In a recent project, ASC installed more than 1000 high-powered speaker arrays on towers throughout the coastal areas of an Asian country. Deploying the system created communication resources in the most remote regions; for the first time in history, the country has an end to end communications network. The warning system is managed by one national and a group of regional control centers; it is controlled across a satellite communications system. It is used, of course, for emergency warnings, but in this proud, reverent country, the system is also used for religious messages, patriotic notices, and to play the national anthem at the same time throughout the nation. Once the initial system was deployed in 2005, the government embarked on an ambitious program to deploy warning solutions to 100% of their nation. They have deployed many capabilities since 2005 and have years of phases planned to further advance the system.
A nearby nation, also devastated in 2004’s tsunami, toured the tsunami warning system; the government promptly announced that they wanted the same system to protect their country. For Phase I in 2007, American Signal designed the system and installed 50 towers with high-powered speaker arrays to protect the nation’s coastal areas. This is an ongoing project as the country works to provide alerts throughout the nation for a wide variety of emergencies.