Antwayne Johnson: Alert/Notification Technologies: The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS)
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The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is a national framework designed to enhance and modernize public alerting during emergencies, enabling communication from local, state, and federal officials. Established by various executive orders and regulations, it integrates various technologies, including the Emergency Alert System, Wireless Emergency Alerts, and NOAA weather alerts to disseminate urgent information to the public. As of September 2014, IPAWS processed over a million alert messages, supporting public safety information for threats including natural disasters, evacuations, and law enforcement situations.
Antwayne Johnson: Alert/Notification Technologies: The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS)
- 1. The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) National Preparedness Month Symposium September 30, 2014 Antwane V. Johnson IPAWS@dhs.gov
- 2. The Evolution of Emergency Alerting 1951 - 1963 1963 - 1997 1997 - 2006 2006 CONELRAD EBS EAS IPAWS Originally called the “Key Station System,” the CONtrol of ELectromagnetic RADiation (CONELRAD) was established in August 1951. Participating stations tuned to 640 & 1240 kHz AM and initiated a special sequence and procedure designed to warn citizens. IPAWS modernizes and integrates the nation’s 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 Source: The Broadcast Archive Maintained 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: • Digitally encoded header • Attention Signal • Audio Announcement • Digitally encoded end-of-message marker Provided for better integration with NOAA weather and local alert distribution to broadcasters 2
- 3. Presidential Direction Executive Order 13407 - Public Alert and Warning System “It is the policy of the United States to have an effective, reliable, integrated, flexible, and comprehensive system to alert and warn the American people in situations of war, terrorist attack, natural disaster, or other hazards to public safety and well-being (public alert and warning system), taking appropriate account of the functions, capabilities, and needs of the private sector and of all levels of government in our Federal system, and to ensure that under all conditions the President can communicate with the American people.” 3
- 4. 4 Governance/Authorities Executive Order (EO) 13407 “Public Alert and Warning System” (June 26, 2006). To implement the policy set forth in section 1 of this order, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall: • Function vi - Ensure the conduct of training, tests, and exercises for the public alert and warning system. • Function vii -Ensure the conduct of public education efforts so that State, territorial, tribal, and local governments, the private sector, and the American people understand the functions of the public alert and warning system and how to access, use, and respond to information from the public alert and warning system; and • Function viii- consult, coordinate, and cooperate with the private sector, including communications media organizations, and Federal, State, territorial, tribal, and local governmental authorities, including emergency response providers, as appropriate Presidential Memorandum, “Emergency Alert System Statement of Requirements”, (September 15, 1995): During times of extreme national emergency, reliable communications are required to enable the President to assure and give direction to the American people. FCC Code of Federal Regulations Title 47 Part 11 (EAS) The Emergency Alert System (EAS) provides the President with the capability to provide immediate communications and information to the general public at the National, State and Local Area levels during periods of national emergency. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Code of Federal Regulations Title 47 Part 10 (WEA) - establishes the requirements for participation in the voluntary Wireless Emergency Alerts system
- 5. What is IPAWS? • IPAWS is a National System for Local Alerting – supports sending of alerts from local, state, tribal, territorial officials to local areas during emergencies and from the President in the event of a catastrophic national emergency – provides authenticated emergency alert and information messaging from emergency officials to the public through: • radio and television via the Emergency Alert System • cellular phones via Wireless Emergency Alerts • NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio via IPAWS-NOAA gateway • Internet applications and websites via the IPAWS Public Feed – FEMA, tasked by DHS, is responsible for: • Development, operation, integration and maintenance of the IPAWS which includes the EAS, WEA, NOAA HazCollect, and public alerts feed components plus future connections for public alerting TBD 5
