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COMMON ALERTING PROTOCOL

FOR EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS

OUTLINE :

• Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)

• Adoption by the World Meteorological Organization

(WMO)

• CAP Implementation

• CAP for the Philippine Early Warning System

WHAT IS CAP?

The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) is a standard

message format designed for All-Media, All-Hazard,

communications:

• over any and all media (television, radio, telephone,

fax, highway signs, e-mail, Web sites, RSS "Blogs", ...)

• about any and all kinds of hazard

(Weather, Fires, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Landslides,

Child Abductions, Disease Outbreaks, Air Quality Warnings,

Transportation Problems, Power Outages ...)

• to anyone: the public at large; designated groups

(civic authority, responders, etc.); specific people

COMMON ALERTING PROTOCOL (CAP)

“ All Hazards , All Media “

Source: WMO No. 1109/ PSW27

Source: WMO No. 1109/ PSW27

CAP STANDARD

• World Meteorological Organization - WMO

• International Telecommunication Union – ITU

• ITU-T X.1303, 2004

• Organization for the Advancement of Structured

Information Standards – OASIS

• CAP version 1.2

CAP ELEMENT

CAP Element Description

Urgency Immediate, Expected, Future, Past, Unknown

Severity Extreme, Severe, Moderate, Minor, Unknown

Certainty Observed, Likely, Possible, Unlikely, Unknown

eXtensible Markup Language - XML

OUTLINE :



(WMO)



WMO CONGRESS AND CAP

• 15TH World Meteorological Congress Session (Cg-15, 2007)

endorsed adoption of a warning standard such as CAP for

alerting.

• 17TH World Meteorological Congress -17, 2015:

• Reaffirmed the value of CAP

• Encouraged Members to take advantage of the WMO CAP Jump-Start

Offer

• Encouraged dissemination of CAP messages through the Severe Weather

Information Service (SWIC)

• More guidance to Members on implementing CAP format

• Technical assistance to Members

From: Mr. Samuel Muchemi, WMO Public Weather Services Programme, CAP Workshop 2016, Thailand

OUTLINE :



(WMO)



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CAP Weather Messages

Triggering Cellular

Alerts in the U.S.

Robert Bunge

U.S. National Weather Service

Silver Spring, MD, USA

[email protected]

WMO, ITU, OASIS CAP IMPLEMENTATION WORKSHOP

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 23/24 April 2013

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IPAWS – Integrated Public Alert and Warning System

• Operated by US Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Collects alerts in CAP format from all levels of government

From Mr. Robert Bunge, NWS, CAP Workshop 2013, Geneva

• Wide spectrum of users • Effective means to deliver up-to-the-minute weather

reports/forecasts and warning electronically

Weather Info in XML

Media Transport

operators

Utilities

Telecom

Service

Industry

Government

users

HKO’s XML Data Service

From: Mr. Tong Yu Fai, Scientific Officer, HKO, CAP Workshop 2013 Geneva

Courtesy of : Mr. Lawrence Sham, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), CAP Workshop 2016 Thailand

From: Mr. Simon Moffat, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, CAP Workshop, Thailand

RED CROSS / RED CRESCENT

From Mr. Omar Abou-Samra, GDPC, CAP Workshop 2016, Thailand

From Ms. Mei Chun KUO, NCDR, CAP Workshop 2016, Thailand

CAP IMPLEMENTATION BY COUNTRY/TERRITORY CAP Implementation

1 Implemented CAP systems that are operational

19

2 In the process of implementing CAP Systems

23

3 Customizing hazard alerts via the IFCR Universal program, which will leverage CAP alerting

58

4 WMO in-country CAP Jump Start training 16

5 Requested WMO but not hosted CAP 28

6 Partners in Meteo Alarm 35

7 Implementing CAP via smart alert freeware from Finish Meteorological Institute

23

From: Mr. Samuel Muchemi, WMO Public Weather Services Programme, CAP Workshop 2016, Thailand

OUTLINE :



(WMO)



CAP IMPLEMENTATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

• Leverage Internet for mass dissemination of early warnings through

the world wide web

• Capitalize on Filipinos hooked up to their Smart Phones as well as on

social media

• Introduce CAP interface for AM / FM radio and TV broadcast

• Establish an integrated Early Warning System that will utilize CAP as

the alerting protocol

• Establish multi-agency multi-situational awareness application -

SAMBRO

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION !

Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical

Services Administration - Department of Science & Technology

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http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph

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WFSIII, METTSS/ETSD

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Tel : (02)433-0744

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