RE: Emergency Broacasting Systems

gervasi — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:47:59 GMT

Yes. Even keeping the sirens, it seems like they could localize them better. I generally ignore the sirens because of excessive false alarms in my area.

Now that electronics are getting cheap, it makes sense to me to build a warning system into smoke and CO detectors.

RE: Emergency Broacasting Systems

DAB — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:13:33 GMT

Good Post.

The key to having a warning system is to make sure that it is reliable, minimal false alarms, and users who actually heed the warnings when they occur.

There is currently a large public inquiry about our local Tornado Warning Sirens. Some people claim that they go off too often for them to decide to take action. Others complain the the sirens are used in areas too far away from the actual threat area and they are basically ignoring them because the warnings usually do not affect them.

Since I live in a tornado prone area, warning is crucial for survival.

If you are going to set up a network of warning, it needs to provide a range of alerts such as Yellow Alert if you are in a potential threat area and a Red Alert if you are in a current area of threat.

People need more than just a siren for their decision space.

Just a thought,

DAB