[EAS] Questionable EAS Activation

[Sean Donelan]

On Thu, 14 May 2020, Richard Rudman wrote:
> Whomever issued this IPAWS CAP EAS message or reviewed it before 
> sending it either did not take the requisite FEMA IC courses, totally 
> misunderstood them, or willfully violated their precepts:

Only one person in a jurisdiction must pass the FEMA IS course. There is 
no requirement for on-going training, or the person remains with that 
agency, or that anyone else using the IPAWS system take any training or 
policy.

Very few PIOs or emergency managers have any public alert & warning 
training.  The (invalid) assumption is public warnings are the same as 
press conference training or using social media, i.e. twitter.

The Nevada alert sounded more like a public service announcement.  If 
public health officials had prepared a PSA, and distributed to local 
broadcasters, I think many station PMs/GMs would have added it to their 
broadcast rotation.

I've noticed a lot more PSAs about COVID19 filling ad spots, because paid 
advertisers aren't advertising.