Migration to CAP in Washington State
Don Miller SVP of Business Development, MyStateUSA, Inc. OASIS Emergency Alerting Policy Workshop Montreal CA May 1-3, 2012 State Radio Network (SRN)
Galbraith Mt. KGMI
KBRC Burch Mt. Mt. Spokane Mt. Ellis KPQ KONP KIRO Gold Mt. KPLU KXLY
KXLE KSEM Steptoe Butte KXRO KGY KELA KWSU Boisfort Mt. Joe Butte KONA KBAM Sunny Slope Naselle KMWX
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KBBT (Portland) KIHR 11 Radio Sites (Hood River) 1995 - 2005 What is CAP? Who has adopted it?
• The Partnership for Public Warning (PPW) had its founding meeting Nov 30, 2001 to investigate improvements to public warning. PPW was named and executive director Dr. Peter Ward, led the 16 Trustees representing 130 members from industry, government and the general public all interested in improving warnings.
• The PPW chose OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) to standardize the draft work introduced by Art Botterell. OASIS was the optimal choice as the standards are free, open and international. The xml Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) was first ratified in 2004. The ITU adopted it as Recommendation X.1303 in 2006.
• FEMA adopted CAP as the alerting protocol for IPAWS in support of Executive order 13407. The FCC now requires CAP in the EAS and CMAS alerting. Washington State Proof of Concept CAP Pilot Project
• Funded by FEMA IPAWS office in 2005.
• FEMA requested a CAP Proof of Concept pilot project at a PPW Trustees meeting.
• Washington State EMD selected MyStateUSA, Inc. – Communications and collaboration tool – Single CAP Decoder feeding SRN Analog Network Pilot project allowed EOC to relay CAP alerts over State Radio Network
Galbraith Mt. KGMI
KBRC Burch Mt. Mt. Spokane Mt. Ellis KPQ KONP KIRO Gold Mt. KPLU KXLY
KXLE KSEM Steptoe Butte KXRO KGY KELA KWSU Boisfort Mt. Joe Butte KONA KBAM Sunny Slope Naselle KMWX
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KBBT CAP-EAS alerts to 11 Radio (Portland) KIHR Sites (Hood River) 2006 WA-CAP Early Development
2007-2012 State & Locals WA-CAP Network is Primary
KGMI INTERNET KUGS KART KBRC KOMW KMWS KHQ KONP KQWS KXLY KNWP KIRO-PEP KRFA KPLU KWSU-DT KVTI KPQ KBIS KGRG KNWU KBCS KXLE EOC KBSM KEXP KNWR KLWS KEWU KXRO KGY KUOW KCWU KBKW KAOS KXPA KGNW KWSU KELA KCED KFFM KONA KSWS KING KORD KNWV KCPQ KNWY KGTS KBAM KYRG KFAE KUKN KMCQ KTNW-DT KWWS KVAS (Astoria) KNWG KGON (Portland) CAP Statewide October 2010 SRN & LRN’s are now Secondary
Galbraith Mt. KGMI
KOMW KBRC Burch Mt. KONP Mt. Spokane Mt. Ellis KHQ
Gold Mt. KIRO KBIS KPLU KPQ KXLY
KXLE KBSM KXRO Steptoe Butte KBKW KGY KELA KWSU Boisfort Mt. KONA KFFM Joe Butte KBAM Sunny Slope KORD Naselle KUKN KVAS Stacker Butte (Astoria) KGON (Portland) KIHR (Hood River) 25 LP1 & LP2 stations WA-CAP and IPAWS
• WA-CAP network monitoring will continue by all CAP capable broadcast stations per the SECC State EAS Plan.
• All broadcasters must also monitor the IPAWS ATOM feed for national alerts starting June 30, 2012.
