Presented at the CAP on a Map project dissemination workshop by Arnel Manoos PAGASA

1. COMMON ALERTING
PROTOCOL
FOR EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS

2. OUTLINE :
• Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
• Adoption by the World Meteorological Organization
(WMO)
• CAP Implementation
• CAP for the Philippine Early Warning System

3. WHAT IS CAP?
The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) is a standard
message format designed for All-Media, All-Hazard,
communications:
• over any and all media (television, radio, telephone,
fax, highway signs, e-mail, Web sites, RSS "Blogs", ...)
• about any and all kinds of hazard
(Weather, Fires, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Landslides,
Child Abductions, Disease Outbreaks, Air Quality Warnings,
Transportation Problems, Power Outages ...)
• to anyone: the public at large; designated groups
(civic authority, responders, etc.); specific people

4. COMMON ALERTING PROTOCOL
(CAP)
“ All Hazards , All Media “
Source: WMO No. 1109/ PSW27

5. Source: WMO No. 1109/ PSW27

6. CAP STANDARD
• World Meteorological Organization - WMO
• International Telecommunication Union – ITU
• ITU-T X.1303, 2004
• Organization for the Advancement of Structured
Information Standards – OASIS
• CAP version 1.2

7. CAP ELEMENT
CAP Element Description
Urgency
Immediate, Expected, Future,
Past, Unknown
Severity
Extreme, Severe, Moderate,
Minor, Unknown
Certainty
Observed, Likely, Possible,
Unlikely, Unknown
eXtensible Markup Language - XML

8. OUTLINE :
• Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
• Adoption by the World Meteorological Organization
(WMO)
• CAP Implementation
• CAP for the Philippine Early Warning System

9. WMO CONGRESS AND CAP
• 15TH World Meteorological Congress Session (Cg-15, 2007)
endorsed adoption of a warning standard such as CAP for
alerting.
• 17TH World Meteorological Congress -17, 2015:
• Reaffirmed the value of CAP
• Encouraged Members to take advantage of the WMO CAP Jump-Start
Offer
• Encouraged dissemination of CAP messages through the Severe Weather
Information Service (SWIC)
• More guidance to Members on implementing CAP format
• Technical assistance to Members
From: Mr. Samuel Muchemi, WMO Public Weather Services Programme, CAP Workshop 2016, Thailand

10. OUTLINE :
• Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
• Adoption by the World Meteorological Organization
(WMO)
• CAP Implementation
• CAP for the Philippine Early Warning System

11. 11
CAP Weather Messages
Triggering Cellular
Alerts in the U.S.
Robert Bunge
U.S. National Weather Service
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Robert.bunge@noaa.gov
WMO, ITU, OASIS
CAP IMPLEMENTATION WORKSHOP
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
23/24 April 2013

12. 12
IPAWS – Integrated Public Alert and Warning System
• Operated by US Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Collects alerts in CAP format from all levels of government
From Mr. Robert Bunge, NWS, CAP Workshop 2013, Geneva

13. • Wide spectrum of users
• Effective means to deliver up-to-the-minute weather
reports/forecasts and warning electronically
Weather Info
in XML
Media Transport
operators
Utilities
Telecom
Service
Industry
Government
users
HKO’s XML Data Service
From: Mr. Tong Yu Fai, Scientific Officer, HKO, CAP Workshop 2013 Geneva

14. Courtesy of : Mr. Lawrence Sham, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), CAP Workshop 2016 Thailand

15. From: Mr. Simon Moffat, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, CAP Workshop, Thailand

16. RED CROSS / RED CRESCENT
From Mr. Omar Abou-Samra, GDPC, CAP Workshop 2016, Thailand

17. From Ms. Mei Chun KUO, NCDR, CAP Workshop 2016, Thailand

19. CAP IMPLEMENTATION BY
COUNTRY/TERRITORY
CAP Implementation
1 Implemented CAP systems that are operational 19
2 In the process of implementing CAP Systems 23
3 Customizing hazard alerts via the IFCR Universal program, which
will leverage CAP alerting
58
4 WMO in-country CAP Jump Start training 16
5 Requested WMO but not hosted CAP 28
6 Partners in Meteo Alarm 35
7 Implementing CAP via smart alert freeware from Finish
Meteorological Institute
23
From: Mr. Samuel Muchemi, WMO Public Weather Services Programme, CAP Workshop 2016, Thailand

20. OUTLINE :
• Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
• Adoption by the World Meteorological Organization
(WMO)
• CAP Implementation
• CAP for the Philippine Early Warning System

21. CAP IMPLEMENTATION IN THE
PHILIPPINES
• Leverage Internet for mass dissemination of early warnings through
the world wide web
• Capitalize on Filipinos hooked up to their Smart Phones as well as on
social media
• Introduce CAP interface for AM / FM radio and TV broadcast
• Establish an integrated Early Warning System that will utilize CAP as
the alerting protocol
• Establish multi-agency multi-situational awareness application -
SAMBRO

22. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND
ATTENTION !

23. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical
Services Administration - Department of Science & Technology
Agham Road, Diliman, Quezon City 1103
http://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph
Postal Address: P.O. Box 3278 Manila Tel No. 929-4865 (w/Fax) & 434-9040
24-Hour Weather News : 433 – ULAN (8526)
Arnel R. Manoos
WFSIII, METTSS/ETSD
5th Floor, PAGASA Central Office
Tel : (02)433-0744
arnel_manoos@yahoo.com
arnel.manoos@meteopilipinas.gov.ph