Rhode Island Emergency Managment

Rhode Island Emergency Managment

• RI-EMA operates on the RISCON trunk system.
  

PPESWS WARNING SYSTEM

In 2009, the Providence Emergency Managment Agency, along with the RI-EMA,
Johnson & Wales University and Brown University installed a new outdoor warning system.
The Port of Providence Emergency Siren Warning System (PPESWS) went online 10/23/2009.

A detailed description of the system can be see on this document (requires Adobe PDF).
PPESWS Document

The voice information and system control operates on:
158.8575 D-031.
Also simulcast on RISCON-Providence TG:10211

There are 4 sirens in total.

• Pro-Met (Public St. & Allens Avenue)
  
• Engine 13 (Ernest St. & Allens Avenue).
  
• Johnson & Wales harborside campus.
  
• Exxon/Mobile (Pawtucket Ave & Wheeler St, East Providence).