A must-have part of any home emergency preparedness kit, First Alert Brand, Midland Radio, Sunstar, Sima, Oregon Scientific, Eton, Many of our Public Alert weather Radios deliver the full capabilities of the NOAA All Hazards Radio Network, endorsed by the US Department of Homeland Security.

It is important to have a dependable, working am/fm radio, shortwave receiver or battery powered TV at hand in case of emergency. In the event of a power failure caused by a natural disaster or other emergency, you will need to keep in touch with what is happening by monitoring the radio.

Dead batteries are no longer a problem! A Self-Powered radio does away with these uncertainties. You have a rechargeable wind-up or solar radio always working when you need it. And you can tune into local radio broadcasts for up-to-date information.

It would be very smart to take along a rechargeable Wind-up radio, solar powered Radio or a even a battery powered NOAA weather alert radio with you to the cottage, lakeside, beach, hiking, ice fishing, camping-- or just for your listening pleasure. With many of these radios there is no need to worry about batteries as these radio run by their own "wind up" or solar power. Some you can even use with regular batteries or by plugging them in with an adapter.

We carry a full line of solar, dynamo (hand-crank powered) and Freeplay brand radios from top U.S. and foreign manufacturers. The great thing about these types of Emergency Self-Powered Radios is that you are no longer dependent on the lifespan of batteries! These self-powered radios are serious equipment derived from excellent technology and design. In a crisis or emergency, they would be essential and could be relied upon for your survival. This is aside from its obvious recreational use.

Emergency weather radios provide weather information from NOAA. These weather radios keep you informed. Our emergency weather radios provide alert information from the NWS and NOAA. These weather radios include hand-held weather radios and graphical interface weather radios.

Weather Radios provide advance warning about dangerous weather situations that is many times the key to surviving severe storms!

Weather radios can be life-saving tools in the event of approaching hurricanes, heavy rain, floods, tornados, or snow and ice. Weather alert radios are critical items to have in the home, office, for travelers, boaters, campers, hikers and for just about everyone who may be affected by severe weather!

Preparedness.com features NOAA alert radios in portable or desktop versions from a variety of manufacturers including Midland, Oregon Scientific, Reecom, First Alert and more. Many of the weather radios include S.A.M.E. (Specific Area Message Encoding) technology that enables you to localize emergency warnings to your specific area. Depending on the information you want to access, and how and where you plan to access our broadcasts, you have many options. We carry Standalone Weather Radio receivers as well as Multi-Band/Function Receivers with the Weather Band included. If you are want to be alerted to Warnings and Watches day or night, a Standalone receiver might work best for you. If you just want to be able to tune to in the Weather Broadcast, but you do not care about receiving alerts, a general multi-band/function receiver could be better.

Standalone Receivers: Standalone Receivers might also come with AM/FM bands, but their primary use will be to receive Weather Radio broadcasts. You can choose between handheld and desktop models, depending on whether you will want to take your radio with you when you go out. There are many choices and prices depending on the number of features included.

Multi-Band/Function Receivers: These receivers bundle a number of features, and Weather Radio is just one of possibly many frequency bands included. You can find the Weather Radio band included in:

AM/FM radios
Shortwave receivers
CB radios
VHF Marine radios
Scanners
GMRS/FRS 2-way radios
Car radios
TV/Radio combinations

Receives NOAA warnings of severe weather and environmental dangers. Receives public alert warnings for civil emergencies, terrorist attacks, problems at nuclear plants, industrial fires, chemical spills, biological hazards and Amber alerts. Our affordable weather radio incorporates the latest SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) technology, providing you with invaluable early warning information about approaching severe storms which may threaten your area. Buy an all-digital weather radio with SAME technology and AM/FM radio to be prepared for hurricane season. Boost your weather radio reception while on the road with an external VHF weather antenna. Purchase a weather radio has SAME technology, voice and siren alerts

SAME allows you to pre-program the weather radio and filter out distant weather warnings, instead localizing the alerts. The emergency weather radio eliminates false alarms and can be programmed to monitor different counties within your reception area.

