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<strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Alert</strong> <strong>System</strong> <strong>Changes</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong> Wash<strong>in</strong>gton <strong>State</strong><br />
Don Miller<br />
2012 Partners <strong>in</strong> <strong>Emergency</strong> Preparedness Conference<br />
April 9 ‐ 11, 2012
<strong>State</strong> Radio Network (SRN)<br />
Galbraith Mt.<br />
KGMI<br />
Mt. Ellis<br />
KONP<br />
Gold Mt.<br />
KIRO<br />
KPLU<br />
KBRC<br />
Burch Mt.<br />
KPQ<br />
KXLY<br />
Mt. Spokane<br />
KXLE<br />
KSEM<br />
Steptoe Butte<br />
Naselle<br />
KXRO KGY<br />
Boisfort Mt.<br />
KBAM<br />
KELA<br />
KMWX<br />
Sunny Slope<br />
Joe Butte<br />
KONA<br />
K<strong>WSU</strong><br />
KBBT<br />
(Portland)<br />
Stacker Butte<br />
KIHR<br />
(Hood River)<br />
11 Radio Sites<br />
1995 ‐ 2005
What is CAP? Who has adopted it?<br />
• The Common <strong>Alert</strong> Protocol (CAP) was developed by the<br />
Partnership for Public Warn<strong>in</strong>g (PPW) for common usage<br />
worldwide. PPW consisted of its founder Dr. Peter Ward, 16<br />
Trustees, and 350 members from <strong>in</strong>dustry, government and<br />
the general public all <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> improv<strong>in</strong>g warn<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />
• OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured<br />
Information Standards) adopted CAP XML standard for over<br />
600 organizations and 100 countries after the Wash<strong>in</strong>gton<br />
state CAP EAS system was demonstrated live <strong>in</strong> Geneva.<br />
• FEMA and the FCC have both adopted and are now <strong>in</strong> the<br />
implementation stages for both CMAS and CAP‐EAS.
Wash<strong>in</strong>gton <strong>State</strong> Proof of Concept<br />
CAP Pilot Project<br />
• Funded by FEMA IPAWS office <strong>in</strong> 2005.<br />
• FEMA requested a CAP Proof of Concept pilot<br />
project at a PPW Trustees meet<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
• PPW Trustees selected<br />
– My<strong>State</strong>USA, Inc. Software Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g<br />
– Wash<strong>in</strong>gton <strong>State</strong> <strong>Emergency</strong> Management<br />
• S<strong>in</strong>gle CAP Decoder feed<strong>in</strong>g SRN Analog Network
Pilot project allowed EOC to relay CAP alerts over<br />
<strong>State</strong> Radio Network<br />
Galbraith Mt.<br />
KGMI<br />
Mt. Ellis<br />
KONP<br />
Gold Mt.<br />
KIRO<br />
KPLU<br />
KBRC<br />
Burch Mt.<br />
KPQ<br />
KXLY<br />
Mt. Spokane<br />
KXLE<br />
KSEM<br />
Steptoe Butte<br />
Naselle<br />
KXRO KGY<br />
Boisfort Mt.<br />
KBAM<br />
KELA<br />
KMWX<br />
Sunny Slope<br />
Joe Butte<br />
KONA<br />
K<strong>WSU</strong><br />
KBBT<br />
(Portland)<br />
Stacker Butte<br />
KIHR<br />
(Hood River)<br />
CAP‐EAS alerts to 11 Radio<br />
Sites<br />
2006
WA‐CAP Early Development<br />
2007‐2012
<strong>State</strong> & Locals<br />
WA‐CAP Network is Primary<br />
INTERNET<br />
KBIS<br />
KNWU<br />
KVAS<br />
(Astoria)<br />
KONP<br />
KNWP<br />
KXRO<br />
KBKW<br />
KGY<br />
KAOS<br />
KSWS<br />
KBAM<br />
KUKN<br />
KGON<br />
(Portland)<br />
KELA KCED<br />
KGMI<br />
KUGS<br />
KART KBRC<br />
KMWS<br />
KIRO‐PEP<br />
KPLU<br />
KVTI<br />
KGRG<br />
KBCS<br />
EOC KEXP<br />
KUOW<br />
KXPA<br />
KGNW<br />
KING<br />
KCPQ<br />
KMCQ<br />
KXLE<br />
KNWR<br />
KCWU<br />
KFFM<br />
KNWY<br />
KYRG<br />
KNWG<br />
KPQ<br />
KOMW<br />
KQWS<br />
KBSM<br />
KLWS<br />
KONA<br />
KORD<br />
KFAE<br />
KTNW‐DT<br />
KEWU<br />
KGTS<br />
KWWS<br />
KHQ<br />
KXLY<br />
KRFA<br />
K<strong>WSU</strong>‐DT<br />
K<strong>WSU</strong><br />
KNWV<br />
CAP <strong>State</strong>wide October 2010
SRN & LRN’s are now Secondary<br />
Galbraith Mt.<br />
KGMI<br />
Mt. Ellis<br />
KONP<br />
KBRC<br />
Burch Mt.<br />
KOMW<br />
KHQ<br />
Mt. Spokane<br />
KBIS<br />
Gold Mt.<br />
KIRO<br />
KPLU<br />
KPQ<br />
KXLY<br />
Naselle<br />
KVAS<br />
(Astoria)<br />
KXRO<br />
KBKW<br />
KBAM<br />
KUKN<br />
KGY<br />
Boisfort Mt.<br />
KELA<br />
Stacker Butte<br />
KFFM<br />
KXLE<br />
Sunny Slope<br />
KBSM<br />
Joe Butte<br />
KONA<br />
KORD<br />
Steptoe Butte<br />
K<strong>WSU</strong><br />
KGON<br />
(Portland)<br />
KIHR<br />
(Hood River)<br />
25 LP1 & LP2 stations
WA‐CAP and IPAWS<br />
• WA‐CAP network monitor<strong>in</strong>g will cont<strong>in</strong>ue by all CAP<br />
capable broadcast stations per the SECC <strong>State</strong> EAS Plan.<br />
• All broadcasters must also monitor the IPAWS ATOM<br />
feed for national alerts start<strong>in</strong>g June 30, 2012.<br />
• All WA‐CAP alerts orig<strong>in</strong>ated with My<strong>State</strong>USA will also<br />
be relayed to IPAWS to relay provid<strong>in</strong>g a third redundant<br />
path for EAS alerts to reach Wash<strong>in</strong>gton broadcasters.
