The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Get Alerts, Stay Alive Annual NWS Partners Meeting 5 August 2013 Wade Witmer, Deputy Director, FEMA IPAWS

What is the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System? THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A NON-WEATHER EMERGNECY MESSAGE BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SHELTER IN PLACE WARNING DANE COUNTY 911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 1100 AM CDT MON APR 07 2003 ...SHELTER IN PLACE WARNING NEAR THE XYZ CHEMICAL PLANT NEAR DANE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT… THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS BEING TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE DANE COUNTY 911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER DUE TO A TOXIC GAS RELEASE. MADISON EMERGNCY SERVICES HAS ISSUED A SHELTER IN PLACE WARNING. THERE HAS BEEN A RELEASE OF BUTADIENE FROM XYZ CHEMICAL PLANT. THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND IS FROM THE NORTHEAST. THE WIND SPEED IS ABOUT 10 MILES PER HOUR. AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE... PEOPLE NEAR THE DANE COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT...AND WITHIN A 2 MILE RADIUS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER. SHELTER IN PLACE WARNING ACTIONS: 1. GO INSIDE 2. CLOSE ALL DOORS AND WINDOWS 3. TURN OFF ALL VENTILATION SYSTEMS 4. TUNE TO LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. $$

What IPAWS is Not. IPAWS Is for: IPAWS Can: Not a subscription based mass notification system Not an ETN or reverse dial phone 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: Emergency Alert and Warning information i.e. not meant for messaging about changes to 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 SMS Text messaging and reverse dial notification systems – be careful to understand their benefit as well as limitations. they can quickly congest a local area network\ Test it. If you’re a university, test it during a home football game. WEA can deliver, regardless of cell sector congestion

Commercial Mobile Alert Service Gateways IPAWS Architecture Alerting Channels (public alerting systems) American People Alerting Authorities * Includes NOAA Emergency Local Emergency Alert System State Territorial CAP messages Commercial Mobile Alert Service Gateways Tribal Federal* IPAWS OPEN CAP messages NOAA IPAWS compliant CAP Alert Origination Tools Alert Gateways HazCollect NWS Internet Services web sites, apps widgets, social media Subscription Mass Notification Systems (IPAWS SV-1) Green = FEMA maintained interface to private industry systems Blue = NOAA System Grey = state and local, not FEMA funded interfaces and systems OPEN (Open Platform for Emergency Networks) is a message broker for exchanging standards compliant emergency messages. OPEN v1.0 aka as DMIS, was fielded in some localities to provide alert and warning message exchange with NOAA for non-weather hazard activation of the National Weather Radio network (HazCollect System). IPAWS 2.0 currently operational. IPAWS 3.0 will be IPAWS first increment initial operating capability Authorized alerting officials at all levels of government access the IPAWS service and send CAP messages through OPEN to public information distribution systems. IPAWS builds and maintains the OPEN interface and connection to privately maintained public information dissemination channels: - radio and TV via EAS - cellular phone broadcast via CMAS - NOAA Weather Radio via HazCollect - Internet services TBD - Local Unique systems – such as Emergency Telephone Networks and local phone dialing system as well as other local alerting systems (e.g. siren, signboard) IPAWS does not replace local alerting systems, but can be used by and integrated with local alerting systems State / Local Unique Alerting Systems ETN (State and Local Systems) Siren (FEMA Systems) RBDS Future Technologies? (Private Sector Systems)

