Alarms

Outdoor Warning Systems Guide .pdf
Info - Attack Warnings .mp3
Attack Siren .mp3 {veryslow: warble}
General Alert Siren .mp3 {continuous: steady}
Evacuate Area Buzzer .mp3 {repeating = bang-bang-bang-pause}
US Navy Collision Bell .wav {repeating = veryfast: ding-ding-ding-pause}
US Navy Flight Crash Siren .wav {fast: warble}
US Navy General Alarm Bell .wav {repeating = fast: ding}

 Warnings

Vehicle Backing Bell .mp3 {repeating = slow: ding}
Locomotive Approaching Public Grade Crossing Whistle .mp3 {long-long-short-long}
Yield to Emergency Responder Yelp .mp3 {veryfast: warble}
Fallout Approaching Whistle .mp3 {repeating = medium-pause}
Gas Detected Rattle .mp3 {fast: clicking}
 ~ A mechanical wooden rattle should always be used to sound a Gas Warning (and a cyalume stick used for lighting), because it does not produce a spark.

 Signals

Beach Warning Flags .pdf
Coastal Warning Display Signals .pdf
Fog Lights and Signals .pdf
Homeland Security Advisory System .pdf
Distress Signals .pdf
Require Emergency Assistance Horn .mp3 {repeating = verylong-pause}

 Broadcasts

Distress Calls .pdf
The Wilderness Protocol .pdf
Maritime Safety Systems .pdf
Info - Emergency Broadcasts .mp3
The Role of CB and Travelers Information Stations in Emergencies .pdf
Tornado Watch and Tornado Warning .pdf
National Weather Service Forecast Products.pdf
NOAA Weather Radio .pdf
Integrated Public Alert and Warning System .pdf
Commercial Mobile Alert System .pdf
Emergency Alert System .pdf
~ EAS Primary Entry Point Stations .pdf
Be advised that CONELRAD and EBS have been superceded by EAS.
However, since they still remain in some organizations emergency procedure documentation and can be wrongly broadcast from an individual station transmitter, below is some information about them:
[ CONELRAD .pdf ]
~ [ CONELRAD Alerting Manual .pdf ]
~~ [ Control of Electromagnetic Radiation Radio Alert Message .mp3 ]
[ EBS .png ]
~ [ Emergency Broadcast System .pdf ]

 Behavioral Considerations

The Structure of Social Responses to Unanticipated Warnings .pdf
Verification Handbook .pdf
Risk Communication .pdf
Reaching At-risk Populations in an Emergency .pdf
Language Issues and Barriers .pdf
Disaster Backlash .pdf


NOTE: The British have four color-coded classes for air raids, which correspond to the above sounds...
- White = General Alert Siren
- Grey = Fallout Approaching Whistle
- Black = Evacuate Area Buzzer
- Red = Attack Siren