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

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KBRC

KIROKPLU

KGYKXRO

KONP

KBAM

KBBTKIHR

KMWX

KXLE

KPQ

KSEM

KONA

KWSU

KXLY

(Hood River)

(Portland)

Galbraith Mt.

Gold Mt.

Boisfort Mt.KELA

Joe Butte

Steptoe Butte

Burch Mt.Mt. Spokane

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State Radio Network (SRN)

11 Radio Sites1995 - 2005

• 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.

What is CAP? Who has adopted it?

• 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

Washington State Proof of Concept CAP Pilot Project

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KBRC

KIROKPLU

KGYKXRO

KONP

KBAM

KBBTKIHR

KMWX

KXLE

KPQ

KSEM

KONA

KWSU

KXLY

(Hood River)

(Portland)

Galbraith Mt.

Gold Mt.

Boisfort Mt.KELA

Joe Butte

Steptoe Butte

Burch Mt.Mt. Spokane

Stacker Butte

Sunny Slope

Mt. Ellis

Naselle

Pilot project allowed EOC to relay CAP alerts over State Radio Network

CAP-EAS alerts to 11 Radio Sites2006

2007-2012

WA-CAP Early Development

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State & Locals

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WA-CAP Network is Primary

CAP Statewide October 2010

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KBRC

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KGY

KXROKBKW

KONP

KBAMKUKN

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KXLE

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KONAKORD

KWSU

KXLY

(Hood River)(Portland)

Galbraith Mt.

Gold Mt.

Boisfort Mt.KELA

Joe Butte

Steptoe Butte

Burch Mt.Mt. Spokane

Stacker Butte

Sunny Slope

Mt. Ellis

Naselle

KOMW

KBIS

KHQ

KVAS(Astoria)

SRN & LRN’s are now Secondary

25 LP1 & LP2 stations

• 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 and IPAWS

MessageDissemination

MystateUSAIPAWS compliant CAP Alert

Origination Tools

WA State

Analog EAS Broadcasters

Cellular Broadcast (CMAS)

NOAA

39 Counties

Internet ServicesSocial networks/remailers

NOAA Weather Radio

Digital EAS Broadcasters PBSAM FM Satellite Radio;

Digital Analog Cable Satellite TV

CellularPhones4 Cellular

Carrier Networks

Notification ServicesContact lists

Public geo-targeted and 911 database

Analog Broadcast

MyStateUSA

WA-CAP Alert Dissemination

MessageDissemination

MystateUSAIPAWS compliant CAP Alert

Origination Tools

WA State

Analog EAS Broadcasters

Cellular Broadcast (CMAS)

NOAA

39 Counties

Internet ServicesSocial networks/remailers

IPAWS

NOAA Weather Radio

Digital EAS Broadcasters PBSAM FM Satellite Radio;

Digital Analog Cable Satellite TV

CellularPhones4 Cellular

Carrier Networks

Notification ServicesContact lists

Public geo-targeted and 911 database

“Single COG”

Analog Broadcast

MyStateUSA

IPAWS provides CMAS access

MessageDissemination

MystateUSAIPAWS compliant CAP Alert

Origination Tools

WA State

Analog EAS Broadcasters

Cellular Broadcast (CMAS)

NOAA

39 Counties

Internet ServicesSocial networks/remailers

IPAWS

NOAA Weather Radio

Digital EAS Broadcasters PBSAM FM Satellite Radio;

Digital Analog Cable Satellite TV

CellularPhones4 Cellular

Carrier Networks

Notification ServicesContact lists

Public geo-targeted and 911 database

“Single COG”

Analog Broadcast

MystateUSA

WA-CAP and IPAWS offer redundancy

• 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.

IPAWS/CMAS Access Approval

• 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.

Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS)

• 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.

CAP-EAS Lessons Learned

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.

IPAWS Modernization Act – HR3563

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).

CAUSE CAP Experiment

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

CAP used for posting road conditions south of the border in response to Canada request

CAP Profiles for Canada and US/IPAWS

MASAS IPAWS-JITCCanadian COG

Washington State EMD

MyStateUSA

British Columbia eMAP

Emergency Alert System Changes in Washington State

Don Millerdmiller@mystateusa.com

360-791-4365

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:

MASAS at http://ircan-rican.gc.ca/projects/masas

Questions ?