FEMA, National Weather Service, Other Groups Join AWARN Alliance Advisory Committee

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Weather Service and other large originators of emergency alerts joined the advisory committee for the Advanced Warning and Response Network (AWARN) Alliance, said an alliance news release Monday. The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and APCO also joined the council advising the alliance, which focuses on public safety applications for ATSC 3.0. The AWARN Alliance and advisory committee members plan “to convene working groups” in the second half of 2017, and a beta version of AWARN alerts will be available for TV stations that broadcast in ATSC 3.0 in 2018, the release said.