Integrated Public Alert and Warning System IPAWS

Get Alerts Stay Alive

2012 National Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP)

Conference

April 26 2012

2

The Evolution of Public Emergency Alerting

Originally called the ldquoKey

Station Systemrdquo the

CONtrol of

ELectromagnetic

RADiation (CONELRAD)

was established in August

1951

Participating stations tuned

to 640 amp 1240 kHz AM and

initiated a special

sequence and procedure

designed to warn citizens

IPAWS modernizes and

integrates the nationrsquos alert

and warning infrastructure

Integrates new and existing

public alert and warning

systems and technologies

thru adoption of new alert

information exchange

format - the Common

Alerting Protocol or CAP

Provides authorities a

broader range of message

options and multiple

communications pathways

original timeline info borrowed from

The Broadcast Archive by Barry Mishkind

The Eclectic Engineer

EBS was initiated to

address the nation

through audible alerts It

did not allow for targeted

messaging

System upgraded in 1976

to provide for better and

more accurate handling of

alert receptions

Originally designed to

provide the President with

an expeditious method of

communicating with the

American Public it was

expanded for use during

peacetime at state and

local levels

EAS jointly coordinated

by the FCC FEMA and

NWS

Designed for President to

speak to American

people within 10 minutes

EAS messages

composed of 4 parts

bull Digitally encoded

header

bull Attention Signal

bull Audio Announcement

bull Digitally encoded end-

of-message marker

Provided for better

integration with NOAA

weather and local alert

distribution to

broadcasters

CONELRAD EBS EAS IPAWS 1951 - 1963 1963 - 1997 1997 - - - - - - - - present -

3

IPAWS Vision

Integration of public alert communications systems

ndash One emergency alert message delivered to all available public channels ndash Easy to use for public safetyalerting authorities

Provide Timely Alert And Warning To American People To Preserve

Life And Property

Improves and Enhances emergency alerting by increasing

ndash reliability that affected citizens receive an alert via at least one path

ndash likelihood that citizens react to emergency alerts

4

Alert Disseminators

(public alerting systems)

IPAWS Architecture

Standards based alert message protocols authenticated alert message senders shared trusted access amp distribution networks alerts delivered to more public interface devices

cell phones

web applications

widgets web sites

social media

Emergency Alert System

Commercial Mobile Alert

System (CMAS)

Internet Services

NOAA

Alert

Aggregator

Gateway

the Message Router

(Open Platform for

Emergency Networks)

HazCollect

Local

State

Territorial

Tribal

Federal

ETN

FM RBDS

NWS

CA

P m

es

sa

ge

s

CA

P m

es

sa

ge

s

IPAWS compliant

CAP Alert

Origination Tools

IPAWS

OPEN

Future Technologies

Alerting

Authorities

Includes NOAA

IPAWS compliant

CAP Alert

Origination Tools

State Local Unique

Alerting Systems

American People

Digital Signage

Siren

All Radio and TV

AM FM Digital Analog

Cable and Satellite

Emergency

2

The Evolution of Public Emergency Alerting

Originally called the ldquoKey

Station Systemrdquo the

CONtrol of

ELectromagnetic

RADiation (CONELRAD)

was established in August

1951

Participating stations tuned

to 640 amp 1240 kHz AM and

initiated a special

sequence and procedure

designed to warn citizens

IPAWS modernizes and

integrates the nationrsquos alert

and warning infrastructure

Integrates new and existing

public alert and warning

systems and technologies

thru adoption of new alert

information exchange

format - the Common

Alerting Protocol or CAP

Provides authorities a

broader range of message

options and multiple

communications pathways

original timeline info borrowed from

The Broadcast Archive by Barry Mishkind

The Eclectic Engineer

EBS was initiated to

address the nation

through audible alerts It

did not allow for targeted

messaging

System upgraded in 1976

to provide for better and

more accurate handling of

alert receptions

Originally designed to

provide the President with

an expeditious method of

communicating with the

American Public it was

expanded for use during

peacetime at state and

local levels

EAS jointly coordinated

by the FCC FEMA and

NWS

Designed for President to

speak to American

people within 10 minutes

EAS messages

composed of 4 parts

bull Digitally encoded

header

bull Attention Signal

bull Audio Announcement

bull Digitally encoded end-

of-message marker

Provided for better

integration with NOAA

weather and local alert

distribution to

broadcasters

CONELRAD EBS EAS IPAWS 1951 - 1963 1963 - 1997 1997 - - - - - - - - present -

3

IPAWS Vision

Integration of public alert communications systems

ndash One emergency alert message delivered to all available public channels ndash Easy to use for public safetyalerting authorities

Provide Timely Alert And Warning To American People To Preserve

Life And Property

Improves and Enhances emergency alerting by increasing

ndash reliability that affected citizens receive an alert via at least one path

ndash likelihood that citizens react to emergency alerts

4

Alert Disseminators

(public alerting systems)

IPAWS Architecture

Standards based alert message protocols authenticated alert message senders shared trusted access amp distribution networks alerts delivered to more public interface devices

cell phones

web applications

widgets web sites

social media

Emergency Alert System

Commercial Mobile Alert

System (CMAS)

Internet Services

NOAA

Alert

Aggregator

Gateway

the Message Router

(Open Platform for

Emergency Networks)

HazCollect

Local

State

Territorial

Tribal

Federal

ETN

FM RBDS

NWS

CA

P m

es

sa

ge

s

CA

P m

es

sa

ge

s

IPAWS compliant

CAP Alert

Origination Tools

IPAWS

OPEN

Future Technologies

Alerting

Authorities

Includes NOAA

IPAWS compliant

CAP Alert

Origination Tools

State Local Unique

Alerting Systems

American People

Digital Signage

Siren

All Radio and TV

AM FM Digital Analog

Cable and Satellite

Emergency

3

IPAWS Vision

Integration of public alert communications systems

ndash One emergency alert message delivered to all available public channels ndash Easy to use for public safetyalerting authorities

Provide Timely Alert And Warning To American People To Preserve

Life And Property

Improves and Enhances emergency alerting by increasing

ndash reliability that affected citizens receive an alert via at least one path

ndash likelihood that citizens react to emergency alerts

4

Alert Disseminators

(public alerting systems)

IPAWS Architecture

Standards based alert message protocols authenticated alert message senders shared trusted access amp distribution networks alerts delivered to more public interface devices

cell phones

web applications

widgets web sites

social media

Emergency Alert System

Commercial Mobile Alert

System (CMAS)

Internet Services

NOAA

Alert

Aggregator

Gateway

the Message Router

(Open Platform for

Emergency Networks)

