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Last month, the Federal Communications Commission held a public workshop on “21st Century Emergency Alerting,” which focused heavily on CMAS and IPAWS. For those who missed it, video of the event is available at: http://reboot.fcc.gov/video-archives.
Speakers at the event included James Arden Barnett, Jr., Rear Admiral (Ret.), Chief of the FCC’s Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) and Damon Penn, Assistant Administrator for FEMA’s National Continuity Programs Directorate. Other speakers, moderators and panelists included representatives from the FEMA IPAWS Office, Maryland Emergency Management Agency, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association (NCTA), CTIA, NOAA, the National Association of Broadcasters, AT&T, DHS Science and Technology Directorate, Verizon, and Akami Technologies.
The workshop included some thought-provoking discussions around the upcoming National EAS test and adoption of the Common Alerting Protocol.
I know many AWARE readers were in attendance or viewed the workshop online. What did you think?
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Two things come to my mind: first, which is related to the training issue, is the need for a standard practice for alerts and warnings (see Art’s post – http://www.awareforum.org/?s=standard+practice), the other is the need for a shared understanding and consistent use, among all stakeholders, of terminology used in alerts and warnings