The document outlines a workshop on improving institutional responsiveness to coastal hazards through multi-agency situational awareness. It discusses the complexities of alert systems, integration of communication technologies, and the hierarchy of alerting authorities. Additionally, it provides insights into implementing a national CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) system for effective emergency communication.

1. Multi Agency Situational Awareness and
Implementation Procedures
Nuwan Waidyanatha
Director - Sahana Software Foundation
nuwan[AT]sahanafoundation[DOT]org
http://www.lirneasia.net/profiles/nuwan-waidyanatha
Mobile: +94773710394 (Int'l Roaming) +8613888446352 (cn)
CAP on a Map Kickoff Workshop – Improving Institutional Responsiveness to
Coastal Hazards through Multi Agency Situational Awareness
2015 April 15
Nasandura Palace Hote, Male, Maldives

2. Outline
❑ Complexities
❑ Hierarchy
❑ WMO Register
❑ Contact Us

3. Typical vertical horizontal integration
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Railway Financial
Civil
affairs … …… …
National
Provincial/Regional
State/Regional
County/Town/Village
Land Earthquake Water Heath
Firefighting Meteorological Traffic
Diploma
tic
“Horizontal”
Inf. Sharing
“Vertical”
A variety of
means to
public
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Management platformManagement platform
Collecti
on
Collecti
on
WebsiteWebsite
Feedback evaluation
system
Feedback evaluation
system
SMS release
system
SMS release
systemProcessProcess
Transm
ission
Transm
ission
StoreStore ControlControl
National
Emergency
Early Warning
& Alerting
System

4. Full Scope of Multi Agency Situational Awareness
functions
ALERTING
(CAP)
scope
architecture
keep it Simple

5. Perspective of Timor Leste Deployment

6. National CAP Implementation Profile, the steps
Audience
Geography
Language
Technology
(1) Events
What type of incidents will you address? (e.g. geological, meteorological, … )
Pub-Sub
Events
(2) Audience <Scope>
Alert First Responders only (i.e. closed user group)
Example: police, health workers, civil society, public servants
Alert Public (entire population)
Combination of First Responders and Public
step 1: alert First-Responders to give them time to prepare
Step 2: warn public
(4) National <Languages>
English only or Chinese only or Malay only
English, Hindi, Chinese, and Malay which jurisdictions?
(3) Geographical Descriptions <Area>
Country wide
Province or State
District
Other – Geocodes or GPS polygons
(5) Communications Technology?
Mobile phones – SMS, CB, Email, Applet
TV – Text, Audio, Visual
AM/FM Radio - Text, Audio
VHF/UHF Radio - Audio
Internet – HTTP, Email, Webserviceshich jurisdictions?
(6) Publisher Subscriber Rules (OIDs and EDXL-DE)
Who can publish what alerts in which jurisdictions?
Who can subscribe to what alerts in which jurisdictions?
Who?
What?
Where?
When?

7. Hierarchy Register of Alerting Authorities
Maldives
(462)
NDMC
(462.0.0)
MET
(462.0)
CCHD
(462.0.1)
FDA
(462.0.2)
MCS
(462.0.3)
FDA.SO
(462.0.2.1)
FDA.CE
(462.0.2.2)
FDA.LA
(462.0.2.2.1)
FDA.TH
(462.0.2.2.2)
Message
(462.1)
Allows for all alerting
authorities at all layers to
be a message originator
but the higher nodes can
monitor an regulate.

8. WMO Register of Alerting Authorities
□ It is a way to uniquely identify national
and international alerting authorities
□ Messages originating from those
authorities can be uniquely identified
□ Typically used in the CAP <identifier>
□ OID Repository Tree: http://www.oid-
info.com/cgi-bin/display?oid=2.49.0
□ List of organizations already registered
with WMO: http://www-
db.wmo.int/alerting/authorities.html
□ For example:
□Administrative procedure for registering an
alerting authority:
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/amp/pwsp/do
cuments/AIR_PWS-20.pdf

9. Current state of the Register of Alerting Authorities
http://alerting.worldweather.org/

10. Thank You
Nuwan Waidyanatha
Nuwan [AT] sahanafoundation [DOT] org
www.sahanafoundation.org