Industry Outreach
The purpose of this page is to create a space where the government and industry can meet and exchange information and views.
The IPAWS alert and warning system is a 'system of systems' which comprises a mixture of public and private infrastructure. The government therefore relies on the private sector to execute a portion of its public safety mission, and sees the relationship as a partnership. Below you will find some examples of our work.
Common Alerting Protocol
FEMA is working with the public and private sectors to integrate warning systems that allow the President and authorized officials to communicate with the public in times of emergency via television, radio, telephone, email, and other communications pathways. The Common Alerting Protocol or CAP 1.1 is a format for exchanging emergency alerts allowing a consistent warning message to be disseminated simultaneously over many different warning systems.
FEMA's federal partners in developing the federal CAP profile include the National Weather Service, Federal Communications Commission, DHS Science & Technology Directorate's Command, Control and Interoperability Division, and the Emergency Interoperability Consortium.
The CAP profile will be based on an open standard to facilitate manufacturing by multiple suppliers and to ensure interoperability among alert and warning systems at the federal and state levels as well as across different alert delivery systems.
Relevant Documents
- This announcement is for the procurement of laboratory testing services for the Federal Emergency Management Agency Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Common Alert Protocol Profile Conformity Assessment Program. Response date is May 6, 2009. IPAWS Common Alert Protocol (CAP) Assessment Project
Download Plug-in
Some of the links on this page require a plug-in to view them. Links to the plug-ins are available below.
Adobe Acrobat (PDF)Last Modified: Tuesday, 28-Apr-2009 11:00:27 EDT