Subscriber-based emergency alert method and system

A method of providing an emergency alert service using a telephone network comprises transmitting, to a subscriber of the emergency alert service, an emergency message within a name parameter of a caller-identification message. As an alternative to or in addition to the aforementioned act, the method may comprise transmitting, to a subscriber, an emergency message within a name parameter of a caller-identification-with-call-waiting message. As an alternative to or in addition to the aforementioned acts, the method may comprise transmitting, to a subscriber, an emergency message within a talking-call-waiting message.