Warning system
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A warning system is any system of biological or technical nature deployed by an individual or group to inform of a future danger. Its purpose is to enable the deployer of the warning system to prepare for the danger and act accordingly to mitigate against or avoid it.
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[edit] Biological warning systems
- Aposematism (e.g. warning coloration)
- Climate canary
- Fear
- Miner's canary
- Pain
[edit] Man-made warning systems
[edit] Civilian warning systems
- Alberta Emergency Public Warning System
- Automatic Warning System
- Child abduction alert system
- Dam safety system
- Earthquake warning system
- Emergency Alert System (United States)
- Famine Early Warning Systems Network
- Fire alarm system
- Gale warning
- Ground proximity warning system
- Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System
- International Early Warning Programme
- J-Alert
- Lane departure warning system
- May contain
- National Severe Weather Warning Service
- North Warning System
- Traffic Collision Avoidance System
- Train Protection & Warning System
- Tsunami warning system
[edit] Military warning systems
- Airborne Warning and Control System [disambiguation needed]
- Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
- CONELRAD
