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Revision as of 09:20, 31 October 2009
The Standard Emergency Warning Signal (SEWS) is a warning siren used in Australia to alert the public of danger. The siren is played over radio or television during a storm, cyclone (hurricane) or bushfire.
The SEWS was developed by the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia) in the 1970s for tropical cyclone warnings. It was adopted as a national emergency warning signal on 21 May 1995 [1].
References
- ^ Standard Emergency Warning Signal (SEWS), Bureau of Meteorology, 2009
External links
- Discussion at Australian Bureau of Meteorology
- Sample of siren sound
- [http://www.earlywarningsys.com/ EWS
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