[EAS] NEW FEMA CAP EAS Training Program!

[Sean Donelan]

On Thu, 3 Oct 2019, Sean Donelan wrote:
> We can expect a few first time users of IPAWS to get confused, used the wrong 
> EAS code, send it on the live IPAWS instead of test IPAWS, and so on. 
> Eventually, EMAs will figure it out, but it will take some time. That's why 
> EMAs need to training and testing.  Better to get confused during testing 
> instead of during actual emergencies.

Alert origination software operator interfaces still suck.

https://www.yaktrinews.com/news/franklin-co-emergency-management-sends-out-alert-by-mistake/1128678307

A test from Franklin County Emergency Management didn't go as planned 
Thursday morning.

They had hoped to test a new system called IPAWS (Integrated Public Alert 
and Warning System), which they did. However, an alert came out over cell 
phones.

"We try to create templates for certain emergencies so we thought 'hey, 
let's create a weekly test so we don't have to keep recreating it.," said 
Sean Davis, Director of Franklin County Emergency Management. "And this is 
the first time we activated that template, and we realized we had one box 
checked that shouldn't have been."
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