Multi Agency Situational Awareness and Implementation Procedures

Nuwan WaidyanathaDirector - Sahana Software Foundation

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CAP on a Map Kickoff Workshop – Improving Institutional Responsiveness to Coastal Hazards through Multi Agency Situational Awareness

2015 May 19

PAGASA, Manila, Philippines

Outline

❑ Complexities❑ Hierarchy❑ WMO Register❑ Contact Us

Typical vertical horizontal integration

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Railway FinancialCivil

affairs … …… …

National

Provincial/Regional

State/Regional

County/Town/Village

Land Earthquake Water Heath

Firefighting Meteorological TrafficDiploma

tic“Horizontal”Inf. Sharing

“Vertical”

A variety of means to public

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Management platformManagement platform

Collection

Collection

WebsiteWebsiteFeedback evaluation

systemFeedback evaluation

system

SMS release system

SMS release systemProcessProcess Transm

issionTransmission

StoreStore ControlControl

National Emergency

Early Warning & Alerting

System

Full Scope of Multi Agency Situational Awareness

functions

ALERTING(CAP)

scope

architecturekeep it Simple

National CAP Implementation Profile, the steps

Audience

Geography

Language

Technology

(1) EventsWhat type of incidents will you address? (e.g. geological, meteorological, Technological… )

Pub-Sub

Events

(2) Audience <Scope>Alert First Responders only (i.e. closed user group)Example: police, health workers, civil society, public servantsAlert Public (entire population)Combination of First Responders and Publicstep 1: alert First-Responders to give them time to prepare Step 2: warn public

(4) National <Languages>English only or Chinese only or Malay onlyEnglish, Hindi, Chinese, and Malay which jurisdictions?

(3) Geographical Descriptions <Area>Country wideProvince or StateDistrictOther – Geocodes or GPS polygons

(5) Communications Technology?Mobile phones – SMS, CB, Email, AppletTV – Text, Audio, VisualAM/FM Radio - Text, AudioVHF/UHF Radio - AudioInternet – HTTP, Email, Webserviceshich jurisdictions?(6) Publisher Subscriber Rules (OIDs and EDXL-DE)Who can publish what alerts in which jurisdictions?Who can subscribe to what alerts in which jurisdictions?

Who?What?Where?When?

How is it done in your country?

Let's take 05 minutes to discuss

WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN

• What is the event (pick one)?

• Who are the authorities responsible for detection, decision,

and dissemination?

• Who should receive the alerts and who should publish them

which languages?

• Where should the alerts/warning be issued to (i.e. what are

the jurisdictional boundaries; e.g. State, County)?

• When should they publish and when should the intended

recipients receive the alerts/warnings?

Hierarchy Register of Alerting Authorities

Philippines(608)

NDMC(608.0.0)

PAGASA(608.0)

AG(608.0.1)

CG(608.0.2)

OCD(608.0.3)

CG.2(608.0.2.1)

CG.1(608.0.2.2)

Message(608.1)

Allows for all alerting authorities at all layers to

be a message originator but the higher nodes can

monitor an regulate.

WMO Register of Alerting Authorities

□ It is a way to uniquely identify national and international alerting authorities

□ Messages originating from those authorities can be uniquely identified

□ Typically used in the CAP <identifier>

□ OID Repository Tree: http://www.oid-info.com/cgi-bin/display?oid=2.49.0

□ List of organizations already registered with WMO: http://www-db.wmo.int/alerting/authorities.html

□ For example:

□Administrative procedure for registering an alerting authority: http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/amp/pwsp/documents/AIR_PWS-20.pdf

Current state of the Register of Alerting Authoritieshttp://alerting.worldweather.org/

Thank You

Nuwan WaidyanathaNuwan [AT] sahanafoundation [DOT] org

www.sahanafoundation.org