About Frequency

Well there isn’t just one frequency, but seven. Good weather radios are able to tune to all seven frequencies and operate by battery. You may be wondering exactly what the weather radios broadcast? The broadcasts include the weather and warnings including post-event information for “all hazards” like earthquakes, terrorist attack, tsunamis, tornados, and chemical spills.

The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio, known as NWR, is broadcast as a public service resource for the National Weather Service’s severe storm warnings and the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) Emergency Alert System. NOAA broadcasts (MHz): 162.400, 162.425, 162.450, 162.475, 162.500, 162.525, and 162.550 24 hours a day. An AM/FM radio will not receive the NWR broadcast. A scanner, radio receiver i.e. a weather radio is needed.

You can be picky with what alerts you receive. New weather radios allow you to choose the alerts that you want to receive by geographic area. This technology is called Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME). The weather radio can turn itself on for the area selected when an emergency alert is sent out.

When selecting a weather radio check to make sure that the radio can run on batteries and that it can tune to all seven frequencies.

Emergency Alert Radio

Early warnings save lives. The ability to be prepared on a local level may make the most difference in a time of crisis. For years, these radios have played an important role in countless stories of people who have survived tornados, hurricanes and other natural disasters.

NOAA emergency alert weather radios monitor a nationwide network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information. There are seven NOAA weather channels broadcasting the National Weather Service’s severe storm warnings in all 50 states. You hear severe weather warnings, weather watches, weather forecasts, hazard and disaster alerts for your area.

Preparedness.com is one of the largest Weather Radio suppliers to the Federal Government.

The American Red Cross recommends that each household have a battery-powered or hand-crank radio for vital information during a crisis.

Oregon Scientific Weather radio, Weather Radios alert for national emergencies, tornados, thunderstorms, hurricanes, chemical spills, fires, natural and man-made disasters.

Emergency alert weather radios can be lifesavers when severe weather threatens your area! During an emergency, emergency alert weather radios activate to provide you with immediate information about the life-threatening event.

Preparedness.com carries Weather radios from Oregon Scientific, Midland, First Alert, Reecom, WeatherOne and grundig are available to purchase and incorporate features such as sirens, flashing strobe lights, warning messages and alert tones. Weather radios are available in portable or desktop models and many include SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) technology allowing you to filter our distant warning broadcasts and instead monitor only your local area!

We recommend Public Alert weather radios with SAME Technology. Digital tuning, optional external antenna capability and reliablity are the primary factors in choosing a weather radio. With global events changing the world climate nearly every minute, shortwave has become a necessity in the home, office, and while traveling. Now you can listen to live broadcasts from around the world, direct from the source. Shortwave provides instant access to international news.

We recommend the following Weather Radios:

1. Oregon Scientific Emergency Alert Weather Radio WR103 is an ultra-portable weather radio that is perfect for traveling, hiking, camping, and boating.

2. Midland WR300 Emergency Public Alert Weather Radio incorporates mounds of modern technology into a compact, affordable and stylish desktop unit perfect for the home or office!

3. Portable Public Alert Weather Radio with SAME by Oregon Scientific.

4. Public Alert Weather Radio with SAME and AM/FM by Midland Radio.

5. Emergency Alert Weather Radio with SAME and AM/FM Radio by First Alert.

6. Public Alert Weather Radio and Weather Station.

What is an NOAA Weather Radio?

This life-saving technology broadcasts weather forecasts and travel conditions, storm warnings, and alerts affecting life and safety on a 24/7 basis - 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio is a network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information directly from a nearby National Weather Service (NWS) office. It is operated by the NWS, an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce. NWR broadcasts National Weather Service warnings, watches, forecasts and other hazard information 24 hours a day. It also broadcasts alerts of non-weather emergencies such as national security, natural, environmental, and public safety (see: AMBER Alert) through the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Emergency Alert System.

The system is operated by the National Weather Service which is a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; both agencies are branches of the US Commerce Department. NOAA Weather Radio broadcasts are localized using over 600 special VHF transmitters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (stations are continually being added).

The NOAA frequencies are in the VHF radio spectrum ranging from 162.400 to 162.550 MHz, which is outside of the normal AM/FM radio bands and must be monitored by special receivers like the All Hazards/Weather Emergency Alert radios. These broadcasts can be received up to 40-50 miles from a NOAA transmitter. NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards.