Emergency Alert System Wireless Emergency Alerts IPAWS Users and Connections Status As of July 31 Alerting Authorities 128 County level w/ Public Alerting (184 County level in process for Public Alerting) 32 State level w/ Public Alerting (14 State level in process for Public Alerting) 2 Territory level w/ Public Alerting NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (AMBER Alerts) Alert Dissemination Channels (public alerting systems) Local Emergency Alert System 26,000 EAS participants monitoring the IPAWS EAS Feed State NOAA All Hazards NOAA Weather Radio network IPAWS OPEN Territorial Wireless Emergency Alerts 56 Cellular Carriers connected 11 in process Millions of handsets deployed Federal IPAWS-OPEN Operational COG Status Report   Number of States with Operational COGS: 34 Number of Territories with Operational COGs: 2 (Washington, DC and Puerto Rico) Number of States with Public Alerting Authority: 32 Number of Territories with Public Alerting Authority: 2 (Washington, DC and Puerto Rico) Number of Counties with Operational COGS: 196 Number of Counties with Public Alerting Authority: 128 Number of MOAs Pending Final Digital Certificate/Password: 10 FL Duval County IL Kankakee County MI City of Flint NY Erie County Sheriff's Office NY Town of Clarkstown TN Macon County TN Shelby County TX City of Baytown TX City of San Antonio TX Tarrant County WV Barbour County # MOAs Pending CIO/CISO Signature: 25 AL Alabama Emergency Management Agency AL Jefferson County FL Collier County Sheriff's Office IL Village of Barrington IL Village of Mundelein IN City of Indianapolis LA Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness MN Dakota Communications Center NJ Sussex County NV Nevada Division of Emergency Management NY Jefferson County OH Cuyahoga County PA City of Philadelphia US Guardian Emergency Management Modernization Program Joint Base Charleston VA City of Harrisonburg & County of Rockingham Emergency Communications Center WA King County WI Manitowoc County WV City of Charleston WV Kanawha County WV Lincoln County WV Mongogalia County WV Putnam County WV Upshur County WV Wheeling-Ohio County WV Wood County IPAWS-OPEN Developer MOA Status Report Total # of Applications: 205 # MOAs Complete: 166 # MOAs Pending FEMA Signature: 0 # Developers w/Intent Responses: 123 Government Entities with MOAs: Air Force Research Laboratory Centre for Security Science (CSS), Government of Canada City of Lakewood, CO                 Department of Homeland Security Geospatial Management Office (GMO) DHS/FEMA QA Test Management JITC Test Laboratory Maine Office of Information Technology (OIT), Office of GIS (MEGIS) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Atmospheric Research (OAR) National Public Radio (NPR) National Weather Service New York City Office of Emergency Management NIH Preparedness-Technology, Analysis, and Coordination (P-TAC) Center Supporting Technology Evaluation Project SPAWAR System Center Atlantic SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific St. Clair County Homeland Security (St. Clair County, Michigan) The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center IPAWS-OPEN Carrier MOA Status Report # Carriers Connected: 56 # Carriers in Progress: 11                American Messaging Service-Documents completed, Connected to TDL, pending testing                Cellular One/dba Cellular One of East Central Illinois-Documents completed, need CMAS capable handsets before going live                Critical Alert Systems, LLC fka NEP Wireless-Documents completed, not connected due to technical difficulties on their end                 Hawkeye Switching LLC-Documents completed, Connected to TDL, pending testing                Iowa RSA 2 Limited Partnership-Documents completed, pending VPN connection of CGH                 Kaplan Telephone Co Inc.-Documents Completed, need CMAS capable handsets before going live                 Missouri RSA 5 Partnership dba Chariton Valley Wireless Services-Documents completed, not connected due to technical difficulties on their end                 NewCore Wireless-Documents completed, need CMAS capable handsets before going live                 North Dakota Network Company dba SRT Wireless-Documents completed, pending connection by CGH Northwest Cell-Documents Completed, pending VPN connection of CGH                 PBS-PROD and TEST MOAs and ISAs fully executed and returned to PBS, Testing completed at JITC, Pending TDL and PROD connection                 RSA 1 Limited Partnership: Documents completed, pending VPN connection of CGH                 ODS Security, LLC (Pico Cell): Documents completed, pending VPN connection and testing # Documents Pending CIO/CISO Signature: 0 # Documents Pending DHS Signature: 0                 IPAWS-OPEN EAS Feed MOA Status Report Total # of Applications: 39 # MOAs Complete: 36 Alcatel-Lucent NSIT Lab ATI Systems, Inc. Broadcast Television Group, LLC Callaway GraphicSoftware, LLC Carnegie Mellun University Silicon Valley City of Lakewood Communications & Power Engineering (dba CommPower), Inc. Department of Homeland Security Geospatial Management Office (GMO) EZ Automation Flaggpole, Inc. dba Twitzip Geo-Comm Global Security Systems, LLC Grandpaham.com Interop Solutions, LLC MyStateUSA, Inc. Omnilert, LLC PIER Systems LLC Public Alerter, LLC Rapid Notify, Inc. Rave Wireless SafeT, Inc. Singlewire Software LLC Spectacular Media Spectrum Solutions and Services Swan Island Networks, Inc. TechRadium, Inc. Thunder Eagle, Inc. TriStateAlerts, LLC WHDT World Television Service WRAL-TV, Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. # MOAs Pending CISO Signature: 0 Internet Services 36 vendors with access to monitor IPAWS Public Feed 5

