[EAS] Resolved- Nationwide AT&T Mobility 9-1-1 outage

Sean Donelan sean at donelan.com
Wed Mar 8 23:54:56 CST 2017


On Wed, 8 Mar 2017, Adrienne Abbott wrote:
> Again, why use Civil Danger Warning (CDW) which is the most extreme of the generic codes (most severe CDW, in the middle CEM and lowest LAE)?
>
> SEAN-- that's a question for those who designed the WEA platform. All 
> we can do is try to put the square pegs in the round holes.

CEM is not a restricted use code for WEA.  If Nevada's alerting software 
does not allow Nevada to use CEM, its a local software problem.  Not an 
IPAWS/WEA problem.  Nevada should contact its alerting software provider 
to fix its software.

Event Codes that can be sent via all three primary (EAS, WEA, NWS) 
dissemination channels

CAE:   Child Abduction Emergency
CDW:  Civil Danger Warning
CEM:   Civil Emergency Message
EQW:  Earthquake Warning 
EVI:   Evacuate Immediate
FRW:   Fire Warning
HMW:  Hazardous Materials Warning
LAE:   Local Area Emergency
LEW:   Law Enforcement Warning
NUW:  Nuclear Power Plant Warning
RHW:  Radiological Hazard Warning
SPW:   Shelter in Place Warning
VOW:  Volcano Warning

Additional Event Codes with restricted dissemination channels:

ADR:  Administrative Message (Will NOT go to WEA)
TOE:  911 Telephone Outage Emergency (Will NOT go to WEA)
RMT:  Required Monthly Test (Will NOT go to NWEM or WEA)
RWT:  Required Weekly Test (Will NOT go to NWEM or WEA)



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