[EAS] ALL state FIPS CODE

[Darryl Parker]

Allen,

A CCC number of 000 refers to an entire State or Territory.

Please see 11.31(c).

"§ 11.31 EAS protocol.
...
(c) The EAS protocol, including any codes, must not be amended, extended or abridged without FCC
authorization. The EAS protocol and message format are specified in the following representation.
...
PSSCCC-This is the Location code and indicates the geographic area affected by the EAS alert. There
may be 31 Location codes in an EAS alert. The Location code uses the codes described in the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard, ANSI INCITS 31-2009 ("Information technology-Codes for
the Identification of Counties and Equivalent Areas of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Insular
Areas"). Each state is assigned an SS number as specified in paragraph (f) of this section. Each county and
some cities are assigned a CCC number. A CCC number of 000 refers to an entire State or Territory. P
defines county subdivisions as follows: 0 = all or an unspecified portion of a county, 1 = Northwest, 2 =
North, 3 = Northeast, 4 = West, 5 = Central, 6 = East, 7 = Southwest, 8 = South, 9 = Southeast. Other
numbers may be designated later for special applications. The use of county subdivisions will probably be
rare and generally for oddly shaped or unusually large counties. Any subdivisions must be defined and
agreed to by the local officials prior to use."

Regards,

Darryl E. Parker
TFT, Inc.
San Jose, California 95134
(1)408-943-9323, Ext. 104
DParker at TFTInc.com
www.TFTInc.com

-----Original Message-----
From: eas-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Alan Alsobrook

On 9/28/2014 10:50 PM, Clay Freinwald wrote:
> Here in Washington I believe that the State uses the FIPS 53000 for 
> sending their statewide tests now - Am cc'ing those that deal that for confirmation.
> I know that when they do state-wide tests they sure don't encode for ALL the
> counties - (that would take a very long time).   BTW - Our Statewide tests
> are sent via the State CAP system and after a delay- The Analog State 
> Relay Network.

I'll have to go back and dig up where I found the information that the
xx000 code was technically an invalid code per the rules, but that was in part 11 somewhere.

I think both Sage & TFT will pass it just fine. Still if the language is still in there (and it was) that invalidates it, then if this would be a good time to change it if they are going to make changes to the national code.

Another thought on the National code, to those that may have input, I might have some merit to go ahead and officially establish the boundaries of the 9 subdivisions.

--
Alan Alsobrook CSRE AMD
aalso at bellsouth.net

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