Emergency Alert System

U.S. radio/TV system for public alerts of threats to public safety since 1997
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Emergency Alert System

Summary

Emergency Alert System is an emergency population warning[1]. It draws 1,452 Wikipedia views per month (emergency_population_warning category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Emergency Alert System is in the country of United States[3].
  • Emergency Alert System's instance of is recorded as emergency population warning[4].
  • Emergency Alert System's audio is recorded as National EAS Test.ogg[5].
  • Emergency Alert System's operator is recorded as Federal Government of the United States[6].
  • Emergency Alert System's logo image is recorded as EAS new.svg[7].
  • Emergency Alert System's subclass of is recorded as warning system[8].
  • Emergency Alert System's part of is recorded as Integrated Public Alert and Warning System[9].
  • Emergency Alert System's Commons category is recorded as Emergency Alert System[10].
  • +1997-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Emergency Alert System[11].
  • Emergency Alert System's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017rd5[12].
  • Emergency Alert System's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Emergency Alert System[13].
  • Emergency Alert System's replaces is recorded as Emergency Broadcast System[14].
  • Emergency Alert System's Quora topic ID is recorded as Emergency-Alert-System[15].
  • Emergency Alert System's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i74628[16].
  • Emergency Alert System's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 07239583-n[17].
  • Emergency Alert System's Vikidia article ID is recorded as es:EAS[18].

Body

Geography

Emergency Alert System is in the country of United States[3]. Its part of is recorded as Integrated Public Alert and Warning System[9].

Designation and Status

Emergency Alert System's instance of is recorded as emergency population warning[4].

History and Context

+1997-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Emergency Alert System[11].

Why It Matters

Emergency Alert System draws 1,452 Wikipedia views per month (emergency_population_warning category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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