CAP in National Emergency Early Warning Alerting System

CAP in National Emergency Early Warning Alerting System of China Li Chao (lichao@cma. gov. cn) Gao Kang (gaokang@cma. gov. cn) Public Weather Service Center , CMA National Meteorological Information Center, CMA COMMON ALERTING PROTOCOL (CAP) IMPLEMENTATION WORKSHOP WMO HEADQUARTERS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, 23 -24 APRIL 2013 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration

Presentation Outline 1 The Challenge of Alerting in China 2 National Emergency Early Warning Alerting System 3 Application and Adaption of CAP 4 Phase II construction 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration 2

1. 1 Diverse types of Disasters in China Category Example natural hazard Droughts, typhoons, storms, floods, hail, ice, snow, wind, high temperature, dust storms, lightning and other weather disasters, earthquakes, mountain collapse, landslides, mudslides and other geological disasters, forest and grassland fires, a major biological disaster, agricultural pests and diseases accident disaster Civil aviation, railways, highways, waterways, rail transportation and other major transportation accidents, industrial and mining enterprises, construction, public places and organs, enterprises and institutions of all kinds of major security incidents, have a significant impact and the loss of water supply, electricity, fuel land gas and other urban lifeline accident and communications, information networks, special equipment and other accidents public health emergency infectious diseases caused or may cause serious damage to the public health, mass unexplained disease, a major food and occupational poisoning, a major animal epidemic, as well as other serious impact on public health events social safety Major criminal cases, foreign-related emergencies, terrorist attacks, and the larger mass emergencies Economic crisis Resources, energy and the necessities of life is a serious shortage of financial credit crisis and other serious economic disorders, economic turmoil and economic security emergencies 3 China Meteorological Administration 中国气象局

1. 2 Various Dissemination Systems All ministries or departments have various public alerting systems. E. g. • Disease outbreaks by National Health and Family Planning Commission through Press conference, the news media • Earthquakes by China Earthquake Administration through Web sites, fax • Geological Disaster by Ministry of Land Resources through SMS text on cell phones , radio, television, Web sites Main question: Time effective, incomplete coverage, lack of interoperability and information sharing 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration 4

1. 3 Dissemination of Met disaster Information I. Possesses branches all over the whole nation (1 State-level, 31 Province-level, 342 Prefecture-level, 2379 County -level) II. Vertical and Horizontal network III. Facilitated satellite resource for back-up IV. Multi-dissemination channel 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration

发 射 天 线 办 公 场 所 TV weather forecast Mobile phone text message A total of３ 3００ programs Customer 130 million 发 射 机 房 Marine weather radio National-level３，local 5 http: //www. xn 121. com/ For agriculture service Met departments Multi-method, wide coverage http: //www. weather. com. cn/ Rank No. 1 in service website in domestic Weather voice telephone Over 53 million times per month Met Inf. Service station 45, 000 Warning horn 179, 000 Electronic display 70, 000 Rural Inf. workers 550, 000

Presentation Outline 1 The Challenge of Alerting in China 2 National Emergency Early Warning Alerting System 3 Application and Adaption of CAP 4 Phase II construction 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration 7

2. 1 Organization Ø Authorized By Emergency Response Office of State Council Ø Built by China Meteorological Administration (CMA) Ø Operated by National Early Warning Center. Located in Public Weather Service Center of CMA 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration 8

2. 2 Main Features I. Allows the authorities of China to notify people under all emergency circumstances which are divided into four categories including： ① natural hazard Government leaders 100% ② accident disaster Emergency department ③ public health emergency ④ social safety II. A wide range of people 100% Person responsible 100% Social media 100% Public of urban and rural areas 82% 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration

2. 3 System Structure 2 1 “Vertical” State “Horizontal” Inf. Sharing 25 Commission departments and bureaus offices Railway Land Financial Civil affairs Earthquake Firefighting Meteorological 3 …… Water Heath Traffic Diploma tic A variety of means to outdoors 31 Province National Emergency Early Warning Alerting System 342 Prefecture 2379 County 10

