The Integrated Public Alert & warning equipment (IPAWS) is national system for local alerting that provides authenticated emergency and life-saving information to the public through mobile phones using Wireless Emergency Alerts, to radio and television via the Emergency Alert System, and on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Weather Radio.
Emergency alerts transmitted over Integrated Public Alert & warning equipment are being displayed on select Lamar Advertising Company digital billboards in the areas around the country affected by the alerts.
IPAWS alerts have already appeared on Lamar digital billboards in 17 states and are available to run in all 43 states that Lamar covers.
IPAWS presents the "Year in Review" webinar. Have you wondered how IPAWS is successfully used across the Nation by local public safety officials? From COVID-19, natural disasters, and AMBER alerts, to unique cases and testing, this webinar highlights real-life successes from IPAWS over the past year.
We report trends in IPAWS adoption, new users, interesting statistics regarding IPAWS use, and the major happenings in 2020. Join the IPAWS Stakeholder Engagement team for this 40 minute discussion, followed by a question and answer period with the IPAWS Lab.
IPAWS allows Alerting Authorities to write their own message using commercially available software that is Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) compliant. The message is then delivered to the Integrated Public Alert and warning equipment, Open Platform for Emergency Networks (IPAWS OPEN), where it is authenticated and then delivered simultaneously through multiple communication pathways. Through IPAWS, one message is created to reach as many people as possible to save lives and protect property.
Utilizing multiple pathways for public alerts increases the likelihood that the message will successfully reach the public. IPAWS is structured to facilitate this functionality.
State, local, territorial, and tribal alerting systems such as emergency telephone networks, giant voice sirens, and digital road signs may also receive alerts from IPAWS-OPEN, and future alerting technologies and systems can easily be integrated into IPAWS.
Whether you're sending, receiving, developing or communicating about alerts, find the tools you need for your role in the Integrated Public Alert & warning equipment.
Eastablished the IPAWS program in 2006 by Presidential Executive Order 13407. Today there are more than 1,500 federal, state, local, tribal and territorial alerting authorities that use IPAWS to send critical public alerts and warnings in their jurisdictions.