AMBER Alert Broadcast Timelines

[Bonnie Ferenbach]

From Gus Paidousis, AATTAP Region 2 Liaison: I am looking to find out how the five-hour AMBER Alert Broadcast timelines came to be. Many of the AMBER Alert plans have a five-hour cycle for the alert broadcast; i.e., every 15 to 20 minutes during the first two hours, and every 30 minutes during the last three hours. Beyond five hours, it is often appears to be at the discretion of individual stations as to how often they broadcast the AMBER Alert information. Any background on how the five-hour (or your chosen total time frame) cycle was developed and/or decided upon will be helpful. Thank you! Gus ([email protected])

[Rachel Salter]

In Alabama, the AMBER alert is broadcast only once through the EAS, email blast to the media, email blast to the public who have subscribed to receive the alerts, and email blast to law enforcement and first responders through the Fusion Center. However, the alert is posted to the Alabama AMBER Alert page on Facebook, the AL Missing Person Alerts page on Twitter, and the DOT message boards until the child is located.

Also, the media in Alabama continues to report the alert until the child is located.

[Shelly Smitherman]

TBI does not utilize a 5-hour Amber Alert Broadcast plan. Our PIO’s provide updates to the media as needed.

[Anónimo]

We have not had a lot of AMBER activation alerts in Puerto Rico (I think our last one was in 2014) but our plan only states «an alert broadcast every half hour, up to a period of 24 hours or a maximum of 72 hours».

[Nona Best]

I have not heard of a five hour time line. I’ve been doing this in NC for ten years now and I not heard anyone say a specific time of 5 hours.

[Emily Butler]

Georgia does not have that timeline. Initial broadcast, and EAS alert. There are other broadcasts as the media sees fit, and as we provide necessary updates to them.

[Carri Gordon]

Our state plan does have language regarding the broadcaster’s responsibility to repeat the alert information every 30 minutes for a period of time, however, it’s been my experience that this rule is not followed and to my knowledge never was. I was around when the state plan was written here in 2004 and the suggested timeline was a request from our State Broadcasters Association President but I don’t remember the reasoning behind it. Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful!
Carri

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