Presentation of the capability to generate public alerts as part of a NGES. Presented by Bertrand Casse (Deveryware).

1. NEXt generation Emergency Services
Public Alert in NEXES
by Bertrand Casse, Deveryware
NEXES Iteration Two Workshop
Bucharest, November 2017

2. Early Warning and Public Alert
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“Warning and information are just as important as food and water before,
during and after the occurrence of an emergency situation.”
- Red Cross, World Disaster Report
“Early warning is a major element of disaster risk reduction.
It prevents loss of life and reduces the economic and material impact
of disaster.”
- UN, International Strategy for Disaster Reduction
BEFORE DURING AFTER
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3. What is Early Warning?
Early Warning Systems:
• National, regional and European systems
• 24/7 Availability;
• Focus on natural hazards;
• Complemented with systems dedicated to early
warnings on health, safety and security issues;
• Closed systems – based on email exchanges
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4. What is Public Alert?
Public Alert Systems:
• Provide information on imminent or unfolding hazard
events to the public;
• Right information to the citizens in danger;
• At the right moment;
• Event alert time cycle: before, during and after an
emergency.
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5. Public Alerts service requirements / design criteria:
• Reach total affected population
• Location specific information during an emergency in specific areas
• Fast delivery (Timing)
• Should always work even at crowed places (Congestion)
• The public’s Privacy should not be compromised
• Only authorised entities should be able to issue alerts (Security)
• Attract the public’s attention and call for action
• Be available when needed
Requirements of Public Alert
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6. Requirements of Public Alert
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7. Public Alert Channels
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8. Location-based SMS Public Alert
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9. Cell Broadcast Public Alert
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10. Public Alert Mobile Application
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11. Mobile Alerting Scope
Natural disasters,
Chemical accidents,
Terrorist attacks,
…
Power plant fire,
Interruption of Air
Traffic,
...
Public Critical
Infrastructures
Public Alert Scope
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12. Smartphone App Alerting
Benefits for Citizens
1) Official and updated information that prevents the
propagation of hoax messages
2) Geolocalised information about risks nearby the
citizen or in areas of interest
3) Self-protection recommendations increase the safety
of citizens
4) Citizen participation in drills help in the prevention of
risks
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13. Smartphone App Alerting
Benefits for Emergency Management Organisations
1) Official channel for sending direct
information to citizens
2) Measurement of impacts that allows to
identify the results of the messages sent
3) Facilitates the inclusion of communication
protocols in emergency plans
4) Immediate reception of feedback from
citizens (text, image, video)
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14. Ex: Smartphone App Alerting Deployed
In the event of an attack, nuclear
alert, dam failure or dangerous
pollution, citizens are informed
in real time of the measures to
follow to make themselves safe.
For the EuroCup 2016, the French Government launched
SAIP “System of Alert and Information to Populations”.
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15. NEXES Approach to Public Alert
Back Office
Local (City Hall) - Regional Authority (PSAP)
CAP Server
National Authority
PUSH
XML-based Protocol
PUSH
NEXES
App
Early Warning Flood,
Earthquake, Cyclones,…
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16. Q&A
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