Screenshot of the management platform p. Information entry p. Spatial distribution p. Statistic p. Data warehouse p. Release strategy p. System management Main functions: information collection, Processing, transmission, Store, share, control 11

Screenshot of the SMS release system Unified national early warning number— 12379 Main Function： • Connected to the 3 major telecom operators of China • Group management • Statistical monitoring

Screenshot of the National warning information website Consist with SMS Number http: //www. 12379. com/ cn (about online) Main Function： • 10 channels • 3 means of dissemination • Web content management

2. 4 Achievement • The construction of the system was finished by the end of 2012, it is now under test-running. • Have established rapid dissemination mechanism, and the early-warning information coverage rate has achieved above 82%. The public people can receive warning information within 10 minutes. 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration 14

Presentation Outline 1 The Challenge of Alerting in China 2 National Emergency Early Warning Alerting System 3 CAP Localization 4 Phase II construction 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration 15

CAP Localization I. Modification II. Innovation III. Extension IV. Explicit definiton V. Enhancement VI. Demonstration 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration 2020/11/23 16

3. 1 Modification Define different levels of alerting according to Emergency Schemes issued by related authorities. (1) extreme First level(Red): (2) severe Second level(Orange): (3) Moderate Third level(Yellow) (4) Minor Fourth level(Blue): (5) Unknown Typhoon Rainstorm High temperature 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration

3. 2 Innovation Define publishing strategy based on alerting type and severity The publishing methods and objects can be automatically extracted when alert category and severity are confirmed by sender according to preset regulations. 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration

3. 3 Extension Define the item ’code’ for publishing methods selection. <code> <method. Name> ‘TV|Radio|WEB…’ </method. Name> <message> ‘content of <description>’ </message> <audience. Grp> ‘Group 1: duty officers of Meteorology ’</audence. Grp> < audenceprt> ‘Li Ming, Wang Fang ’</ audience. Prt> </method> </code> <method. Name>: the coding of publishing methods which includes SMS, LED, loudspeaker, TV, Radio, WEB, Phone and Fax. <audience. Grp>: the publishing objective group of the selected method. < audenceprt>: the publishing objective individual of the selected method. 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration

3. 4 Explicit definiton Re-define the item ’Headline’ and automatically generated as <sender>+”publish”+ <severity>+ <event. Type> +”alerting”. eg. <sender>CMA publish a <severity>red < event. Type> snowstorm alerting. 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration

3. 5 Enhancement Geography indication includes both GIS polygons and Chinese. CAP geocodes. 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration

CAP 3. 6 Demonstration Authorities Management CAP Platform 3 4 5 2 1 TV TV Broadcast LCD Displayscreen SMS Short Message WEB Alert Website FAX Facsimile Disseminators

<? xml version = "1. 0" encoding = "UTF-8"? > <alert xmlns = "urn: oasis: names: tc: emergency: cap: 1. 2"> <identifier>CMA-NMC-20110126 -174400</identifier> <sender>CMA</sender> <sent>2011 -01 -26 T 17: 44: 00</sent> <status>Actual</status> <msg. Type>Alert</msg. Type> <scope>Public</scope> <info> <language>en-US</language> <category>natural calamity</category> <event>typhoon</event> <urgency>Immediate</urgency> <severity>1 st level</severity> <certainty>Likely</certainty> <sender. Name>Liming – NMC-CMA</sender. Name> <headline>typhoo will make landfall in Xiamen</headline> <description> In Xia Men District, winds today from the west at 60, gusting to 80. Tonight, west winds at 60 km/h, gusting to 80, then diminishing to 30. On Sunday, winds will be from the west at 30 km/h. <description> <instruction> 1. Suspend all school, bussiness and gathering (except necessary industry) 2. Fishing vessels should seek shelter. 3. Stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports. </instruction> <contact>Mr. Luojie, Beijing at 010 87654321</contact> </info> ……………………… </alert> CMA public a 1 st level typhoon alerting. Screen Publishing

