Patent ID: 8855595

Claim:
An emergency radio, comprising: a radio receiver; electronic memory; an input device; an output device; a processor in data communication with the radio receiver, the electronic memory, the input device, and the output device; and electronic instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform steps for: (a) automatically obtaining a SAME code and at least one initial frequency setting for a given location; (b) sampling each of the at least one initial frequency settings using the radio receiver and disregarding any initial frequency setting that fails to meet predetermined criteria, whereby any remaining initial frequent satin is a potential frequency setting; (c) identifying a selected frequency setting from all of the potential frequency settings; (d) storing the SAME code and the selected frequency setting in the electronic memory; (e) causing all alert data associated with the SAME code and the selected frequency setting to be output; (f) automatically obtaining a listing of additional locations associated with the selected frequency setting and the given location, and outputting the listing of additional locations through the output device; (g) identifying at least one of the additional locations from the listing of additional locations based on user input from the input device, whereby each additional location identified is a secondary location; (h) automatically obtaining a SAME code for each secondary location, and storing the SAME code for each secondary location in the electronic memory; and (i) causing all alert data associated with the SAME code for each secondary location and the selected frequency setting to be output.