Alert America

Author : Michael Scheibach
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476678049
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alert America! written by Michael Scheibach and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To address the threat of an atomic-armed Soviet Union during the early days of the Cold War, President Harry Truman approved the Alert America exhibit as the most effective way to convey the destructive power of the atomic bomb and to encourage participation in civil defense. Following its debut in the nation's capital in January 1952, Alert America, promoted as "The Show That May Save Your Life," traveled in three separate convoys to more than eighty cities considered most likely to be bombed, and garnered unprecedented support from elected and civic officials, the media, the military, private industry, and myriad organizations. This is the first book to examine the scope and impact of Alert America, which has been largely overlooked by historians. Also included are resource materials providing insights into the government's overriding objective of preparing men, women and children to survive an atomic war.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assuring Public Alert Systems Work to Warn American Citizens of Natural and Terrorist Disasters written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309467373
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emergency Alert and Warning Systems written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-05-19 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a series of natural disasters, including Hurricane Katrina, that revealed shortcomings in the nation's ability to effectively alert populations at risk, Congress passed the Warning, Alert, and Response Network (WARN) Act in 2006. Today, new technologies such as smart phones and social media platforms offer new ways to communicate with the public, and the information ecosystem is much broader, including additional official channels, such as government social media accounts, opt-in short message service (SMS)-based alerting systems, and reverse 911 systems; less official channels, such as main stream media outlets and weather applications on connected devices; and unofficial channels, such as first person reports via social media. Traditional media have also taken advantage of these new tools, including their own mobile applications to extend their reach of beyond broadcast radio, television, and cable. Furthermore, private companies have begun to take advantage of the large amounts of data about users they possess to detect events and provide alerts and warnings and other hazard-related information to their users. More than 60 years of research on the public response to alerts and warnings has yielded many insights about how people respond to information that they are at risk and the circumstances under which they are most likely to take appropriate protective action. Some, but not all, of these results have been used to inform the design and operation of alert and warning systems, and new insights continue to emerge. Emergency Alert and Warning Systems reviews the results of past research, considers new possibilities for realizing more effective alert and warning systems, explores how a more effective national alert and warning system might be created and some of the gaps in our present knowledge, and sets forth a research agenda to advance the nation's alert and warning capabilities.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.6V/5 ( download)

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Author : United States. Federal Civil Defense Administration
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annual Report - Federal Civil Defense Administration written by United States. Federal Civil Defense Administration and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Directorate for Armed Forces Information and Education
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alert written by United States. Directorate for Armed Forces Information and Education and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress Senate
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2840 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress Senate and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 2840 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 946 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Civil Defense Program written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 970 pages
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