HazCollect

Local

State

Territorial

Tribal

Federal

ETN

FM RBDS

NWS

CA

P m

es

sa

ge

s

CA

P m

es

sa

ge

s

IPAWS compliant

CAP Alert

Origination Tools

IPAWS

OPEN

Future Technologies

Alerting

Authorities

Includes NOAA

IPAWS compliant

CAP Alert

Origination Tools

State Local Unique

Alerting Systems

American People

Digital Signage

Siren

All Radio and TV

AM FM Digital Analog

Cable and Satellite

Emergency

4

Alert Disseminators

(public alerting systems)

IPAWS Architecture

Standards based alert message protocols authenticated alert message senders shared trusted access amp distribution networks alerts delivered to more public interface devices

cell phones

web applications

widgets web sites

social media

Emergency Alert System

Commercial Mobile Alert

System (CMAS)

Internet Services

NOAA

Alert

Aggregator

Gateway

the Message Router

(Open Platform for

Emergency Networks)

HazCollect

Local

State

Territorial

Tribal

Federal

ETN

FM RBDS

NWS

CA

P m

es

sa

ge

s

CA

P m

es

sa

ge

s

IPAWS compliant

CAP Alert

Origination Tools

IPAWS

OPEN

Future Technologies

Alerting

Authorities

Includes NOAA

IPAWS compliant

CAP Alert

Origination Tools

State Local Unique

Alerting Systems

American People

Digital Signage

Siren

All Radio and TV

AM FM Digital Analog

Cable and Satellite

Emergency

IPAWS Capabilities Overview

bull StateLocal alerts sent thru IPAWS are distributed to

ndash Local radio and TV stations participating in local EAS

ndash Cellular phones as Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

ndash NOAA for broadcast over local NOAA Weather All Hazards Radio

ndash Websites and services (expected operational in May 2012)

bull Public alerts published to IPAWS alert feed for distribution by internet information services

and applications that choose to monitor IPAWS for alert information

IPAWS is Operational Now (Not all EAS or cellular participants are online yet)

bull Public safety officials who choose (optional) can use IPAWS for

integrated distribution of alert and warning information within their

jurisdiction

ndash As of 27 March

bull 15 Statelocalother public safety authorities are already using

bull 17 new applications are in process

(list maintained at httpwwwfemagovemergencyipawsauthorized_localitiesshtm)

5

IPAWShellip So what

Why should a local or state organization go to the trouble of integrating with

IPAWS

A local system integrated with IPAWS can at the same time as activation of

your local public alerting systems also distribute your alert message to

ndash your participating local radio and TV EAS participants

ndash local NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio

AND

ndash broadcast a Wireless Emergency Alert to cell phones and

ndash deliver the alert message to participating Internet services and applications

IPAWS Public Alerting Channels

Concept LocalNPPORO alerting integration with IPAWS

cell phones

web applications

widgets sites

social media

Emergency Alert System

Commercial Mobile Alert

System (CMAS)

Internet Services

NOAA HazCollect

Local

Authorities

NWS

IPAWS

OPEN

Local Unique Alerting

Systems

Local Public

All Radio and TV

Emergency

NPP

OROs

State

Authorities

Others

IPAWS Public Alerting Channels

Concept LocalNPPORO alerting integration with IPAWS

cell phones

web applications

widgets sites

social media

Emergency Alert System

Commercial Mobile Alert

System (CMAS)

Internet Services

NOAA HazCollect

Local

Authorities

NWS

IPAWS

OPEN

Local Unique Alerting

Systems

Local Public

All Radio and TV

Emergency

NPP

OROs

State

Authorities

Others

IPAWS Public Alerting Channels

Emergency Alert System and IPAWS CAP

All EAS Participants are required to monitor IPAWS for a national EAS

emergency alert message

FCC deadline for EAS participants to begin receiving CAP formatted alerts

from IPAWS is June 30 2012

ndash Some participants have already installed updated equipment and are monitoring the IPAWS EAS Feed

ndash 4 test messages (RWTs) per week are posted on the IPAWS EAS Feed

State and Local authorities can use IPAWS to route alerts to local EAS

stations

IPAWS should complement - but not replace - the systems you are currently

using for EAS

EAS Participants are defined by the FCCrsquos EAS rules in CFR 47 Part 11 and include

all radio and television broadcast cable satellite and wireline providers (eg Verizon

FiOS or ATT Uverse)

10

How does the EAS Feed work

Alerts sent to IPAWS-OPEN by federal state and local alerting authorities are

posted to the IPAWS EAS Feed hosted at the FEMA data centers

EAS Participants configure their EAS devices to monitor the IPAWS EAS Feed

minus local locationFIPS codes for the participating station

minus what alerts they will broadcast in accordance with local and state agreementspolicies

minus the IPAWS EAS Feed URL (could also monitor a state or local CAP alert server)

EAS devices poll the EAS feed for relevant active alerts fitting the stations profile

Appropriate Alerts are retrieved and broadcast in accordance with the State EAS

Plan and any agreements with local officials

11

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS)

IPAWS is the only way emergency

managers can access the Commercial

Mobile Alert System (CMAS) to send

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

Enables authorized public safety officials to

send 90 character geographically

targeted emergency alerts to cellular

phones in a danger zone

Uses ldquocell broadcastrdquo technology to avoid

network congestion

Cellular carrier participation voluntary

ndash 142 carriers have opted-in

Citizens may opt-out of receiving alerts

ndash New phones are delivered opted-in

Significantly Different from SMSemail based

alerting systems

ndash Not subscription based -- true location based alerting

ndash Sends alerts to phones in an area - not to a database of phone numbers

ndash For ldquoAlertsrdquo onlyhellip not for notification type messages

ndash Only for emergencies categorized as

bull Imminent Threat (Severity Urgency Certainty)

bull AMBER Child Abduction Emergency

bull Presidential ( Cannot Opt-Out )

CMAS is the result of Public-Private

Partnership

ndash cellular carriers FEMA and rules per the FCC

CMAS capability is

free to alerters and

alertees ndash no usage

or text message

charges

Emergency Alert System and IPAWS CAP

All EAS Participants are required to monitor IPAWS for a national EAS

emergency alert message

FCC deadline for EAS participants to begin receiving CAP formatted alerts

from IPAWS is June 30 2012

ndash Some participants have already installed updated equipment and are monitoring the IPAWS EAS Feed

ndash 4 test messages (RWTs) per week are posted on the IPAWS EAS Feed

State and Local authorities can use IPAWS to route alerts to local EAS

stations

IPAWS should complement - but not replace - the systems you are currently

using for EAS

EAS Participants are defined by the FCCrsquos EAS rules in CFR 47 Part 11 and include

all radio and television broadcast cable satellite and wireline providers (eg Verizon

FiOS or ATT Uverse)

10

How does the EAS Feed work

Alerts sent to IPAWS-OPEN by federal state and local alerting authorities are

posted to the IPAWS EAS Feed hosted at the FEMA data centers

EAS Participants configure their EAS devices to monitor the IPAWS EAS Feed

minus local locationFIPS codes for the participating station

minus what alerts they will broadcast in accordance with local and state agreementspolicies

minus the IPAWS EAS Feed URL (could also monitor a state or local CAP alert server)