What is EAS?

The Emergency Alert System (EAS) provides the only network of national and local government broadcasts for messages affecting public health and safety. Weather radios with SAME technology will receive these broadcasts automatically. EAS broadcasts may include warnings about weather and technological emergencies, including tornados and earthquakes; toxic chemical spills; radiation emergencies; explosions and fires; and other conditions that require immediate public notification.

With the EAS and the NOAA working in conjunction, communities are capable of being warned of every type of disaster - natural as well as man-made. Alerts and warnings (both visual and audio) are issued for such severe weather as hurricanes, tornados, floods, high winds, thunderstorms, tropical storms, radiation emergencies, hazardous chemical spills and fires within a 30-40 mile range.

What is S.A.M.E.?

S.A.M.E. is Specific Area Message Encoding. S.A.M.E. radios receive the same alerts and warnings as the NOAA radios, however they allow users to adjust their reception and identify information for specific counties of interest and concern, rather than for an entire regional broadcast area.

Weather Radio owners can easily program a SAME-equipped receiver with a six-digit code for a specific county location. This eliminates the numerous "false alarms" for weather alerts that may apply to an area 40 or 50 miles distant. Multiple county codes can be programmed and memorized by Oregon Scientific Weather Radios to permit storing home and business locations, travel/vacation destinations, and favorite recreational sites.

County Codes

For SAME Technology Codes and NOAA WEATHER RADIO County by County Coverage:

Automated Computer Voice Broadcasts

In addition to active weather alerts and warnings, the automated computer voice broadcasts (or voice of the National Weather Service) allows you to listen to current weather conditions, weather forecasts as well as weather statements, alerts and warnings.

All weather radios have the ability to tune into a specific frequency and listen to broadcasts.

Automated computer voice broadcasts:

• Temperature and Humidity
• Barometric Pressure
• Rain Fall
• Weather Forecast
• Storm and Disaster Warnings
Stand-by Mode
All NOAA Radios include a silent stand-by mode that automatically turns on the audio when an alert warning is received.

Public Alert Devices
Public Alert Weather Radio Monitors U.S. Emergency All Hazards, Reports Weather Bulletins / Warnings, Receives Available Emergency Advisories, Tornadoes / Floods / Evacuations. Oregon Scientific, Midland Radio, First Alert.

The Public Alert Standard (CEA-2009) was developed by the Consumer Electronics Association in conjunction with the National Weather Service. Devices carrying the Public Alert logo meet certain technical standards and come with all the features mentioned above.

Weather Radio Accessories

External antennas, audio cables, bed shakers, strobe lights and wireless transmitters are available for special needs applications.

Statements, Alerts and Warnings

The following statements, alerts and warnings are currently available with NOAA All Hazard Weather Radios.

• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Hurricane
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Earthquake
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Tsunami
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Coastal Flood
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Chemical Hazard
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Dam Watch
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Dam Break
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Contagious Disease
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Dust Storm
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Shelter in Place Warning
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Severe Thunderstorm
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for 911 Telephone Outage
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Avalanche
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Biological
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Hazard
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard for Boil Water Warning
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Blizzard
• Radio amber Alert and Warming for Child Abduction
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Civil Danger
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Civil Emergency
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Severe Weather
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Statement
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Tornado Watch
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Tornado
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Tropical Storm
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Volcano
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Wild Fire
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Winter Storm Warning
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Emergency Action
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Immediate Evacuation
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Evacuation Watch
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Food Contamination
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Flash Flood
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Flash Flood Watch
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Flood Watch
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Fire Warning
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Flash Freeze
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Freeze Warning
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Hurricane
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Hazardous Materials
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for High Wind
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Iceberg
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Industrial Fire
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Local Area Emergency
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Law Enforcement Warning
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Land Slide
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Nuclear Power Plant
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Power Outage
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Radiological Hazard
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Special Marine Warning
• Radio Alert and NOAA Hazard Warming for Special Weather Statement

All Weather and public alert radios from Preparedness.com may include an AM/FM radio, variable volume control, telescoping antenna, digital clock with calendar mode and an alarm. The AM/FM radio will also automatically end and switch to emergency mode when an alert warning is broadcast.