<? xml version = "1. 0" encoding = "UTF-8"? > <alert xmlns = "urn: oasis: names: tc: emergency: cap: 1. 2"> <identifier>CMA-NMC-20110126 -174400</identifier> <sender>CMA</sender> <sent>2011 -01 -26 T 17: 44: 00</sent> <status>Actual</status> <msg. Type>Alert</msg. Type> <scope>Public</scope> <info> <language>en-US</language> <category>natural calamity</category> <event>typhoon</event> <urgency>Immediate</urgency> <severity>1 st level</severity> <certainty>Likely</certainty> <sender. Name>Liming – NMC-CMA</sender. Name> <headline>typhoo will make landfall in Xiamen</headline> <description> In Xiamen District, winds today from the west at 60, gusting to 80. Tonight, west winds at 60 km/h, gusting to 80, then diminishing to 30. On Sunday, winds will be from the west at 30 km/h. <description> <instruction> 1. Suspend all school, bussiness and gathering (except necessary industry) 2. Fishing vessels should seek shelter. 3. Stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports. </instruction> <contact>Mr. Luojie, CMA at 010 87654321</contact> </info> ……………………… </alert> CMA public a 1 st level typhoon alerting. In Xiamen District, winds today from the west at 60, gusting to 80. Tonight, west winds at 60 km/h, gusting to 80, then diminishing to 30. On Sunday, winds will be from the west at 30 km/h. Short Message

<? xml version = "1. 0" encoding = "UTF-8"? > <alert xmlns = "urn: oasis: names: tc: emergency: cap: 1. 2"> <identifier>CMA-NMC-20110126 -174400</identifier> <sender>CMA</sender> <sent>2011 -01 -26 T 17: 44: 00</sent> <status>Actual</status> <msg. Type>Alert</msg. Type> <scope>Public</scope> <info> <language>en-US</language> <category>natural calamity</category> <event>typhoon</event> <urgency>Immediate</urgency> <severity>1 st level</severity> <certainty>Likely</certainty> <sender. Name>Liming – NMC-CMA</sender. Name> <headline>typhoo will make landfall in Xiamen</headline> <description> In Xiamen District, winds today from the west at 60, gusting to 80. Tonight, west winds at 60 km/h, gusting to 80, then diminishing to 30. On Sunday, winds will be from the west at 30 km/h. <description> <instruction> 1. Suspend all school, bussiness and gathering (except necessary industry) 2. Fishing vessels should seek shelter. 3. Stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports. </instruction> <contact>Mr. Luojie, CMA at 010 87654321</contact> </info> ……………………… </alert> Web Publishing Typhoo will make landfall in Xiamen CMA public a 1 st level typhoon alerting. In Xiamen District, winds today from the west at 60, gusting to 80. Tonight, west winds at 60 km/h, gusting to 80, then diminishing to 30. On Sunday, winds will be from the west at 30 km/h. Instruction: 1. Suspend all school, bussiness and gathering (except necessary industry) 2. Fishing vessels should seek shelter. 3. Stay away from the shoreline and not to engage in water sports. Contact: Mr. Luojie, CMA at 010 87654321

Presentation Outline 1 The Challenge of Alerting in China 2 National Emergency Early Warning Alerting System 3 Application and Adaption of CAP 4 Phase II construction 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration 26

4. 1 Target I. Construct 4 -level-release system, consists of national, provincial, prefectural and county II. Establish the warning information release mechanism, clarify the release authority，processes and ranges of different levels of warning information III. Integrate the variety of existing dissemination channels IV. Promote the dissemination and receive capacity of rural and pastoral areas, mountainous areas, fishing areas and other remote areas 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration 27

4. 2 Method for Dissemination ① Mobil Internetbased warning information release system Phase Ⅱconstruction To key industries Full media release terminal Phase Ⅱconstruction To public ② VHF digital ③ Countryside broadcastin warning g system dissemination system ④ Beidou satellite Phase Ⅱconstruction To public Integration the existing Systems

4. 3 Work to do • Existing system has been tested with meteorological, marine and geological disasters. What about other types of hazards? • How to integrate other systems’ information? we are considering conversion tools. • The new release method need work to be connected with CAP. • …… 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration 29

Presentation Outline 1 The Challenge of Alerting in China 2 National Emergency Alerting System 3 Application and Adaption of CAP 4 Phase II construction 中国气象局 China Meteorological Administration 30

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