EAS devices poll the EAS feed for relevant active alerts fitting the stations profile

Appropriate Alerts are retrieved and broadcast in accordance with the State EAS

Plan and any agreements with local officials

11

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS)

IPAWS is the only way emergency

managers can access the Commercial

Mobile Alert System (CMAS) to send

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

Enables authorized public safety officials to

send 90 character geographically

targeted emergency alerts to cellular

phones in a danger zone

Uses ldquocell broadcastrdquo technology to avoid

network congestion

Cellular carrier participation voluntary

ndash 142 carriers have opted-in

Citizens may opt-out of receiving alerts

ndash New phones are delivered opted-in

Significantly Different from SMSemail based

alerting systems

ndash Not subscription based -- true location based alerting

ndash Sends alerts to phones in an area - not to a database of phone numbers

ndash For ldquoAlertsrdquo onlyhellip not for notification type messages

ndash Only for emergencies categorized as

bull Imminent Threat (Severity Urgency Certainty)

bull AMBER Child Abduction Emergency

bull Presidential ( Cannot Opt-Out )

CMAS is the result of Public-Private

Partnership

ndash cellular carriers FEMA and rules per the FCC

CMAS capability is

free to alerters and

alertees ndash no usage

or text message

charges

10

How does the EAS Feed work

Alerts sent to IPAWS-OPEN by federal state and local alerting authorities are

posted to the IPAWS EAS Feed hosted at the FEMA data centers

EAS Participants configure their EAS devices to monitor the IPAWS EAS Feed

minus local locationFIPS codes for the participating station

minus what alerts they will broadcast in accordance with local and state agreementspolicies

minus the IPAWS EAS Feed URL (could also monitor a state or local CAP alert server)

EAS devices poll the EAS feed for relevant active alerts fitting the stations profile

Appropriate Alerts are retrieved and broadcast in accordance with the State EAS

Plan and any agreements with local officials

11

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS)

IPAWS is the only way emergency

managers can access the Commercial

Mobile Alert System (CMAS) to send

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

Enables authorized public safety officials to

send 90 character geographically

targeted emergency alerts to cellular

phones in a danger zone

Uses ldquocell broadcastrdquo technology to avoid

network congestion

Cellular carrier participation voluntary

ndash 142 carriers have opted-in

Citizens may opt-out of receiving alerts

ndash New phones are delivered opted-in

Significantly Different from SMSemail based

alerting systems

ndash Not subscription based -- true location based alerting

ndash Sends alerts to phones in an area - not to a database of phone numbers

ndash For ldquoAlertsrdquo onlyhellip not for notification type messages

ndash Only for emergencies categorized as

bull Imminent Threat (Severity Urgency Certainty)

bull AMBER Child Abduction Emergency

bull Presidential ( Cannot Opt-Out )

CMAS is the result of Public-Private

Partnership

ndash cellular carriers FEMA and rules per the FCC

CMAS capability is

free to alerters and

alertees ndash no usage

or text message

charges

11

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS)

IPAWS is the only way emergency

managers can access the Commercial

Mobile Alert System (CMAS) to send

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA)

Enables authorized public safety officials to

send 90 character geographically

targeted emergency alerts to cellular

phones in a danger zone

Uses ldquocell broadcastrdquo technology to avoid

network congestion

Cellular carrier participation voluntary

ndash 142 carriers have opted-in

Citizens may opt-out of receiving alerts

ndash New phones are delivered opted-in

Significantly Different from SMSemail based

alerting systems

ndash Not subscription based -- true location based alerting

ndash Sends alerts to phones in an area - not to a database of phone numbers

ndash For ldquoAlertsrdquo onlyhellip not for notification type messages

ndash Only for emergencies categorized as

bull Imminent Threat (Severity Urgency Certainty)

bull AMBER Child Abduction Emergency

bull Presidential ( Cannot Opt-Out )

CMAS is the result of Public-Private

Partnership

ndash cellular carriers FEMA and rules per the FCC

CMAS capability is

free to alerters and

alertees ndash no usage

or text message

charges

12

WEACMAS

bull Status

ldquoFCC Regulatory startrdquo date for wireless carriers is April 7 2012

Early launch of capability to NYC completed in Dec 2011

As of March 28th

5 carriers connected to IPAWS ATampT T-Mobile Sprint US Cellular Verizon Wireless

26 carriers are in process

110 more have opted-in per FCC website

Carrier network readiness and handset availability varies

Carrier is the only source of info for networkhandset status info

Access to CMAS for WEA is only via IPAWS

13

WEA Compatible Phones so farhellip

ATampT Wireless Sprint

HTC EVO 3D

HTC EVO Design 4G

Kyocera Brio

Kyocera Duracore

Kyocera DuraMax

LG Marque

Samsung Galaxy SII

Samsung Transform

Ultra

Samsung Trender

Sanyo Inuendo

Sanyo Milano

Sanyo Vero

T-Mobile

LG DoublePlaytrade

Nokia Lumia 710

T-Mobilereg myTouchreg

T-Mobilereg myTouchreg Q

T-Mobilereg myTouchreg 4G

Samsung Galaxy Blaze 4G

Verizon Wireless

Droid 2 Global by Motorola

Droid Pro by Motorola

Droid X2 by Motorola

Motorola Citrustrade

LG Cosmostrade 2

LG Reveretrade

LG Enlightentrade

Carrier Info Webpage links

- httpwwwattcomesupportarticlejspsid=KB409415fbid=E6ou0RK9fNq

- httpcommunitysprintcombawservletJiveServletdownloadBody2811-102-1-

2310Wireless20Emergency20Alert20FAQpdf

- httpwwwt-mobilecomshopphonesfeatures=a9140e65-fb7b-42f2-88e5-454b2ed235af

- httpsupportverizonwirelesscomclcfaqsWireless20Serviceemergency_alerts_faqhtml

- httpwwwuscellularcomuscellularsupportfaqfaqDetailsjsptopic=wireless-emergency-

alertshtml

Samsung Galaxy SII

Samsung Captivate

Glide

Motorola Atrix 2

US Cellular

Samsung Character with software

update available by visiting a Service

Technician at a US Cellular retail store

More handsets coming soon

14

Examples of WEA messages on phones

observed in NYC testing

15

Federal Government Roles in WEACMAS

FCCrsquos Public Safety amp Homeland Security Bureau is the regulatory authority for

CMAS

ndash Requirements for participation in the voluntary Commercial Mobile Alert System are defined in Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 10

FEMArsquos IPAWS-OPEN is the ldquoFederal Alert Gatewayrdquo defined in the FCC rules

ndash Authenticates public alerting authorities

ndash Provides technical interface to carriers

For regulatory questions

ndash see the FCCrsquos website at httptransitionfccgovpshsservicescmashtml

ndash or contact Gregory Cooke Associate Chief Policy and Licensing Division Public Safety amp Homeland Security Bureau Federal Communications Commission (202) 418-2351 GregoryCookefccgov

