Goto Section: 79.1 | 79.3 | Table of Contents
FCC 79.2
Revised as of October 1, 2008
Goto Year:2007 |
2009
Sec. 79.2 Accessibility of programming providing emergency information.
(a) Definitions. (1) For purposes of this section, the definitions in Sec. Sec. 79.1
and 79.3 apply.
(2) Emergency information. Information, about a current emergency, that is
intended to further the protection of life, health, safety, and property,
i.e. , critical details regarding the emergency and how to respond to the
emergency. Examples of the types of emergencies covered include tornadoes,
hurricanes, floods, tidal waves, earthquakes, icing conditions, heavy snows,
widespread fires, discharge of toxic gases, widespread power failures,
industrial explosions, civil disorders, school closings and changes in
school bus schedules resulting from such conditions, and warnings and
watches of impending changes in weather.
Note to paragraph(a)(2): Critical details include, but are not limited to,
specific details regarding the areas that will be affected by the emergency,
evacuation orders, detailed descriptions of areas to be evacuated, specific
evacuation routes, approved shelters or the way to take shelter in one's
home, instructions on how to secure personal property, road closures, and
how to obtain relief assistance.
(b) Requirements for accessibility of programming providing emergency
information.
(1) Video programming distributors must make emergency information, as
defined in paragraph (a) of this section, accessible as follows:
(i) Emergency information that is provided in the audio portion of the
programming must be made accessible to persons with hearing disabilities by
using a method of closed captioning or by using a method of visual
presentation, as described in Sec. 79.1 of this part;
(ii) Emergency information that is provided in the video portion of a
regularly scheduled newscast, or newscast that interrupts regular
programming, must be made accessible to persons with visual disabilities;
and
(iii) Emergency information that is provided in the video portion of
programming that is not a regularly scheduled newscast, or a newscast that
interrupts regular programming, must be accompanied with an aural tone.
(2) This rule applies to emergency information primarily intended for
distribution to an audience in the geographic area in which the emergency is
occurring.
(3) Video programming distributors must ensure that:
(i) Emergency information should not block any closed captioning and any
closed captioning should not block any emergency information provided by
means other than closed captioning; and
(ii) Emergency information should not block any video description and any
video description provided should not block any emergency information
provided by means other than video description.
(c) Complaint procedures. A complaint alleging a violation of this section
may be transmitted to the Commission by any reasonable means, such as
letter, facsimile transmission, telephone (voice/TRS/TTY), Internet e-mail,
audio-cassette recording, and Braille, or some other method that would best
accommodate the complainant's disability. The complaint should include the
name of the video programming distributor against whom the complaint is
alleged, the date and time of the omission of emergency information, and the
type of emergency. The Commission will notify the video programming
distributor of the complaint, and the distributor will reply to the
complaint within 30 days.
[ 65 FR 26762 , May 9, 2000, as amended at 65 FR 54811 , Sept. 11, 2000]
Goto Section: 79.1 | 79.3
Goto Year: 2007 |
2009
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