WA‐CAP <strong>Alert</strong> Dissem<strong>in</strong>ation<br />
Analog Broadcast<br />
NOAA<br />
Message<br />
Dissem<strong>in</strong>ation<br />
Analog EAS Broadcasters<br />
Digital EAS Broadcasters<br />
PBS<br />
AM FM Satellite Radio;<br />
Digital Analog Cable Satellite TV<br />
WA <strong>State</strong><br />
39<br />
Counties<br />
MystateUSA<br />
IPAWS compliant CAP<br />
<strong>Alert</strong> Orig<strong>in</strong>ation Tools<br />
My<strong>State</strong>USA<br />
Cellular Broadcast (CMAS)<br />
NOAA Weather Radio<br />
Internet Services<br />
Social networks/remailers<br />
Notification Services<br />
Contact lists<br />
Public geo‐targeted and 911<br />
database<br />
4 Cellular<br />
Carrier<br />
Networks<br />
Cellular<br />
Phones
IPAWS provides CMAS access<br />
Analog Broadcast<br />
NOAA<br />
IPAWS<br />
Message<br />
Dissem<strong>in</strong>ation<br />
Analog EAS Broadcasters<br />
Digital EAS Broadcasters<br />
PBS<br />
AM FM Satellite Radio;<br />
Digital Analog Cable Satellite TV<br />
WA <strong>State</strong><br />
“S<strong>in</strong>gle COG”<br />
39<br />
Counties<br />
MystateUSA<br />
IPAWS compliant CAP<br />
<strong>Alert</strong> Orig<strong>in</strong>ation Tools<br />
My<strong>State</strong>USA<br />
Cellular Broadcast (CMAS)<br />
NOAA Weather Radio<br />
Internet Services<br />
Social networks/remailers<br />
Notification Services<br />
Contact lists<br />
Public geo‐targeted and 911<br />
database<br />
4 Cellular<br />
Carrier<br />
Networks<br />
Cellular<br />
Phones
WA‐CAP and IPAWS offer redundancy<br />
Analog Broadcast<br />
NOAA<br />
IPAWS<br />
Message<br />
Dissem<strong>in</strong>ation<br />
Analog EAS Broadcasters<br />
Digital EAS Broadcasters<br />
PBS<br />
AM FM Satellite Radio;<br />
Digital Analog Cable Satellite TV<br />
WA <strong>State</strong><br />
“S<strong>in</strong>gle COG”<br />
39<br />
Counties<br />
MystateUSA<br />
IPAWS compliant CAP<br />
<strong>Alert</strong> Orig<strong>in</strong>ation Tools<br />
MystateUSA<br />
Cellular Broadcast (CMAS)<br />
NOAA Weather Radio<br />
Internet Services<br />
Social networks/remailers<br />
Notification Services<br />
Contact lists<br />
Public geo‐targeted and 911<br />
database<br />
4 Cellular<br />
Carrier<br />
Networks<br />
Cellular<br />
Phones
IPAWS/CMAS Access Approval<br />
• WA has a Collaborative Operat<strong>in</strong>g Group (COG)<br />
agreement with the FEMA IPAWS office that covers the<br />
entire state and it’s use of IPAWS approved My<strong>State</strong>USA<br />
software.<br />
• Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g required is provided by My<strong>State</strong>USA either on<br />
site, via web<strong>in</strong>ar, or on‐l<strong>in</strong>e.<br />
• Completion of the FEMA IS‐247 Integrated Public <strong>Alert</strong><br />
and Warn<strong>in</strong>g <strong>System</strong> course on‐l<strong>in</strong>e is also necessary for<br />
all activators.