Local Availability When will CMASWEA be in my area

Per the FCC carriers to begin offering WEA service on April 7 2012

ndash Howeverhellip contact the FCC and your local carriers for details

ndash At this time only Sprint T-Mobile Verizon Wireless ATampT and US Cellular are connected to the IPAWS CMAS gateway

ndash Only Sprint has declared readiness to broadcast WEAs in all service areas

ndash ATampT Verizon Wireless T-Mobile have declared readiness in NYC

Monitor the IPAWS web page for updates providing

ndash Link to a CTIA Wireless Association web page with list of carriers participating in WEACMAS

ndash List of Wireless Carrier Points of Contact for WEA information

17

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio

The National Weather Service (NWS) All-Hazards Emergency Message Collection

System or HazCollect can be accessed through IPAWS

HazCollect enables emergency alert messages from local alerting authorities to be

broadcast over local NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio transmitters

Permission to access Hazcollect must be coordinated and approved through the

NWS in coordination with your local Weather Forecast Office

minus additional info at httpwwwnwsnoaagovoshazcollect

HazCollect interface between FEMA IPAWS and NOAA has been in place since 2010

13

WEA Compatible Phones so farhellip

ATampT Wireless Sprint

HTC EVO 3D

HTC EVO Design 4G

Kyocera Brio

Kyocera Duracore

Kyocera DuraMax

LG Marque

Samsung Galaxy SII

Samsung Transform

Ultra

Samsung Trender

Sanyo Inuendo

Sanyo Milano

Sanyo Vero

T-Mobile

LG DoublePlaytrade

Nokia Lumia 710

T-Mobilereg myTouchreg

T-Mobilereg myTouchreg Q

T-Mobilereg myTouchreg 4G

Samsung Galaxy Blaze 4G

Verizon Wireless

Droid 2 Global by Motorola

Droid Pro by Motorola

Droid X2 by Motorola

Motorola Citrustrade

LG Cosmostrade 2

LG Reveretrade

LG Enlightentrade

Carrier Info Webpage links

- httpwwwattcomesupportarticlejspsid=KB409415fbid=E6ou0RK9fNq

- httpcommunitysprintcombawservletJiveServletdownloadBody2811-102-1-

2310Wireless20Emergency20Alert20FAQpdf

- httpwwwt-mobilecomshopphonesfeatures=a9140e65-fb7b-42f2-88e5-454b2ed235af

- httpsupportverizonwirelesscomclcfaqsWireless20Serviceemergency_alerts_faqhtml

- httpwwwuscellularcomuscellularsupportfaqfaqDetailsjsptopic=wireless-emergency-

alertshtml

Samsung Galaxy SII

Samsung Captivate

Glide

Motorola Atrix 2

US Cellular

Samsung Character with software

update available by visiting a Service

Technician at a US Cellular retail store

More handsets coming soon

14

Examples of WEA messages on phones

observed in NYC testing

15

Federal Government Roles in WEACMAS

FCCrsquos Public Safety amp Homeland Security Bureau is the regulatory authority for

CMAS

ndash Requirements for participation in the voluntary Commercial Mobile Alert System are defined in Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 10

FEMArsquos IPAWS-OPEN is the ldquoFederal Alert Gatewayrdquo defined in the FCC rules

ndash Authenticates public alerting authorities

ndash Provides technical interface to carriers

For regulatory questions

ndash see the FCCrsquos website at httptransitionfccgovpshsservicescmashtml

ndash or contact Gregory Cooke Associate Chief Policy and Licensing Division Public Safety amp Homeland Security Bureau Federal Communications Commission (202) 418-2351 GregoryCookefccgov

Local Availability When will CMASWEA be in my area

Per the FCC carriers to begin offering WEA service on April 7 2012

ndash Howeverhellip contact the FCC and your local carriers for details

ndash At this time only Sprint T-Mobile Verizon Wireless ATampT and US Cellular are connected to the IPAWS CMAS gateway

ndash Only Sprint has declared readiness to broadcast WEAs in all service areas

ndash ATampT Verizon Wireless T-Mobile have declared readiness in NYC

Monitor the IPAWS web page for updates providing

ndash Link to a CTIA Wireless Association web page with list of carriers participating in WEACMAS

ndash List of Wireless Carrier Points of Contact for WEA information

17

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio

The National Weather Service (NWS) All-Hazards Emergency Message Collection

System or HazCollect can be accessed through IPAWS

HazCollect enables emergency alert messages from local alerting authorities to be

broadcast over local NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio transmitters

Permission to access Hazcollect must be coordinated and approved through the

NWS in coordination with your local Weather Forecast Office

minus additional info at httpwwwnwsnoaagovoshazcollect

HazCollect interface between FEMA IPAWS and NOAA has been in place since 2010

14

Examples of WEA messages on phones

observed in NYC testing

15

Federal Government Roles in WEACMAS

FCCrsquos Public Safety amp Homeland Security Bureau is the regulatory authority for

CMAS

ndash Requirements for participation in the voluntary Commercial Mobile Alert System are defined in Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 10

FEMArsquos IPAWS-OPEN is the ldquoFederal Alert Gatewayrdquo defined in the FCC rules

ndash Authenticates public alerting authorities

ndash Provides technical interface to carriers

For regulatory questions

ndash see the FCCrsquos website at httptransitionfccgovpshsservicescmashtml

ndash or contact Gregory Cooke Associate Chief Policy and Licensing Division Public Safety amp Homeland Security Bureau Federal Communications Commission (202) 418-2351 GregoryCookefccgov

Local Availability When will CMASWEA be in my area

Per the FCC carriers to begin offering WEA service on April 7 2012

ndash Howeverhellip contact the FCC and your local carriers for details

ndash At this time only Sprint T-Mobile Verizon Wireless ATampT and US Cellular are connected to the IPAWS CMAS gateway

ndash Only Sprint has declared readiness to broadcast WEAs in all service areas

ndash ATampT Verizon Wireless T-Mobile have declared readiness in NYC

Monitor the IPAWS web page for updates providing

ndash Link to a CTIA Wireless Association web page with list of carriers participating in WEACMAS

ndash List of Wireless Carrier Points of Contact for WEA information

17

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio

The National Weather Service (NWS) All-Hazards Emergency Message Collection

System or HazCollect can be accessed through IPAWS

HazCollect enables emergency alert messages from local alerting authorities to be

broadcast over local NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio transmitters

Permission to access Hazcollect must be coordinated and approved through the

NWS in coordination with your local Weather Forecast Office

minus additional info at httpwwwnwsnoaagovoshazcollect

HazCollect interface between FEMA IPAWS and NOAA has been in place since 2010

15

Federal Government Roles in WEACMAS

FCCrsquos Public Safety amp Homeland Security Bureau is the regulatory authority for

