum mixture of public warning systems. Two types of input data to the optimum mixture method are developed: warning effectiveness standards based on empirically determined news dissemination rates and broadcasting industry audience figures, and measures of particular systems' coverage and speed of dissemination--or system effectiveness. In addition to two versions of the warning effectiveness standards, outdoor warning, EBS (crisis), EBS with CHAT- TV and a telephone warning system are used in a first test of the method. Use of the optimum mixture in programs for estimating increased survivors is also described.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 05, 1970
Accession Number
AD0703906

Entities

People

  • B. D. Miller

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Broadcasting
  • Civil Defense
  • Communication Channels
  • Consistency
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Corporations
  • Detection
  • Disasters
  • Emergencies
  • Families (Human)
  • Human Behavior
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Time Intervals
  • United States
  • Urban Areas
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.