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Implementing CAP for Hazard Warning in Sri Lanka

Gordon A. Gow

University of Alberta (Canada)

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ITU-T 2 6 Decem ber 2 0 0 4 , 0 8 :2 7 local tim e Kalum nai, Sri Lanka

• 06:59 earthquake off

the coast of S umatra

• 07:06 GS

MB in Colombo alerted of quake

• 07:14 PTWC issues

bulletin

• 08:04 PTWC revises

bulletin

• 08:27 Kalumnai hit
• 08:55 Trincomalee hit
• 09:30 Galle, Kalutara

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ITU-T Last-Mile Hazard I nform ation Dissem ination Project ( LI RNEasia/ Sarvodaya)

• Expert Consultation Jan. 26, 2005 (Colombo)
• Concept paper, “ NEWS

:S L” (March, 2005)

• Research proposal to IDRC (Oct. 2005)
• Planning workshop (CAP is introduced) (Jan. 2006)
• Hazard Warning Relay Network begins operation (July 2006)
• CAP Profile and Operational Guidelines in place

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ITU-T Last Mile Hazard I nform ation Dissem ination Project

• Need to reach rural and remote communities:
• Lack of infrastructure and limited resources
• Evaluate the suitability of different ICTs deployed

in different settings for effective warning:

• 32 villages, varied levels of development

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ITU-T Sarvodaya’s Hazard I nform ation Hub and Relay Netw ork

mobile phone fixed wireless VSAT/Internet satellite radio

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ITU-T Com m on Alerting Protocol ( CAP)

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ITU-T Special considerations

• Events of Interest <incidents>
• Government messages <description>
• Message priority profile
• S

everity, urgency, certainty

• <status> element and testing
• <scope> always restricted
• <language> en, si, ta
• Handling of special scripts
• <resources> audio file

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ITU-T

info <language> Ņ taÓ <category> <event> <urgency> <severity> <certainty> <description> info <language> Ņ siÓ <category> <event> <urgency> <severity> <certainty> <description> info <language> Ņ enÓ <category> <event> <urgency> <severity> <certainty> <description> alert <incidents> <identifier> <sender> <sent> <status> <msgtype> <scope> resource <resourceDesc> area <areaDesc>

CAP Message Structure

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ITU-T Regional Coordination

“ As countries move forward to develop a new tsunami warning system, they must ensure that such efforts carefully match with existing regional and national warning capacities in order to enable interoperability with other warning systems …international coordination on implementing CAP for all hazards is an essential step toward this broad-scale interoperability.”

— NEWS / S L concept paper (2005, p.18)

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ITU-T I nstitutional Arrangem ents for Public Alerting

government supply

• f warnings

citizens of the state media media first responders non-governmental entity (Sarvodaya) relay network

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ITU-T Coordinating for inform ation exchange am ong grassroots-based system s

media first responders NGO relay network media clientele and guests Tourism board private network environment community First responders local network

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ITU-T Coordination I ssues w ith CAP in Sri Lanka

• <alert>
• <identifier>common format?
• <sender>authorized users?
• <sent> time stamp (when, what format?

)

• <scope> restricted?

public?

• <info>
• <category> uncertain role for LM-HWS
• S

tandard <event> common terminology?

• <event> “ Government message”
• <area>
• <areaDesc> interoperability with addressable

satellite radio and other systems?

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ITU-T I ssues for Consideration

• Need for interoperability between community-

based warning systems

• Decisions with path dependent consequences might
• ccur in several sectors independently (e.g.,

tourism, NGO)

• What is the appropriate forum in which to establish

regional coordination for CAP implementation?

• Where is the appropriate focus for standardizing

practice while respecting the need for diversity?

• How are best practices to be communicated and

are they equally applicable to both developing and developed states?