CMAS

ndash Requirements for participation in the voluntary Commercial Mobile Alert System are defined in Title 47 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 10

FEMArsquos IPAWS-OPEN is the ldquoFederal Alert Gatewayrdquo defined in the FCC rules

ndash Authenticates public alerting authorities

ndash Provides technical interface to carriers

For regulatory questions

ndash see the FCCrsquos website at httptransitionfccgovpshsservicescmashtml

ndash or contact Gregory Cooke Associate Chief Policy and Licensing Division Public Safety amp Homeland Security Bureau Federal Communications Commission (202) 418-2351 GregoryCookefccgov

Local Availability When will CMASWEA be in my area

Per the FCC carriers to begin offering WEA service on April 7 2012

ndash Howeverhellip contact the FCC and your local carriers for details

ndash At this time only Sprint T-Mobile Verizon Wireless ATampT and US Cellular are connected to the IPAWS CMAS gateway

ndash Only Sprint has declared readiness to broadcast WEAs in all service areas

ndash ATampT Verizon Wireless T-Mobile have declared readiness in NYC

Monitor the IPAWS web page for updates providing

ndash Link to a CTIA Wireless Association web page with list of carriers participating in WEACMAS

ndash List of Wireless Carrier Points of Contact for WEA information

17

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio

The National Weather Service (NWS) All-Hazards Emergency Message Collection

System or HazCollect can be accessed through IPAWS

HazCollect enables emergency alert messages from local alerting authorities to be

broadcast over local NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio transmitters

Permission to access Hazcollect must be coordinated and approved through the

NWS in coordination with your local Weather Forecast Office

minus additional info at httpwwwnwsnoaagovoshazcollect

HazCollect interface between FEMA IPAWS and NOAA has been in place since 2010

Local Availability When will CMASWEA be in my area

Per the FCC carriers to begin offering WEA service on April 7 2012

ndash Howeverhellip contact the FCC and your local carriers for details

ndash At this time only Sprint T-Mobile Verizon Wireless ATampT and US Cellular are connected to the IPAWS CMAS gateway

ndash Only Sprint has declared readiness to broadcast WEAs in all service areas

ndash ATampT Verizon Wireless T-Mobile have declared readiness in NYC

Monitor the IPAWS web page for updates providing

ndash Link to a CTIA Wireless Association web page with list of carriers participating in WEACMAS

ndash List of Wireless Carrier Points of Contact for WEA information

17

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio

The National Weather Service (NWS) All-Hazards Emergency Message Collection

System or HazCollect can be accessed through IPAWS

HazCollect enables emergency alert messages from local alerting authorities to be

broadcast over local NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio transmitters

Permission to access Hazcollect must be coordinated and approved through the

NWS in coordination with your local Weather Forecast Office

minus additional info at httpwwwnwsnoaagovoshazcollect

HazCollect interface between FEMA IPAWS and NOAA has been in place since 2010

17

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio

The National Weather Service (NWS) All-Hazards Emergency Message Collection

System or HazCollect can be accessed through IPAWS

HazCollect enables emergency alert messages from local alerting authorities to be

broadcast over local NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio transmitters

Permission to access Hazcollect must be coordinated and approved through the

NWS in coordination with your local Weather Forecast Office

minus additional info at httpwwwnwsnoaagovoshazcollect

HazCollect interface between FEMA IPAWS and NOAA has been in place since 2010

18

Internet Services Applications

Internet web services and applications that choose may request access to monitor

and retrieve public alerts in CAP format from IPAWS

minus Soon IPAWS Public Alerts Feed is in final development

Services then post or distribute emergency alerts information

minus eg Googleorg Public Alerts web page publishes active alerts retrieved from NOAA and

the USGS at wwwgoogleorgpublicalerts

19

How to become an IPAWS user

20

Caveats

To leverage the IPAWS capabilities and public alerting channels

Need to implement or obtain an IPAWS-compatible software tool

ndash ie a CAP compliant tool that interoperates with IPAWS-OPEN

ndash To date 13 vendors have demonstrated successful posting of a digitally signed CAP public alert to IPAWS in the test environment

bull list of vendors developing compatible tools is on IPAWS website

ndash Four grant programs include language that can be used to enhance existing or establish new alert and warning programs

Need StateTerritorialTribal authorization for Public Alerting Authority in your area

Need to coordinate with your local EAS Participants to carry your message

Need to coordinate with your local NOAA NWS Weather Forecast Office for approval to

broadcast Non Weather Emergency Messages over NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio

Also note that CMASWEA is not deployed everywhere yet and not all handset are

compatible Likely to take several years for wide spread coverage to be deployed

21

What do you need to do to use IPAWS

1 You need an IPAWS-compatible software tool

ndash List of vendors developing compatible tools is on IPAWS website

2 Execute a security Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with DHSFEMA

bull Formalizes approval for message exchange between your system and IPAWS-OPEN system ndash the MOA application is on the IPAWS website

The MOA establishes an IPAWS Collaborative Operating Group (COG)

account for your organization

bull COGs may be established for Stateterritorial regional or local level organizations

bull COG owners administer their own member accounts through their software system

Once the these steps are complete a digital certificate is issued for installation on your IPAWS-compatible tool that is used to digitally sign all of your messages

You now have the ability to exchange alert information only with other COGs

If your organization also seeks public alerting authority through IPAWS an

additional application is requiredhellip

Info and forms are at

httpwwwfemagovemergencyipawsalerting_authoritiesshtm2

20

Caveats

To leverage the IPAWS capabilities and public alerting channels

Need to implement or obtain an IPAWS-compatible software tool

ndash ie a CAP compliant tool that interoperates with IPAWS-OPEN

ndash To date 13 vendors have demonstrated successful posting of a digitally signed CAP public alert to IPAWS in the test environment

bull list of vendors developing compatible tools is on IPAWS website

ndash Four grant programs include language that can be used to enhance existing or establish new alert and warning programs

Need StateTerritorialTribal authorization for Public Alerting Authority in your area

Need to coordinate with your local EAS Participants to carry your message

Need to coordinate with your local NOAA NWS Weather Forecast Office for approval to

broadcast Non Weather Emergency Messages over NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio

Also note that CMASWEA is not deployed everywhere yet and not all handset are

compatible Likely to take several years for wide spread coverage to be deployed

21

What do you need to do to use IPAWS

1 You need an IPAWS-compatible software tool

ndash List of vendors developing compatible tools is on IPAWS website

2 Execute a security Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with DHSFEMA

bull Formalizes approval for message exchange between your system and IPAWS-OPEN system ndash the MOA application is on the IPAWS website

The MOA establishes an IPAWS Collaborative Operating Group (COG)

account for your organization

bull COGs may be established for Stateterritorial regional or local level organizations

bull COG owners administer their own member accounts through their software system

