Industry Canada Emergency Telecommunications - Public Alerting in Canada

• Canadian Public Alerting Forums and Workshops
• New field trials
• Tsunami Warning System
• Common Alerting Protocol

Any area of Canada may be subject to a range of disasters having the potential to cause loss of life, injury to persons, and damage to property and the environment. A diversity of public alerting tools are needed to disseminate all hazard and severe weather alerts to reach those at risk whether they be working in offices, sleeping at home, driving or have special needs.

Public alerting is primarily the responsibility of public officials authorized to give public direction in emergencies under municipal by-laws and provincial or federal legislative authority. The majority of emergency events occur at the local level and impact upon localized populations.

Under the 1995 Federal Policy for Emergencies, Industry Canada has the lead for coordinating the provision of an emergency broadcasting service, based on the facilities and services of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Environment Canada and, as required, privately owned networks and stations.

In an effort to stimulate the growth of new public alerting solutions to complement existing systems, Industry Canada launched a new public alerting initiative in the fall of 2002. As part of this new public alerting initiative, Industry Canada:

1. invited all levels of government to submit unique proposals for the demonstration and evaluation of new public alerting technologies or products. The final demonstration and evaluation reports and comparative studies resulting from this initiative will be shared with federal government departments, provinces, territories and municipalities.
   
   • - Update on the Demonstration and Evaluation Projects
   
   
   • - Letter of Interest
   
   
   • - Proposal Guide
   
   
   • - Statement of Work

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2. Canadian Public Alerting Forums and Workshops
   2005
   Second Canadian Public Alerting Forum and Workshops - March 2nd, 2005 - Main Page
   
   2003
   First Canadian Public Alerting Forum and Workshops - November 5th, 2003 - Main Page





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3. New field trials
   
• CBC Fields Trials of Public Alerting Systems


• Internet Based Public Alerting Field Trials


• Telus Geomatic Field Trials of Public Alerting Systems
  
  
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4. Tsunami Warning System

An Assessment of the B.C. Tsunami Warning System and Related Risk Reduction Practices Tsunamis and Coastal Communities in British Columbia
• Executive Summary



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5. Common Alerting Protocol
   Workshop, Ottawa, April 11th, 2006 Presentations
• Common Alerting Protocol Working Group

Go to:

• - Contacts


• - Proposed Authorized Users Guidelines for 9-1-1 Database Integrated Community Notification Systems (CNS)


• - Public Alerting Advisory Group


• - Public Alerting Links


• - Reference documents
• - Summary Report Geographical Public Alerting System


• - Update on the Demonstration and Evaluation Projects