Warning system, the Glossary
Warning system is any system of biological or technical nature deployed by an individual or group to inform of a future danger.[1]
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57 relations: Airborne early warning and control, Alarm (disambiguation), Alberta Emergency Alert, Alert Ready, Anatolia, Aposematism, Automatic Warning System, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, Bomb Alarm System, Building code, Byzantine beacon system, Chain Home, Chain Home Low, Child abduction alert system, CONELRAD, Dam safety system, Daryal radar, Defense Support Program, Dnestr radar, Domestic canary, Duga radar, Early-warning radar, Earthquake early warning system, Emergency Alert System, Emergency Broadcast System, Emergency management, Emergency population warning, Famine Early Warning Systems Network, Fear, Federal Civil Defense Authority, Fire, Fire alarm system, Gale warning, Ground proximity warning system, Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System, International Early Warning Programme, J-Alert, Lane departure warning system, Missile defense, National Emergency Alarm Repeater, National Severe Weather Warning Service, NATO, North Warning System, Oko, Pain, PAVE PAWS, Risk, ROTOR, Space-Based Infrared System, Standard Emergency Warning Signal, ... Expand index (7 more) »
Airborne early warning and control
An airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system is an airborne radar early warning system designed to detect aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles and other incoming projectiles at long ranges, as well as performing command and control of the battlespace in aerial engagements by informing and directing friendly fighter and attack aircraft.
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Alarm (disambiguation)
Alarm may refer to.
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Alberta Emergency Alert
Alberta Emergency Alert (AEA) is a public warning system in Alberta that warns the public on impending or occurring emergencies affecting an area.
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Alert Ready
The National Public Alerting System (NPAS; Système national d'alertes à la population), branded as Alert Ready, is the national warning system in Canada, broadcast to Canadian television, radio, and wireless devices.
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Anatolia
Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.
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Aposematism
Aposematism is the advertising by an animal, whether terrestrial or marine, to potential predators that it is not worth attacking or eating.
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Automatic Warning System
Automatic Warning System (AWS) is a railway safety system invented and predominantly used in the United Kingdom. Warning system and Automatic Warning System are warning systems.
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Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
The RCA 474L Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS, 474L System, Project 474L) was a United States Air Force Cold War early warning radar, computer, and communications system, for ballistic missile detection.
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Bomb Alarm System
The Bomb Alarm System (also known as the Bomb Alarm Display System) was a US and UK network of optical bhangmeter sensors intended to confirm the detonation of an enemy nuclear weapon near cities or military installations within the US or at US operated early warning radar sites in the UK or Greenland.
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Building code
A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings and non-building structures.
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Byzantine beacon system
In the 9th century, during the Arab–Byzantine wars, the Byzantine Empire used a semaphore system of beacons to transmit messages from the border with the Abbasid Caliphate across Asia Minor to the Byzantine capital, Constantinople. Warning system and Byzantine beacon system are warning systems.
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Chain Home
Chain Home, or CH for short, was the codename for the ring of coastal early warning radar stations built by the Royal Air Force (RAF) before and during the Second World War to detect and track aircraft.
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Chain Home Low
Chain Home Low (CHL) was the name of a British early warning radar system operated by the RAF during World War II.
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Child abduction alert system
A child abduction alert system (also Child Alert, Amber alert or Child Rescue Alert) is a tool used to alert the public in cases of worrying or life-threatening disappearances of children. Warning system and child abduction alert system are emergency communication.
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CONELRAD
CONELRAD (Control of Electromagnetic Radiation) was a method of emergency broadcasting to the public of the United States in the event of enemy attack during the Cold War. Warning system and CONELRAD are warning systems.
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Dam safety system
Dam safety systems are used to monitor the state of dams, including external physical threats to the dams, and issuing emergency warnings at various degrees of automation.
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Daryal radar
The Daryal-type radar (NATO: Pechora) is a Soviet bistatic early-warning radar.
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Defense Support Program
The Defense Support Program (DSP) is a program of the United States Space Force that operated the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System used by the United States.
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Dnestr radar
Dnestr radar (Днестр) and Dnepr radar (Днепр), both known by the NATO reporting name Hen House, are the first generation of Soviet space surveillance and early warning radars.
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Domestic canary
The domestic canary, often simply known as the canary (Serinus canaria forma domestica), is a domesticated form of the wild canary, a small songbird in the finch family originating from the Macaronesian Islands of the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands. Warning system and domestic canary are warning systems.
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Duga radar
Duga was an over-the-horizon radar (OTH) system used in the Soviet Union as part of its early-warning radar network for missile defense.
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Early-warning radar
An early-warning radar is any radar system used primarily for the long-range detection of its targets, i.e., allowing defences to be alerted as early as possible before the intruder reaches its target, giving the air defences the maximum time in which to operate.
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Earthquake early warning system
An earthquake warning system or earthquake alarm system is a system of accelerometers, seismometers, communication, computers, and alarms that is devised for rapidly notifying adjoining regions of a substantial earthquake once one begins.