Once the these steps are complete a digital certificate is issued for installation on your IPAWS-compatible tool that is used to digitally sign all of your messages

You now have the ability to exchange alert information only with other COGs

If your organization also seeks public alerting authority through IPAWS an

additional application is requiredhellip

Info and forms are at

httpwwwfemagovemergencyipawsalerting_authoritiesshtm2

21

What do you need to do to use IPAWS

1 You need an IPAWS-compatible software tool

ndash List of vendors developing compatible tools is on IPAWS website

2 Execute a security Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with DHSFEMA

bull Formalizes approval for message exchange between your system and IPAWS-OPEN system ndash the MOA application is on the IPAWS website

The MOA establishes an IPAWS Collaborative Operating Group (COG)

account for your organization

bull COGs may be established for Stateterritorial regional or local level organizations

bull COG owners administer their own member accounts through their software system

Once the these steps are complete a digital certificate is issued for installation on your IPAWS-compatible tool that is used to digitally sign all of your messages

You now have the ability to exchange alert information only with other COGs

If your organization also seeks public alerting authority through IPAWS an

additional application is requiredhellip

Info and forms are at

httpwwwfemagovemergencyipawsalerting_authoritiesshtm2

22

Application for Public Alerting Authority

If your organization wants to leverage IPAWS public alerting channels

a few additional steps are required

3 Complete an additional application for public alerting authority on behalf of the COG organization is required (public alerting application is available by request sent to IPAWSdhsgov)

The application will ask you to identify

the IPAWS public alerting channels to be used (EAS WEACMAS HazCollect)

the geographic extent of alerting authority (Statewide Multi-county Single county)

the Event Codes (from EASSAME) the organization is authorized to use - this must be consistent with State and local EAS and other local Operating Plans

4 Complete EMI Independent Study Course IS-247 ldquoIntegrated Public Alert and Warning Systemrdquo

Why does FEMA need State or other formal validation of your ldquoalerting authorityrdquo

ndash Ensures that alerting permissions are coordinated and consistent with State Territorial Tribal EAS and AMBER Alert plans or other state and local public warning plans

ndash Preferably your public alerting application should be routed and signed by a designated state authority before being submitted to FEMA IPAWS has found a designated authority for most states Request info for your state from IPAWSdhsgov

23

How to sign up for IPAWS Step 1 -- Select IPAWS compatible software

FEMA does not provide a ldquofront endrdquo user

interface

FEMA works with public and private third party

developers who design their software or

equipment to be compatible with IPAWS

For a list of developers see

httpwwwfemagovpdfemergencyipawsop

en_developerspdf

Some vendors have submitted their products

for testing by the FEMA Supporting

Technologies Evaluation Program (STEP) A

list of products that have completed testing is

on the Responder Knowledge Base -

httpwwwrkbus search ldquoIPAWSrdquo

23

How to sign up for IPAWS Step 1 -- Select IPAWS compatible software

FEMA does not provide a ldquofront endrdquo user

interface

FEMA works with public and private third party

developers who design their software or

equipment to be compatible with IPAWS

For a list of developers see

httpwwwfemagovpdfemergencyipawsop

en_developerspdf

Some vendors have submitted their products

for testing by the FEMA Supporting

Technologies Evaluation Program (STEP) A

list of products that have completed testing is

on the Responder Knowledge Base -

httpwwwrkbus search ldquoIPAWSrdquo

24

How to sign up for IPAWS Step 2 ndash Apply for a Memorandum of Agreement with FEMA

Application and instructions are available

from the Website

Form includes your contact and system

information

A custom MOA is returned to you for

signature

Must be signed by an official authorized to

execute such agreements

MOA includes security notification and

recordkeeping requirements

A copy of FEMA executed MOA is returned

with a digital certificate used to configure

your system

How to sign up for IPAWS Step 3 ndash Apply for public alerting permissions

Only needed if you want to use IPAWS for

public alerting (vs interoperability only)

Application instructions and state reviewer

contact information are sent to you as part

of the MOA process

Form includes

ndash Systems desired (ie EAS CMAS HazCollect)

ndash Geographic area of alerting authority (FIPS codes)

ndash Event code options (eg CEM etc)

Complete the form and send to your state

reviewer for signature verifying consistency

with state plans and current practice

Return the signed form to FEMA

26

How to sign up for IPAWS Step 4 ndash Complete IPAWS Web-based training

Can be done at any time

EMI Independent Study course IS-247 httptrainingfemagovEMIWebISis247asp

Approximately two hours

ndash Lesson 1 Introduction to IPAWS

ndash Lesson 2 Appropriate Effective and Accessible Alert and Warning Messages

ndash Lesson 3 Common Alerting Protocol Message Composition

Complete a final exam and receive a

training certificate from EMI

For COG POC forward a copy of your

training certification to complete the MOA

process

For all other COG members retain on file

How to sign up for IPAWS Step 3 ndash Apply for public alerting permissions

Only needed if you want to use IPAWS for

public alerting (vs interoperability only)

Application instructions and state reviewer

contact information are sent to you as part

of the MOA process

Form includes

ndash Systems desired (ie EAS CMAS HazCollect)

ndash Geographic area of alerting authority (FIPS codes)

ndash Event code options (eg CEM etc)

Complete the form and send to your state

reviewer for signature verifying consistency

with state plans and current practice

Return the signed form to FEMA

26

How to sign up for IPAWS Step 4 ndash Complete IPAWS Web-based training

Can be done at any time

EMI Independent Study course IS-247 httptrainingfemagovEMIWebISis247asp

Approximately two hours

ndash Lesson 1 Introduction to IPAWS

ndash Lesson 2 Appropriate Effective and Accessible Alert and Warning Messages

ndash Lesson 3 Common Alerting Protocol Message Composition

Complete a final exam and receive a

training certificate from EMI

For COG POC forward a copy of your

training certification to complete the MOA

process

For all other COG members retain on file

26

How to sign up for IPAWS Step 4 ndash Complete IPAWS Web-based training

Can be done at any time

EMI Independent Study course IS-247 httptrainingfemagovEMIWebISis247asp

Approximately two hours

ndash Lesson 1 Introduction to IPAWS

ndash Lesson 2 Appropriate Effective and Accessible Alert and Warning Messages

ndash Lesson 3 Common Alerting Protocol Message Composition

Complete a final exam and receive a

training certificate from EMI

For COG POC forward a copy of your

training certification to complete the MOA

process

For all other COG members retain on file

27

EMI Independent Study course for Alerting Authorities (IS-247)

On-line at FEMA Emergency

Management Institute

httptrainingfemagovEMIWe

bISis247asp

ndash Independent study course

ndash Approx 2 hours to complete

ndash Provides

bull increased awareness of the benefits of using IPAWS for effective public warnings

bull skills to draft more appropriate effective and accessible warning messages and

bull best practices in the effective use of Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) to reach all members of their communities

