FEMA will integrate HD Radio’s Emergency Alerts feature into FEMA’s
IPAWS Test and Demonstration facility
CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Xperi
Corporation (Nasdaq: XPER) (“Xperi”), is pleased to announce an
agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As part
of the agreement, FEMA will integrate HD Radio’s Emergency Alerts
feature into its Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) test
and demonstration center in Maryland. The test facility houses all of
the communication technologies used for emergency alerting, and provides
education for state emergency responders, politicians, and other
government officials. HD Radio’s Emergency Alert feature will be on
demonstration at NAB Show 2019 in the FEMA/IPAWS booth, located at
Central Hall Stand C3330.
“We are excited about this agreement with the Federal Emergency
Management Agency,” said Ashruf El-Dinary, vice president of radio
technology solutions at Xperi. “The integration of HD Radio’s Emergency
Alerts feature in the IPAWS facility will demonstrate the capabilities
of digital radio technology as an advanced emergency notification
solution for the public. For the first time FEMA will have the ability
to test the Emergency Alert System using commercial HD Radio receivers.”
The HD Radio Emergency Alerts feature provides visual as well as
auditory notifications to consumers. The digital radio features allow
broadcasters to expand public service information in local communities.
HD Radio receivers with the Emergency Alerts feature are available in
select vehicles, as well as aftermarket and tabletop radios, in the U.S.
and Canada.
For more information on HD Radio, please visit www.hdradio.com
and @HDRadio
on Twitter and Instagram. For more information about the Xperi
automotive business, please visit www.xperi.com/futureofauto.
About Xperi Corporation
Xperi Corporation (Nasdaq: XPER) and its brands, DTS, FotoNation, HD
Radio, Invensas and Tessera, are dedicated to creating innovative
technology solutions that enable extraordinary experiences for people
around the world. Xperi’s solutions are licensed by hundreds of leading
global partners and have shipped in billions of products in areas
including premium audio, automotive, broadcast, computational imaging,
computer vision, mobile computing and communications, memory, data
storage, and 3D semiconductor interconnect and packaging. For more
information, please call 408-321-6000 or visit www.xperi.com.
About FEMA
FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is an
internet-based capability that federal, state, local, tribal and
territorial authorities can use to issue critical public alerts and
warnings.
During an emergency, alert and warning officials need to provide the
public with life-saving information quickly. IPAWS is a modernization
and integration of the nation’s alert and warning infrastructure, and
will save time when time matters most, protecting life and property.
Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial alerting authorities can
use IPAWS and integrate local systems that use Common Alerting Protocol
(CAP) standards with the IPAWS infrastructure. IPAWS provides public
safety officials with an effective way to alert and warn the public
about serious emergencies using the Emergency Alert System (EAS),
Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio, and other public alerting systems
from a single interface. View a list of IPAWS Organizations with Public
Alerting Authority Completed in each state.
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