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CMAS/IPAWS/PLAN/WEA Cell Phone Alerts

CMAS/IPAWS/PLAN/WEA Cell Phone Alerts. Post 9-11. Quick Info Sharing. Government. People. Post 9-11. Warning, Alert, & Response Network (WARN) Act passed by Congress in 2006 In Response, FCC Developed CMAS Commercial Mobile Alerts System Government Alerts to Public

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CMAS/IPAWS/PLAN/WEA Cell Phone Alerts

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  1. CMAS/IPAWS/PLAN/WEACell Phone Alerts

  2. Post 9-11

  3. Quick Info Sharing Government People

  4. Post 9-11 • Warning, Alert, & Response Network (WARN) Act passed by Congress in 2006 • In Response, FCC Developed CMAS • Commercial Mobile Alerts System • Government Alerts to Public • Presidential Alerts • Emergency Management • National Weather Service • Amber Alerts

  5. IPAWS Integrated Public Alert and Warning System CMAS

  6. Acronyms • CMAS • Commercial Mobile Alerts System • PLAN • Personal Localized Alerting Network • WEA • Wireless Emergency Alerts

  7. How Does It Work?

  8. How Does It Work? • Approved(by FEMA)Issuing Entity • Emergency Management • NWS • President • Others

  9. How Does It Work? • Uses Approved Commercial Software • Constructs & Sends Message

  10. How Does It Work? • Arrives at DHS/FEMA for Processing • Authenticates • IPAWS (Integrated Public Alert and Warning System) • Sends Out Multiple Networks • One Message / Many Pipes One of these ‘pipes’ is CMAS (Smart Phones)

  11. CMAS • Which Alerts? • High Certainty • High Severity • High Urgency • “High End” Warnings

  12. CMAS • Receive Short Text Alert • Not For Large Info • Alert to Seek Add’tnl Info • Not a SMS Text • Special Handling • Different Alert Tone • Newest Phones • Compatibles Grow w/ Time • Slated to go Nationwide • 2012

  13. CMAS • County-Based Alerting • V2: Cell Tower Specific • NWS Expected Warnings • Tornado • Flash Flood • Hurricane • Ice Storm • Blizzard • Tsunami (Atlantic coast)

  14. CMAS • Emergency Management • AMBER Alerts • Shelter In Place • Immediate Evacuation • Civil Emergency Message • Nuclear Power Plant Warning • Others… • Presidential Alerts

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