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Emergency Alert System
The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the United States designed to allow authorized officials to broadcast emergency alerts and warning messages to the public via cable, satellite and broadcast television and both AM, FM and satellite radio.
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Emergency Broadcast System
The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS), sometimes called the Emergency Action Notification System (EANS), was an emergency warning system used in the United States. Warning system and emergency Broadcast System are warning systems.
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Emergency management
Emergency management (also disaster management) is a science and a system charged with creating the framework within which communities reduce vulnerability to hazards and cope with disasters.
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Emergency population warning
An emergency population warning is a method where by local, regional, or national authorities can contact members of the public to warn them of an impending emergency.
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Famine Early Warning Systems Network
FEWS NET, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, is a website of information and analysis on food insecurity created in 1985 by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the US Department of State, after famines in East and West Africa.
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Fear
Fear is an intensely unpleasant primal emotion in response to perceiving or recognizing a danger or threat.
The Federal Civil Defense Authority was established in the United States Department of Defense (DOD), by DOD Directive 5105.43, May 5, 1972.
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Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.
Fire alarm system
A fire alarm system is a building system designed to detect, alert occupants, and alert emergency forces of the presence of fire, smoke, carbon monoxide, or other fire-related emergencies.
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Gale warning
A gale warning is an alert issued by national weather forecasting agencies around the world in an event that maritime locations currently or imminently experiencing winds of gale force on the Beaufort scale.
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Ground proximity warning system
A ground proximity warning system (GPWS) is a system designed to alert pilots if their aircraft is in immediate danger of flying into the ground or an obstacle. Warning system and ground proximity warning system are warning systems.
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Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System
The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System was set up to provide warning to inhabitants of nations bordering the Indian Ocean of approaching tsunamis. Warning system and Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System are warning systems.
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International Early Warning Programme
The International Early Warning Program (IEWP), was first proposed at the Second International Early Warning Conference (EWCII) in 2003 in Bonn, Germany. Warning system and International Early Warning Programme are warning systems.
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J-Alert
J-Alert (J Arāto; full name label) is the early warning system used in Japan.
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Lane departure warning system
In road-transport terminology, a lane departure warning system (LDWS) is a mechanism designed to warn the driver when the vehicle begins to move out of its lane (unless a turn signal is on in that direction) on freeways and arterial roads. Warning system and lane departure warning system are warning systems.
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Missile defense
Missile defense is a system, weapon, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception, and also the destruction of attacking missiles.
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National Emergency Alarm Repeater
The National Emergency Alarm Repeater (NEAR) was a civilian emergency warning device in the United States. Warning system and National Emergency Alarm Repeater are warning systems.
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National Severe Weather Warning Service
The National Severe Weather Warning Service (shortened to NSWWS) is a service provided by the Met Office in the United Kingdom.
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NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.
North Warning System
The North Warning System (NWS, Système d'alerte du nord) is a joint United States and Canadian early-warning radar system for the atmospheric air defense of North America.
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Oko
Oko (Old lit) is a Russian (previously Soviet) missile defence early warning programme consisting of satellites in Molniya and geosynchronous orbits.
Pain
Pain is a distressing feeling often caused by intense or damaging stimuli.
PAVE PAWS
PAVE PAWS (PAVE Phased Array Warning System) is a complex Cold War early warning radar and computer system developed in 1980 to "detect and characterize a sea-launched ballistic missile attack against the United States".
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Risk
In simple terms, risk is the possibility of something bad happening.
ROTOR
ROTOR was an elaborate air defence radar system built by the British Government in the early 1950s to counter possible attack by Soviet bombers.
Space-Based Infrared System
The Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) is a United States Space Force system intended to meet the United States' Department of Defense infrared space surveillance needs through the first two to three decades of the 21st century.
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Standard Emergency Warning Signal
The Standard Emergency Warning Signal (SEWS) is a warning siren used in Australia to alert the public of danger.
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System
A system is a group of interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole.
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Boy Who Cried Wolf is one of Aesop's Fables, numbered 210 in the Perry Index.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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Traffic collision avoidance system
A traffic alert and collision avoidance system (TCAS, pronounced; TEE-kas), is an aircraft collision avoidance system designed to reduce the incidence of mid-air collision (MAC) between aircraft. Warning system and traffic collision avoidance system are warning systems.
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Train Protection & Warning System
The Train Protection & Warning System (TPWS) is a train protection system used throughout the British passenger main-line railway network, and in Victoria, Australia.
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Tsunami warning system
A tsunami warning system (TWS) is used to detect tsunamis in advance and issue the warnings to prevent loss of life and damage to property. Warning system and tsunami warning system are warning systems.
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Voronezh radar
Voronezh radars (РЛС Воронеж) are the current generation of Russian early-warning radar, providing long distance monitoring of airspace against ballistic missile attack and aircraft monitoring.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warning_system
Also known as AVWS, Audio Visual Warning System, Audio Visual Warning System (AVWS), Warning systems.
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