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61Emergency Alert System — The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the U.S. put into place in 1994, superseding the Emergency Broadcast System (EBS) and the CONELRAD System and is jointly coordinated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC),… …
62Maritime Safety and Security Team — A Maritime Safety and Security Team or MSST is a United States Coast Guard anti terrorism team established to protect local maritime assets. It is a harbor and inshore patrol and security team that includes detecting and if necessary stopping or… …
63British replacement of the Trident system — A Trident missile launches from a submerged submarine The British replacement of Trident is a proposal to replace the existing Vanguard class of four Trident ballistic missile armed submarines with a new class designed to continue a nuclear… …
64Behavior-based safety — (BBS) is the ”application of science of behavior change to real world problems”. [Staff. “How Does Behavioral Safety work?” Cambridge Center for Behavior Studies. ] BBS “focuses on what people do, analyzes why they do it, and then applies a… …
65Emergency warning system for vehicles — Telematics technologies are self orientating open network architecture structure of variable programmable intelligent beacons developed for application in the development of intelligent vehicles with target intent to accord (blend, or mesh)… …
66Control system security — is the prevention of intentional or unintentional interference with the proper operation of industrial automation and control systems. These control systems manage essential services including electricity, petroleum production, water,… …
67Factor of safety — See also: safety factor (plasma physics) Factor of safety (FoS), also known as safety factor (SF), is a term describing the structural capacity of a system beyond the expected loads or actual loads. Essentially, how much stronger the system is… …
68Inerting system — An inerting system is a device that attempts to increase the safety of a fuel tank, ball mill, or other sealed or closed in tank that contains highly flammable material, by pumping nitrogen, steam, carbon dioxide, or some other inert gas or vapor …
69Active Denial System — Humvee with ADS mounted The Active Denial System (ADS) is a non lethal, directed energy weapon developed by the U.S. military.[1] It is a strong millimeter wave transmitter primarily used for crowd control (the goodbye effect [ …
70ASA physical status classification system — The ASA physical status classification system is a system for assessing the fitness of patients before surgery. In 1963 the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) adopted the five category physical status classification system; a sixth… …
