Posted on 09/19/2016 11:06:40 PM PDT by MarchonDC09122009
Upcoming IPAWS National Test
IPAWS will hold a national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on Wednesday, September 28th, 2016 at 2:20pm EDT.
Exactly
What does this have to do with the FCC’s ability to, with the flip of a switch, take over, or preempt every radio station in the United States. I was somewhat bowled over when a local broadcast engineer related the information.
Is this something new? We still have our AM dials set to the Conelrad stations.
Additional info on the NYC 09/17/2016 Constitution Day bombing:
Actual IPAWS WEA text message & parameters:
http://ipawsnonweather.alertblogger.com/?page_id=2
Alert: WANTED: Ahmad Khan Rahami
Posted by grandpah on 19 September 2016, 11:56 am
Event: Civil Emergency Message
Sender Name: Taylor Winkler
Issued: 2016-09-19T07:54:45-04:00
Expires: 2016-09-19T09:45:00-04:00
WEA Text: WANTED: Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28-yr-old male. See media for pic. Call 9-1-1 if seen.
Description: WANTED: AHMAD KHAN RAHAMI, 28-YR-OLD MALE. SEE MEDIA FOR PIC. CALL 9-1-1 IF SEEN.
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Extreme
Certainty: Observed
Categories: Security,
Area Description: Bronx
Area Description: Brooklyn
Area Description: Manhattan
Area Description: Queens
Area Description: Staten Island
Message Identifier: NR074405222091916
CAP MessageType: Alert
Filed under CEM
Additional info:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Public_Alert_and_Warning_System
IPAWS-OPENEdit
Integrated Public Alert & Warning System Open Platform for Emergency Networks (IPAWS-OPEN) is a IP based network that has integrated the different emergency alert systems of the United States. Its purpose is to connect alert originators to a server which then aggregates and disseminates alerts to the proper systems. IPAWS-OPEN uses CAP.[6]
ProgressEdit
In December 2009, the DHS reached agreement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the two main telecommunication industry bodies Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions and Telecommunications Industry Association to establish a specification for the interface between CMAS and commercial mobile carriers.[7] Under this agreement, the industry was given a 28-month period to develop, test and deploy a system to allow CMAS alerts to be disseminated to mobile devices. Specifically, the system will allow 90-character SMS to be pushed to all cellphones and pagers in a geographical area, warning of imminent dangers to life or property.[7] The first such gateway was expected to open in early 2011.
In January 2010, the first live code testing of the EAS was conducted in Alaska. The first ever nationwide test of the system took place on November 9, 2011.
In September 2010, FEMA announced IPAWS would be utilizing Open Platform for Emergency Networks (OPEN) to move standards-based alert and information messages between alert and warning systems.[5]
See picture of Natl Alert System evolution timeline 1950 Conelrad thru current IPAWS:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Evolutionofwarningsystems.PNG
The first Amber alert I got on my reasonably intelligent though not smart phone scared the stuffing out of me. The system overrides the phone’s settings and turns the volume to 11.
My post was tongue in cheek.
One of the best bad movies ever. Certainly a child of the 70’s.
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