Emergency Advisory Radio

 

Emergency Advisory Radio Stations provide information in a 3 to 5-mile radius by broadcasting on a set AM frequencies. These stations are set up by local municipalities to provide emergency information to their communities. These radio stations may be fixed stations (often installed at municipal buildings such as an emergency operations center or city hall), or portable stations that can be set-up in a disaster area to provide information to that specific area.

Unlike the NOAA NWR Service , Emergency Advisory Radio does not broadcast continuously, rather these stations are only activated when there is a local event adversely affecting the public. Emergency Advisory Radio allows local officials to provide information in a specific limited area.

Emergency Advisory Radio Stations in Oregon and Washington include:

 OREGON  

    Ashland - 1700 kHz (fixed ALERT AM station)
    Baker County - 530 kHz (fixed Information Station components)
    Beaverton - 1620 kHz (fixed ALERT AM station)
    Brookings - 1650 kHz (fixed/portable RadioSTAT station)
    Estacada - 1680 kHz (portable/fixed RadioSTAT IP station)
    Gresham - 1610 kHz (fixed ALERT AM station)
    Happy Valley - 1700 kHz (portable/fixed RadioSTAT station)
    Hermiston (See Umatilla...)
    Port of Portland International Airport - 530 kHz (fixed Information Station)
    Sandy - 1660 kHz (portable/fixed RadioSTAT IP station)
    Umatilla Weapons Depot at Hermiston - 1600 kHz (RoadRunnR portable station)
    United States Coast Guard - 1610 kHz (9 fixed Information Stations along the shore)


 WASHINGTON  

    Auburn - 1700 kHz (fixed ALERT AM station)
    Bellevue - 1270 kHz (RoadRunnR portable station)
    Burien - 540 kHz (portable/fixed RadioSTAT station)
    Camas - 1670 kHz (fixed ALERT AM station)
    Clyde Hills - 1660 kHz (portable VoiceStar Staton)
    Coast Guard (See United States Coast Guard.)
    Cowlitz County - 1700 kHz (fixed Information Station for Weyerhaeuser, Inc.)
    Federal Way - 900 kHz (RESPONDER1 mobile station)
    Fort Lewis Army Base - 1500 kHz (fixed ALERT AM station)
    Hanford Nuclear Power Facility at Pasco - 530 kHz (4 fixed, synchronized stations, custom)
    Issaquah - 1700 kHz (fixed ALERT AM station)
    Kent - 1650 kHz (fixed Information Station)
    King County (See Pierce, King & Snoqualmie...)
    Kitsap Naval Base - 1610 (2 fixed ALERT AM stations)
    Makah Tribe - 1610 kHz (2 portable/fixed RadioSTAT stations)
    Othello - 1610 kHz (fixed Information Station)
    Pasco (See Hanford Nuclear Power Facility...)
    Pierce, King & Snoqualmie, Counties of - 590 & 1610 kHz (10 portable VoiceStar stations)
    Port Angeles - 1610 kHz (fixed Information Station)
    Puyallup Pierce County - 1580 kHz (3 fixed ALERT AM stations)
    Redmond - 1650 kHz (fixed ALERT AM station)
    Sammamish - 540 kHz (2 fixed ALERT AM stations)
    Skagit County - 1630 kHz (fixed ALERT AM station)
    Snoqualmie - 1650 kHz (fixed ALERT AM station).
    Spokane International Airport - 1610 kHz (fixed Information Station)
    Tacoma - 1610 kHz (2 fixed Information Stations)
    Tukwila - 1640 kHz (fixed ALERT AM station)
    United States Coast Guard - 1610 kHz (3 stations along the shore)
    Vashon Island Fire Rescue - 1650 kHz (3 fixed Information Stations)
    Woodinville - 1610 kHz (fixed Information Station)


A list of operating Emergency Advisory Radio Stations for other states can be found on-line at: (https://www.theradiosource.com/resources/stations-alert.htm)

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