IPAWS Alerting Channels overview 6

Emergency Alert System All EAS Participants (Radio and TV) are required to monitor IPAWS for a national EAS emergency alert message FEMA posts weekly test messages (RWTs) for each time zone on the IPAWS EAS Feed Allows EAS stations to validate equipment and connectivity State and Local authorities can use IPAWS to route alerts to local EAS stations in coordination with the local stations. FEMA recommends that IPAWS complement - but not replace - traditional systems used for state/local EAS communications with local radio and TV stations EAS Participants are defined by the FCC’s EAS rules in C.F.R. 47 Part 11 and include all radio and television broadcast, cable, satellite, and wireline providers (e.g. Verizon FiOS or AT&T Uverse) 7

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) Enables 90 character, geographically targeted, emergency alerts to be broadcast to cellular phones in a defined alert zone Uses “cell broadcast” technology to avoid network congestion Different channel than voice, SMS, email or web Cellular carrier participation voluntary Most Commercial Mobile Service Providers (CMSP) have opted into WEA New phones are delivered opted-in Citizens may opt-out of receiving alerts IPAWS is the only way emergency managers can send Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) WEA use is free to alerters and alertees – no usage or text message charges Significantly different from SMS/email based alerting systems Not subscription based -- true location based alerting Sends alerts to phones in an area - not to a database of phone numbers For “Alerts” only…. not for notification type messages Only for emergencies categorized as: Imminent Threat (Severity, Urgency, Certainty) AMBER / Child Abduction Emergency Presidential (*** Cannot Opt-Out ***) WEA is a “BELL RINGER” capability only! 8

NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio The National Weather Service (NWS) All-Hazards Emergency Message Collection System, or HazCollect, enables emergency alert messages from local alerting authorities to be broadcast over local NOAA All Hazards Weather Radio transmitters HazCollect can be accessed through IPAWS-OPEN connection Permission to access Hazcollect must be coordinated and approved through the NWS in coordination with your local Weather Forecast Office additional info at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/hazcollect/ HazCollect interface between FEMA IPAWS and NOAA has been in place since 2010 9

Internet Services / Applications IPAWS publishes a Public Alerts Feed accessible by approved vendors through an MOA application process Approved 3rd party internet web services and application can monitor and retrieve public alerts in CAP format and post or distribute the alert information via their websites, apps, subscription services, etc. Computer or Smart Phone Apps Social Media, Subscription services Website pop-ups 10

For more information Email the IPAWS inbox: IPAWS@dhs.gov IPAWS Website: http://www.fema.gov/ipaws/ EMI Independent Study Course IS-247a: https://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/is247a.asp Mailing list for IPAWS Webinar notices: http://service.govdelivery.com/service/subscribe.html?code=US DHSFEMA_165 11

National Continuity Programs Contact Information Wade Witmer Deputy Director IPAWS National Continuity Programs U.S. Department of Homeland Security 500 C Street SW, Room 506 Washington, DC 20472 202.646.2523 Office Wade.Witmer@dhs.gov INFO-IPAWS@fema.gov 12

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I IPAWS Public Education Campaign Ready.gov/Alerts Website FEMA and the Ad Council produced Public Safety Announcements (PSAs) on Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) for distribution on radio and TV “IPAWS for the American People” Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Web Based Training Course IPAWS is working with Ready.gov to create content on Alerts and Warning for the Children’s Preparedness section 14

IPAWS Webinars Good source for information tailored towards IPAWS users and developers Register for email announcements on webinar subjects and information at: http://www.fema.gov/integrated-public-alert-and-warning-system-working-groups Past webinar archives also available 15

Current Practitioner Webinar Agenda A five webinar series providing information about current IPAWS compatible alerting tools available on the market. Each webinar features three IPAWS compatible tools. The vendor provides an overview and demonstration of their tool and answers a few questions from participants. During the demonstration the vendor must detail how their tool meets four minimum IPAWS functions: Demonstrate successful posting of an IPAWS-conforming Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) alert Retrieve message status to verify alert was successfully transmitted to the intended audience Demonstrate interoperable CAP exchange with other Collaborative Operating Groups (COG) Verify connectivity with IPAWS (using the getAck function) Schedule: Webinar Date & Time AOSP Webinar 1 7/24/2013 at 12:00PM ET MyStateUSA AlertSense Eyestreet Solutions On-The-Go Alerting Comlabs EMNet Webinar 2 8/7/13 at 12:00PM ET GSS Alert Studio NC4 E-Team Federal Signal Corporation Webinar 3 8/14/2013 at 12:00PM ET Inspiron Logistics Alerting Solutions Asher Group Webinar 4 8/28/2013 at 12:00PM ET                                       Monroe Electronics Cellcast Technologies Emergency Communications Network Webinar 5 9/11/2013 at 12:00PM ET Interop-Solutions AmberAlert.com - dba Law Enforcement Alerting, Inc Geo-Comm, Inc. Webinar 6 9/25/2013 at 12:00PM ET Nixle 16