• All WA-CAP alerts originated with MyStateUSA will also be relayed to IPAWS to relay providing a third redundant path for EAS alerts to reach Washington broadcasters. WA-CAP Alert Dissemination
Analog Broadcast
Message Dissemination NOAA
Analog EAS Broadcasters
AM FM Satellite Radio; Digital EAS Broadcasters PBS Digital Analog Cable Satellite TV
Cellular Cellular Broadcast (CMAS) 4 Cellular Phones Carrier Networks WA State NOAA Weather Radio
MyStateUSA
39 Internet Services Counties Social networks/remailers
Notification Services MystateUSA IPAWS compliant CAP Contact lists Alert Origination Tools Public geo-targeted and 911 database IPAWS provides CMAS access
Analog Broadcast
Message Dissemination NOAA IPAWS Analog EAS Broadcasters
AM FM Satellite Radio; Digital EAS Broadcasters PBS Digital Analog Cable Satellite TV
Cellular Cellular Broadcast (CMAS) 4 Cellular Phones Carrier Networks WA State NOAA Weather Radio
“Single COG” MyStateUSA
39 Internet Services Counties Social networks/remailers
Notification Services MystateUSA IPAWS compliant CAP Contact lists Alert Origination Tools Public geo-targeted and 911 database WA-CAP and IPAWS offer redundancy
Analog Broadcast
Message Dissemination NOAA IPAWS Analog EAS Broadcasters
AM FM Satellite Radio; Digital EAS Broadcasters PBS Digital Analog Cable Satellite TV
Cellular Cellular Broadcast (CMAS) 4 Cellular Phones Carrier Networks WA State NOAA Weather Radio
“Single COG” MystateUSA
39 Internet Services Counties Social networks/remailers
Notification Services MystateUSA IPAWS compliant CAP Contact lists Alert Origination Tools Public geo-targeted and 911 database IPAWS/CMAS Access Approval
• WA has a Collaborative Operating Group (COG) agreement with the FEMA IPAWS office that covers the entire state and it’s use of IPAWS approved MyStateUSA software.
• Training required is provided by MyStateUSA either on site, via webinar, or on-line.
• Completion of the FEMA IS-247 Integrated Public Alert and Warning System course on-line is also necessary for all activators. Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS)
• CMAS will require third party software for activation by EOC’s/911 Centers.
• MyStateUSA has successfully sent CMAS alerts to the IPAWS aggregator servers.
• IPAWS will send MSU CMAS alerts to all participating cellular carriers for relay to the public. CAP-EAS Lessons Learned
• Cap Status field must be actual • Polling instead of Static IP • Group counties for RMT’s by EAS LECC area. • Broadcaster decoders are programmed to relay real alerts to all counties they broadcast to. • Encoder programming templates were used statewide for the Sage units currently installed. (~120) • Hot audio levels on decoders were adjusted in a statewide effort to balance audio levels. • Original Lexicon files installed in SAGE units will be updated periodically by the SECC.
IPAWS Modernization Act – HR3563
PURPOSE: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to modernize and implement the national integrated public alert and warning system to disseminate homeland security information and other information, and for other purposes. CAUSE CAP Experiment
Washington State and British Columbia CAUSE Experiment in 2011 utilized the International Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) standard to exchange alerts and geo metadata information between neighbors that have and will continue to send first responders to help each other when needed. http://vimeo.com/planetworks/review/31868418/fd99a653e8
Conducted between: WA Emergency Management Division utilizing MyStateUSA. British Columbia Emergency Management utilizing Multi-Agency Situational Awareness System (MASAS). Cross Border Information Sharing
CAUSE Resiliency – CA/US Enterprise Resiliency Experiment - Joint Objectives: • DHS S&T and Canada Center for Security Science MOU • Planning, integration, experiment, after-action analysis, and outreach activities • Collaboration with Canadian first responders and emergency managers • Demonstrate multi-jurisdictional and cross-border collaboration • Situational Awareness and Interoperability Enablers
CA/US Enhanced Resilience West Coast 2011 CAP Exchanges CA Multiagency Situational Awareness System (MASAS) and US Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) used for exchange of CAP messages
Washington British Columbia MASAS IPAWS-JITC State EMD eMAP Canadian COG MyStateUSA CAP used for posting road conditions south of the border in response to Canada request CAP Profiles for Canada and US/IPAWS
Emergency Alert System Changes in Washington State
WA State Emergency Communications Committee (SECC) WA EAS Plan can be found at http://wsab.org/eas/eas.html
FEMA IPAWS Site and IS-247 can be found at http://www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/
OASIS at http://www.oasis-open.org/org
HR 3563 at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi- bin/bdquery/z?d112:h.r.3563: Don Miller [email protected] MASAS at http://ircan-rican.gc.ca/projects/masas 360-791-4365 Questions ?