Users Groups

Thoughout its growth and development, ALERT has benefitted from the input of its users. In order to collect input, discuss planning / operations / maintenance, and to prepare organized queries for hardware and software vendors; these ALERT users have formed the following groups. Information on member systems and data sources is available through these Users groups Web Links:

• ALERT User's Group (AUG - Western U.S.)
• Southwestern Association of ALERT Systems (SAAS - SouthWestern U.S.)
• National Hydrologic Warning Council (NHWC - National coordination and legislative action group)
• Arizona ALERT User's Group (AAUG - Arizona is also a member state of AUG and SAAS)
• ALERT~FLOWS (Eastern U.S.)
• IFLOWS (Eastern U.S.) A similar flood warning technology used by the federal government which uses different communications and software from ALERT.

One of the things that has been developed through the cooperation of these Users Groups is an ALERT Guidelines and Maintenance Manual (Version 2.2-June '95, Word Perfect, 122K Zip File). In addition, these groups have been instrumental in assisting the National Weather Service in the preparation of the Flood Warning Systems Manual, which is now available for download.

ALERT began in the USA, but is also in use internationally:

• Argentina
• Australia
• China
• India
• Indonesia
• Jamaica
• Spain

If you own or operate an ALERT system outside of the United States of America, please contact the WebPage administrator for inclusion in this list.

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Updated 16 Jun 2003