- 6. IPAWS does not know your phone number or your 6 IPAWS is Not: – Not a subscription based mass notification system – Not an emergency telephone network ETN or reverse dial system – Not an SMS or email sign-up system – Not a paging or limited distribution notification system • e.g. can’t send a recall notice to a select group of employees IPAWS is for: location! – Emergency Alert & Warning information dissemination to the Public • i.e. - urgent information impacting public safety • e.g. - not meant for messaging about changes to the trash collection schedule – Alerting all citizens in an given area IPAWS Can: –Activate EAS Radio and TV stations –Alert all (WEA capable) cell phones in a defined geographic area, even when cell networks are congested –Send a warning message for broadcast over NOAA Weather Radio
- 7. IPAWS – User and Connection Status Alerting Authorities 326 County level w/ Public Alerting (225 County level in process for Public Alerting) 46 State level w/ Public Alerting (2 State level in process for Public Alerting) 2 Territory w/ Public Alerting NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (AMBER Alerts) Alert Dissemination Channels (public alerting systems) Emergency Alert System NOAA Wireless Emergency Alerts Internet Services Local State Territorial Federal IPAWS OPEN 26,000 EAS participants monitoring the IPAWS EAS Feed All Hazards NOAA Weather Radio network 61 Cellular Carriers connected Millions of handsets deployed 55 vendors with access to monitor IPAWS Public Feed 7 As of September 26, 2014 MASAS As of June 9, 2014 December 7, 2011, President Obama and Prime Minister Harper released the Beyond the Border (BTB) Action Plan • Established a common goal to enhancing the coordination of responses during binational disasters. • Canada and the United –States will: “promote the harmonization of the Canadian Multi-Agency Situational Awareness System with the U.S. Integrated Public Alert and Warning System to enable sharing of alert, warning and incident information to improve response coordination during binational disasters.”
- 8. Current Usage and Statistics (as of September 3, 2014) 1,184,556 • Alert messages processed by IPAWS • Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) messages sent 13,780 • Emergency Alert System (EAS) messages sent 2,519 • Non-Weather Emergency Messages (NWEM) sent via NOAA Weather Radio 2 8
- 9. 9 When is IPAWS used? Anything public safety officials determine is a threat to public safety Tornados Evacuations Earthquakes Child Abductions/AMBER Water Contamination Gridlock Water and Relief Supply Distribution Large Power Outages Toxic Plumes Volcano Shelter-In-Place Presidential Alerts Disaster Resources Wildfires Dam Brakes Chemical Spills Law Enforcement Situations Nuclear Accidents Road Outages/Closures Flash Flooding Snowstorms
- 10. 10 For more information Email the IPAWS inbox: IPAWS@dhs.gov IPAWS Website: http://www.fema.gov/ipaws EMI Independent Study Courses: – IS-247a: IPAWS Introduction https://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is247a.asp – IS-248: IPAWS for the American Public http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/courseOverview.aspx?code=IS-248 – IS-251: IPAWS for Alerting Authorities http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/courseOverview.aspx?code=IS-251 IPAWS Stakeholder Information and Webinar Mailing Lists: http://www.fema.gov/integrated-public-alert-and-warning-system-working-groups
- 11. Wade Witmer Deputy Director IPAWS Division National Continuity Programs, Prevention & National Preparedness U.S. Department of Homeland Security 500 C Street SW, Room 506 Washington, DC 20472 202.646.2523 Office Wade.Witmer@fema.dhs.gov IIPAWS@dhs.gov Antwane Johnson Division Director IPAWS National Continuity Programs, Prevention & National Preparedness U.S. Department of Homeland Security 500 C Street SW, Room 506 Washington, DC 20472 202.646.4383 Office Antwane.Johnson@fema.dhs.gov IPAWS@dhs.gov Contact Information Damon Penn Assistant Administrator National Continuity Programs, Prevention & National Preparedness U.S. Department of Homeland Security 500 C Street SW, Room 506 Washington, DC 20472 202.646.4145 Office Damon.Penn@dhs.gov http://www.fema.gov/IPAWS 11
- 12. 12 QUESTIONS?