Public safety Public safety A civil defense siren, air raid siren, tornado siren, or other kind of outdoor warning siren, is usually considered to be an electrically-powered mechanical device for generating sound to provide warning of approaching danger and to indicate when the danger has passed. Initially designed to warn of air raids, they were adapted to warn of nuclear attack and of natural phenomena such as tornadoes. The generalized nature of the siren led to them being largely replaced with more considered warnings, such as the U.S. Emergency Alert System. ...more on Wikipedia about "Civil defense siren"
The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) is an XML-based data format for exchanging emergency alerts and public warnings among different alerting technologies. CAP allows a consistent warning message to be disseminated simultaneously over many different warning systems, in order to increase warning effectiveness and simplify the warning activation task for responsible officials. ...more on Wikipedia about "Common Alerting Protocol"
(Intercon Security) Intercon Security, Ltd. is a global security solution provider with headquarters in Toronto, Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Intercon Security"
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The National Vessel Movement Center, commonly abbreviated NVMC, is a military subdivision of the United States Coast Guard, assigned to record and monitor arrivals of ships within United States ports. Its purpose is to prevent terrorist attack. ...more on Wikipedia about "National Vessel Movement Center"
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