28

FEMA IPAWS Language in Federal Grant Programs

Funding from the Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) Tribal Homeland

Security Grant Program (THSGP) and Interoperable Emergency Communications

Grants Program (IECGP) may be used to enhance existing or establish new alert

and warning programs

Organizations seeking grants are encouraged to contact FEMA Grants Office and

IPAWS Office prior to initiating program activities

ndash program guidance tools resources and updates are available

ndash contact IPAWS Office at ipawsdhsgov

Grants can be used for planning and equipment purchases

ndash Planning development or enhancement of public alert and warning plans interoperability governing bodies development or enhancement of alert and warning assessments and inventories development or enhancement of alert and warning protocols planning for emerging technologies

ndash Equipment design construction implementation enhancement replacement and maintenance of emergency response communications systems and equipment planning procurement and deployment of emerging technology systems

Remember FEMA grant business is done through the State---

counties locals private entities etc must go throughcoordinate

with the State to obtain grant funds

29

Information for your vendor

Three documents define CAP as it will be implemented and used in IPAWS

ndash OASIS CAP Standard v12

ndash IPAWS Specification to the CAP Standard(CAP v12 IPAWS USA Profile v10)

ndash CAP to EAS Implementation Guide

An IPAWS-OPEN Developers Guide is available via request to IPAWSdhsgov

Monthly Webinars for System Developers - see IPAWS web page for schedule and

archives httpwwwfemagovemergencyipawsworking_groupshtm

39 Vendors have declared intent to develop IPAWS public alert posting interoperating

tools - 13 Vendors have demonstrated successful posting of a digitally signed CAP

public alert to IPAWS in the test environment

bull Alerting Solutions Inc Next Generation CAP Alert

bull Buffalo Computer Graphics Inc DisasterLan

bull CellCast Technologies AggregatorGateway and EAGLE

Alerts

bull Communications Laboratories Inc The Emergency

Management Network (EMnet)

