[EAS] Why we need Text-To-Speech

[Ed Czarnecki]

Also, an underlying question is how EAS fits within the Incident Command
System (ICS) and other guidance under the National Incident Management
System (NIMS).  Importantly, while EAS is covered under IS-247, EAS is not
really reflected in mainstream NIMS courses (even NIMS guidance on Public
Information Systems gives scant attention to EAS and public warning in
general).

Access to CMAS may also be a de facto influence on how EAS codes are used at
the local level - to get to cell phones via CMAS, only codes imminent
threats to life and property would be forwarded to the carriers.  That would
inevitably effect how local emergency managers use CAP to get to CMAS - and
feed EAS via IPAWS as a by-product.