[EAS] 'improving' EAS

[Sean Donelan]

On Sat, 14 Jul 2018, Adrienne Abbott wrote:
> Anyone? Anyone???

Its not needed until its needed. Then everyone wants to know why it wasn't 
working.

With the closing of FCC Field Offices, there are fewer EAS enforcement 
actions anymore. When there has been a lot of media attention, there have 
been a few $1+ million fines (NALs) for ads using EAS tones and the 
investigation of the Hawaii false alert.

There should be a difference between a "safety investigation" and an 
"enforcement investigation."  The FAA and FDA changed from an enforcement 
approach to a safety approach. When the FAA and FDA changed to a safety 
approach, they also increased safety incident self-reporting by industry, 
instead of the catch us if you can enforcement approach.

Telco's already have FCC self-reporting obligations for safety problems 
with 9-1-1 PSAPs and other outages.

 	EAS	Short-Fused
 	Enforcement Weather
Year	Actions	Fatalities
2018	1	not available yet
2017	6	167
2016	5	182
2015	5	250
2014	93	113
2013	84	160
2012	103	126
2011	81	692
2010	71	177
2009	28	111
2008	58	236
2007	77	213
2006	42	191
2005	58	119
2004	118	149
2003	197	183
2002	202	155
2001	16	132
2000	11	130

*short-fused weather fatalities = thunderstorm, tornado and flood

I couldn't find a good source for non-weather disaster fatalities from 
wildfires, hazardous material releases, etc.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml
https://transition.fcc.gov/eb/broadcast/eas.html