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III. CONCEPT OF OPERATION <br />A. Emergency warning may originate at the national, state or local levels of <br />government. The county may receive warnings from the following sources: <br />1. National Warning System {NAWAS) <br />2. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration /National Weather Service <br />(NWS} Weather Radio Service <br />3. Emergency Alerting System (EAS) <br />4. State Operated Radio Systems <br />5. NC Division of Criminal Information (DCI} <br />6. Duke Power Decision Line and Selective Signaling Line <br />7. Local Government Radios <br />8. Sirens, horns, or mobile public address systems <br />9. Telephone <br />10. Personal contact <br />B. Receipt and Dissemination of Warning <br />l .The North Carolina State Highway Patrol serves as the State Warning Point at <br />the Raleigh Communications Center. The North Carolina Division of Emergency <br />Management operates an EOC on a 24-hour basis. NAWAS and NWS alerts are received <br />there from Federal agencies and on occasion from the public. <br />2. A warning message received from the site of an emergency is normally reported <br />to the County Warning Point. <br />3. Notification of government officials and emergency response personnel from <br />the County Warning Point will follow established alerting procedures. <br />4. If an incident occurs within Cabarrus County that may cause adverse affects <br />across jurisdictional lines, those jurisdictions adjoining Cabarrus County will be notified <br />through the communications center or by other methods, if quicker. <br />EOP/ANNEX C <br />1 <br />2 <br />September 2048 <br /> <br />' F-2 183 of 408 <br />