ACTIVATION – The initiation of the EAS by transmission of the EAS codes

AM – Frequency Band from 540 kHz to 1700 kHz

AMBER ALERT – A child abduction emergency alert event (CAE) issued by the Missing Persons Unit of the New Jersey State Police through the National Weather Services NOAA radio system and/or the New Jersey State Police 800Mhz trunked radio system.

ATTENTION SIGNAL – Eight seconds of two tones (853 & 960 Hz) used as an audio alert

AUTOMATIC INTERUPTION – The automatic encoding and transmission of EAS Codes for pre-selected events

CAP – Common Alerting Protocol

CFR – Code of Federal Regulations

CLASS D – Non-commercial educational FM radio station with an output of less than 10 watts

DBS – Direct Broadcast Satellite

EAN – Emergency Activation Notification

EAS – Emergency Alert System

EAT – Emergency Action Termination

EIC – Emergency Information Center

EOC – Emergency Operations Center

EOM – End Of Message

FCC – Federal Communications Commission

FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIPS – Federal Information Processing

FM – Radio Frequency Band from 88 MHz to 108 MHz

KHz – Kilohertz or 1,000 Hertz

LP – Local Primary, a source of EAS Local Area messages

LPTV – A low power television station

MHz – Megahertz or one million hertz

NAB – National Association of Broadcasters

NIC -National Information Center

NJSP – New Jersey State Police

NN – Non-Participation National Source

NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NWS – National Weather Service

NWWS – NOAA Weather Wire Service

LOCAL AREA -A geographic area of the state which has been designated by the EAS plan to function as one portion of the EAS distribution network

PEP – Primary Entry Point

PN – Participating National source

RBDS – Radio Broadcasting Data System, a defined protocol for data that is transmitted on the 57 kHz subcarrier of FM radio broadcasting stations.

RMT – Required Monthly Test

RPU -Remote Pickup Unit

RWT – Required Weekly Test

SECC – State Emergency Communications Committee

SOS – State Override System, a system by which EAS can be activated through the NJSP Division Headquarters, whenever a government official cannot establish direct contact with a broadcast station or cable system.

SP – State Primary, a primary source of EAS state programming, which can originate from the governor or authorized representative.

SUBCARRIER – An inaudible portion of the broadcast signal that is added to the program signal of the FM or TV sound.

TV – Television

WATCH – A message that describer a potential threat to the safety of life and/or property.

WARNING – A message that describes imminent or actual threat to the safety of life and/or property.

WRSAME – Weather Radio Specific Area Message Encoder, a device used by the National Weather Service to broadcast data on the national Weather Radio for day-to-day forecast and weather related emergency announcements.

UTC – Coordinated Universal Time