Commercial Mobile <strong>Alert</strong> <strong>System</strong> (CMAS)<br />
• CMAS will require third party software for activation<br />
by EOC’s/911 Centers.<br />
• My<strong>State</strong>USA has successfully sent CMAS alerts to the<br />
IPAWS aggregator servers.<br />
• IPAWS will sent MSU CMAS alerts to all participat<strong>in</strong>g<br />
cellular carriers for relay to the public.
FCC Fifth Report and Order<br />
• Denies the use of Text‐to‐Speech (TTS) based upon the<br />
vary<strong>in</strong>g TTS software used by broadcaster receiv<strong>in</strong>g<br />
decoders.<br />
• FEMA formally Petitioned the FCC for the use of TTS.<br />
• WA SECC is apply<strong>in</strong>g for a TTS waiver based upon the<br />
success of the WA‐CAP system and it’s use of lexicons <strong>in</strong><br />
broadcaster decoders. WA SECC Waiver Petition will be<br />
submitted to FCC on April 13, 2012.<br />
• Issue for WA centers: Denial will require both the typ<strong>in</strong>g<br />
of text for TV crawlers and the record<strong>in</strong>g of a WAV file,<br />
which may also cause delays <strong>in</strong> issu<strong>in</strong>g an alert.
CAP‐EAS Lessons Learned<br />
• Cap Status field must be actual<br />
• Poll<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>stead of Static IP<br />
• Group counties for RMT’s by EAS LECC area.<br />
• Broadcaster decoders are programmed to relay real<br />
alerts to all counties they broadcast to.<br />
• Encoder programm<strong>in</strong>g templates were used statewide<br />
for the Sage units currently <strong>in</strong>stalled. (~120)<br />
• Hot audio levels on decoders were adjusted <strong>in</strong> a<br />
statewide effort to balance audio levels.<br />
• Orig<strong>in</strong>al Lexicon files <strong>in</strong>stalled <strong>in</strong> SAGE units will be<br />
updatedperiodically by the SECC.
IPAWS Modernization Act – HR3563<br />
PURPOSE:<br />
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to<br />
direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to<br />
modernize and implement the national<br />
<strong>in</strong>tegrated public alert and warn<strong>in</strong>g system to<br />
dissem<strong>in</strong>ate homeland security <strong>in</strong>formation and<br />
other <strong>in</strong>formation, and for other purposes.
CAUSE CAP Experiment<br />
Wash<strong>in</strong>gton <strong>State</strong> and British Columbia CAUSE Experiment <strong>in</strong><br />
2011 utilized the International Common <strong>Alert</strong><strong>in</strong>g Protocol<br />
(CAP) standard, approved by ITU‐T, to exchange alerts and<br />
geo metadata <strong>in</strong>formation between neighbors that have and<br />
will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to send first responders to help each other<br />
when needed.<br />
http://vimeo.com/planetworks/review/31868418/fd99a653e8<br />
Conducted between:<br />
WA <strong>Emergency</strong> Management Division utiliz<strong>in</strong>g My<strong>State</strong>USA.<br />
British Columbia <strong>Emergency</strong> Management utiliz<strong>in</strong>g Multi‐Agency<br />
Situational Awareness <strong>System</strong> (MASAS).
Grant Fund<strong>in</strong>g for CAP<br />
• Information on the 2012 Homeland Security Grant Program<br />
(HSGP) and the associated IPAWS 2012 HSGP Supplemental<br />
Guidance is provided to assist <strong>State</strong>, territorial, tribal, and<br />
local governments with prepar<strong>in</strong>g documentation for the<br />
acquisition of common alert protocol (CAP) compliant<br />
public alert and warn<strong>in</strong>g equipment, as well as tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g,<br />
exercise, and alert and warn<strong>in</strong>g outreach activities. Fund<strong>in</strong>g<br />
from the Homeland Security Grant Program, Tribal<br />
Homeland Security Grant Program (THSGP), the<br />
Interoperable <strong>Emergency</strong> Communications Grant Program<br />
(IECGP), and the <strong>Emergency</strong> Operations Center (EOC)<br />
Grant Program can be used to enhance exist<strong>in</strong>g or<br />
establish new alert and warn<strong>in</strong>g programs.
<strong>Emergency</strong> <strong>Alert</strong> <strong>System</strong> <strong>Changes</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong> Wash<strong>in</strong>gton <strong>State</strong><br />
WA <strong>State</strong> <strong>Emergency</strong> Communications Committee (SECC) WA EAS<br />
Plan can be found at http://wsab.org/eas/eas.html<br />
FEMA IPAWS Site and IS‐247 can be found at<br />
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/<br />
OASIS at http://www.oasis‐open.org/org<br />
HR 3563 at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgib<strong>in</strong>/bdquery/z?d112:h.r.3563:<br />
MASAS at http://ircan‐rican.gc.ca/projects/masas<br />
Don Miller<br />
dmiller@mystateusa.com<br />
360‐791‐4365
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