bull Digital Alert Systems (A Subsidiary of Monroe

Electronics) HALO CAP EAS Alert server

DASDECDASDEC-II CAP EAS encoderdecoder

DASDEC Message Originator and the DASDEC

R189R189SE One-Net CAP EAS encoderdecoder

OneNet Message Originator

bull Emergency Communications Network CodeRED

bull Everbridge Inc Everbridge Aware Everbridge Matrix

and Everbridge SmartGIS

bull Eye Street Solutions On-The-Go Alerting

bull GovComm Inc GovComm

bull MyStateUSA Alert Sense

bull NC4 E Team

bull SwiftReach Networks Inc Swift911 Emergency

Notification System

bull Trilithic Inc EASy Series CAPEAS

FirmwareSoftware

30

For more information

Email the IPAWS inbox IPAWSdhsgov

IPAWS Website

httpwwwfemagovemergencyipaws

EMI Independent Study Course IS-247

httptrainingfemagovEMIWebISis247asp

Mailing list for IPAWS Webinar notices

httpservicegovdeliverycomservicesubscribehtmlcode

=USDHSFEMA_165

31

IPAWS Program Office POCs

AntwaneJohnsondhsgov

Office (202) 646-4383

Director Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Division

WadeWitmerdhsgov

Office (202) 646-2523

Deputy Director Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Division

MarkLucerodhsgov

Office (202) 646-1386

Chief Engineering Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Division

State amp Local officials using IPAWS

1 AK Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency

Management

2 CA Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff

3 CA San Diego County Office of Emergency Services

4 CO Colorado Division of Emergency Management

5 FL Miami-Dade County Office of Emergency Management

6 HI Hawaii State Civil Defense

7 KS Sedgwick County Emergency Management

8 KY Daviess County Kentucky Emergency Management

9 KY Kentucky Division of Emergency Management

10 KY Madison County Kentucky EMACSEPP

11 MD Cecil County Department of Emergency Services

12 MD Maryland Emergency Management Agency

13 NJ New Jersey State Police

14 NY New York City Office of Emergency Management

15 OH Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners

32

1 AK State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and

Emergency Management

2 AZ Arizona Division of Emergency Management (ADEM)

3 DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency

4 FL Florida Division of Emergency Management Agency

5 IA Johnson County Emergency Management Agency

6 ID Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security

7 IN Delaware County Emergency Management Agency

8 IN Grant County Emergency Management Agency

9 IN Jackson County EMA

10 IN Jay County Emergency Management Agency

11 IN Wayne County Emergency Management Agency

12 KY Lexington Fayette Urban County Government

13 MI City of Lansing Emergency Management

14 NY New York State Office of Emergency Management

15 OH Geauga County Sheriff

16 TX City of Kirby

17 US NOAANational Weather Service

Currently connected

Applications in process

As of 27 March

NOAA plans to be operational for all areas

of the US in May Only alerts for the most

severe weather will be sent as WEA

33

Additional IPAWS Information Resources

Developed for StateLocal public safety and EAS Participants to use for EAS test

preparation information and education activities

ndash State Toolkit for IPAWS Adoption

bull

ndash EAS Best Practices Guide bull

ndash EAS Test Informational Toolkit

bull

Technical and procedural info on how to

configure EAS equipment industry best

practices history and info on how to use

EAS

General EAS and Nationwide EAS Test

Information recommended practical

approaches for EAS public awareness

campaigns tools for customization of EAS

for State and local government

Information to assist state county and local

government officials in adopting

incorporating and using the Common

Alerting Protocol (CAP) and IPAWS

34

Additional Info

CAP Message is

created in alerting

tool and sent to the

IPAWS-OPEN

How IPAWS Workshellip

IPAWS-OPEN

verifies digital

signature

validates CAP file

and determines

where it goes

Dissemination

channels either

receive a pushed

message or poll for

a message from

IPAWS-OPEN

Alerts broadcast to

local consumer

devices

38

FEMA Responder Knowledge Base Website

Posts Supplier Declarations of Conformance to IPAWS CAP specifications

Goto httpswwwrkbussearchcfmtypeid=5

bull 10 vendor declarations

and test reports posted

FEMA NIMS Supporting

Technology Evaluation

Program (NIMS STEP) to

continuing testing for IPAWS

CAP specifications

State amp Local officials using IPAWS

1 AK Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency

Management

2 CA Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff

3 CA San Diego County Office of Emergency Services

4 CO Colorado Division of Emergency Management

5 FL Miami-Dade County Office of Emergency Management

6 HI Hawaii State Civil Defense

7 KS Sedgwick County Emergency Management

8 KY Daviess County Kentucky Emergency Management

9 KY Kentucky Division of Emergency Management

10 KY Madison County Kentucky EMACSEPP

11 MD Cecil County Department of Emergency Services

12 MD Maryland Emergency Management Agency

13 NJ New Jersey State Police

14 NY New York City Office of Emergency Management

15 OH Ashtabula County Board of Commissioners

32

1 AK State of Alaska Division of Homeland Security and

Emergency Management

2 AZ Arizona Division of Emergency Management (ADEM)

3 DC Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency

4 FL Florida Division of Emergency Management Agency

5 IA Johnson County Emergency Management Agency

6 ID Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security

7 IN Delaware County Emergency Management Agency

8 IN Grant County Emergency Management Agency

9 IN Jackson County EMA

10 IN Jay County Emergency Management Agency

11 IN Wayne County Emergency Management Agency

12 KY Lexington Fayette Urban County Government

13 MI City of Lansing Emergency Management

14 NY New York State Office of Emergency Management

15 OH Geauga County Sheriff

16 TX City of Kirby

17 US NOAANational Weather Service

Currently connected

Applications in process

As of 27 March

NOAA plans to be operational for all areas

of the US in May Only alerts for the most

severe weather will be sent as WEA

33

Additional IPAWS Information Resources

Developed for StateLocal public safety and EAS Participants to use for EAS test

preparation information and education activities

ndash State Toolkit for IPAWS Adoption

bull

ndash EAS Best Practices Guide bull

ndash EAS Test Informational Toolkit

bull

Technical and procedural info on how to

configure EAS equipment industry best

practices history and info on how to use

EAS

General EAS and Nationwide EAS Test

Information recommended practical

approaches for EAS public awareness

campaigns tools for customization of EAS

for State and local government

Information to assist state county and local

government officials in adopting

incorporating and using the Common

Alerting Protocol (CAP) and IPAWS

34

Additional Info

CAP Message is

created in alerting

tool and sent to the

IPAWS-OPEN

How IPAWS Workshellip

IPAWS-OPEN

verifies digital

signature

validates CAP file

and determines

where it goes

Dissemination

channels either

receive a pushed

message or poll for

a message from

IPAWS-OPEN

Alerts broadcast to

local consumer

devices

38

FEMA Responder Knowledge Base Website

Posts Supplier Declarations of Conformance to IPAWS CAP specifications

Goto httpswwwrkbussearchcfmtypeid=5

bull 10 vendor declarations

and test reports posted

FEMA NIMS Supporting

Technology Evaluation

Program (NIMS STEP) to

continuing testing for IPAWS

CAP specifications

33

Additional IPAWS Information Resources

Developed for StateLocal public safety and EAS Participants to use for EAS test

preparation information and education activities

ndash State Toolkit for IPAWS Adoption

bull

ndash EAS Best Practices Guide bull

ndash EAS Test Informational Toolkit

bull

Technical and procedural info on how to

configure EAS equipment industry best

practices history and info on how to use

EAS

General EAS and Nationwide EAS Test

Information recommended practical

approaches for EAS public awareness

campaigns tools for customization of EAS

for State and local government

Information to assist state county and local

government officials in adopting

incorporating and using the Common

Alerting Protocol (CAP) and IPAWS

34

Additional Info

CAP Message is

created in alerting

tool and sent to the

IPAWS-OPEN

How IPAWS Workshellip

IPAWS-OPEN

verifies digital

signature

validates CAP file

and determines

where it goes

Dissemination

channels either

receive a pushed

message or poll for

a message from

IPAWS-OPEN

Alerts broadcast to

local consumer

devices

38

FEMA Responder Knowledge Base Website

Posts Supplier Declarations of Conformance to IPAWS CAP specifications

Goto httpswwwrkbussearchcfmtypeid=5

bull 10 vendor declarations

and test reports posted

FEMA NIMS Supporting

Technology Evaluation

Program (NIMS STEP) to

continuing testing for IPAWS

CAP specifications

34

Additional Info

CAP Message is

created in alerting

tool and sent to the

IPAWS-OPEN

How IPAWS Workshellip

IPAWS-OPEN

verifies digital

signature

validates CAP file

and determines

where it goes

Dissemination

channels either

receive a pushed

message or poll for

a message from

IPAWS-OPEN

Alerts broadcast to

local consumer

devices

38

FEMA Responder Knowledge Base Website

Posts Supplier Declarations of Conformance to IPAWS CAP specifications

Goto httpswwwrkbussearchcfmtypeid=5

bull 10 vendor declarations

and test reports posted

FEMA NIMS Supporting

Technology Evaluation

Program (NIMS STEP) to

continuing testing for IPAWS

CAP specifications

CAP Message is

created in alerting

tool and sent to the

IPAWS-OPEN

How IPAWS Workshellip

IPAWS-OPEN

verifies digital

signature

validates CAP file

and determines

where it goes

Dissemination

channels either

receive a pushed

message or poll for

a message from

IPAWS-OPEN

Alerts broadcast to

local consumer

devices

38

FEMA Responder Knowledge Base Website

Posts Supplier Declarations of Conformance to IPAWS CAP specifications

Goto httpswwwrkbussearchcfmtypeid=5

bull 10 vendor declarations

and test reports posted

FEMA NIMS Supporting

Technology Evaluation

Program (NIMS STEP) to

continuing testing for IPAWS

CAP specifications

IPAWS-OPEN

verifies digital

signature

validates CAP file

and determines

where it goes

Dissemination

channels either

receive a pushed

message or poll for

a message from

IPAWS-OPEN

Alerts broadcast to

local consumer

devices

38

FEMA Responder Knowledge Base Website

Posts Supplier Declarations of Conformance to IPAWS CAP specifications

Goto httpswwwrkbussearchcfmtypeid=5

bull 10 vendor declarations

and test reports posted

FEMA NIMS Supporting

Technology Evaluation

Program (NIMS STEP) to

continuing testing for IPAWS

CAP specifications

Dissemination

channels either

receive a pushed

message or poll for

a message from

IPAWS-OPEN

Alerts broadcast to

local consumer

devices

38

FEMA Responder Knowledge Base Website

Posts Supplier Declarations of Conformance to IPAWS CAP specifications

Goto httpswwwrkbussearchcfmtypeid=5

bull 10 vendor declarations

and test reports posted

FEMA NIMS Supporting

Technology Evaluation

Program (NIMS STEP) to

continuing testing for IPAWS

CAP specifications

38

FEMA Responder Knowledge Base Website

Posts Supplier Declarations of Conformance to IPAWS CAP specifications

Goto httpswwwrkbussearchcfmtypeid=5

bull 10 vendor declarations

and test reports posted

FEMA NIMS Supporting

Technology Evaluation

Program (NIMS STEP) to

continuing testing for IPAWS

CAP specifications

IPAWS Architecture ndash including National EAS components

39

LocalStateOGA

systems and

infrastructure

Private Sector Industry systems and infrastructure

FEMA IPAWS

infrastructure

FEMA PEP Stations

XM Radio

NPR

Hybrid FEMA IPAWS and Private Sector infrastructure

President

White House

infrastructure

FEMA

Operations

Centers