[EAS] CA Fires/EAS Activation

[Barry Mishkind]

At 09:54 AM 10/17/2017, Ed Czarnecki wrote:
>As far as "kingdom agencies" I really don't think that is the case in the
>California county, or the Virginia counties that Paul is talking about.

        I didn't say that, nor necessarily imply that.
        There are places though.... 

>- Is additional training/pre-planning needed among local authorities in the
>use of various mass notification tools?  Is there a need for "best
>practices" on what approaches to use under various scenarios?  If yes, who
>takes on such a role or task?

        Got to be a cooperative effort.

>- Is there sufficient communication between local authorities and their
>alerting partners as to roles and expectations?  That's easy in the case of
>WEA or SMS - type in the message, and off it goes ...  EAS is a much more
>complex partnership between authorities and local EAS participants.  In some
>local areas, there is a tight social relationship between the agency and at
>least the local primary stations.  In other cases, it seems that this
>dialogue has stagnated, if it was ever there at all.

        Cooperation