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During the month of September, AWARE will be hosting a series of posts from guest authors highlighting the five most significant innovations in the field of alerts and warnings in the past decade since 9/11. This post is the first of three on the CMAS Users Trial conducted in San Diego, authored by Stephen Rea, Senior Emergency Services Coordinator of the County of San Diego (California) Office of Emergency Services.
As part of a coordinated effort with Sprint and the California Emergency Management Agency (CalEMA), The County of San Diego Office of Emergency Services (OES) had a unique opportunity to become the first in the nation to test the Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS, also known as the Personalized Local Alerting Network, or PLAN) on a large scale. During the October 2010 trial, over 50 imminent threat and AMBER alerts were generated. These alerts were received by 120 mobile phones preloaded with CMAS software. Our intent was to put PLAN through its paces by simulating large and small disasters ranging from earthquakes and tsunamis to hazardous materials spills. Continue reading »
This article is the first of five articles that I plan to contribute during the next 12 months, which will highlight what is happening in Australia with the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP). This article introduces the emergency management system that currently operates in Australia and future topics will cover:
- What the Australian CAP Profile is seeking to achieve.
- What process is Australia using to develop the Australian CAP Profile.
- Lessons Learned during development of the Australian CAP Profile.
- Australia’s future intentions with CAP. Continue reading »
In the ten years following September 11, 2001, there have been notable advancements in how the American public is alerted about emergency events. New technologies and modes of communication have been met with the development of innovative approaches to connect critical information with those in the public who need to know. Our friends at the Emergency Management blog recently highlighted a few areas of progress in public safety notification systems. Beginning this week, the AWARE team will be launching a series of blogs highlighting the past decade’s top five innovations in the field of alerts and warnings. Continue reading »
