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As many of you are aware, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) established an advisory committee – the Commercial Mobile Service Alert Advisory Committee (CMSAAC) to develop recommendations on the technical standards and protocols for the Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS). The committee was composed of a diverse set of stakeholders, including Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Emergency Managers, Commercial Mobile Service Providers, representatives of various stakeholder associations, among many others. The committee’s recommendation was published in December 2007 and adopted by the FCC in its First Report and Order on CMAS, forming the basis for deployment of CMAS.
This is the final post in a series of 3 reports on the recent annual conference of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) held November 13-16 in Clark County, Nevada. See also Part 1 on CAP and Part 2 on CMAS at IAEM.
There was much happening in the federal space at the IAEM conference. FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino’s major announcement in his opening keynote address was the unveiling of the FEMA Think Tank at www.fema.gov/thinktank. Continue reading »
Today FEMA held a webinar to review the results of the National EAS Test conducted on November 9, 2011. The more than 925 participants on this call showed the interest nationwide in this issue. To FEMA’s credit, they were very forthcoming in describing the double-audio experienced by most stations, as documented earlier here on AWARE. Continue reading »
This post is Part 1 of 3 in a series of reports on the recent annual conference of the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) held November 13-16 in Clark County, Nevada. See also Part 2 on CMAS and Part 3 on Federal presentations at IAEM.
The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) received some good exposure at the IAEM conference again this year. A session on CAP given by Art Botterell and Jason Volk was great for keeping CAP in front of emergency managers. Continue reading »
In two recent informal conversations with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) staffers it was stated that the FCC intends to release its revised Emegency Alert System (EAS) rules covering the use of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) in EAS alerts by the end of 2011. The Commission released its proposed EAS CAP rules on May 26, 2011, and has been considering the public comments it received on those proposed rules since that comment period closed on August 4, 2011. The rules the FCC intends to release by year’s end will be the final EAS CAP rules stated in an FCC Report and Order, and no further comment will be accepted on those implemented rules. Although the FCC says that there is far more follow-up on the National EAS Test being required by Congress and other parties than was originally anticipated, the Commission still feels it can meet its year-end target for release of the EAS CAP rules. Stay with AWARE for further updates.
