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STATEWIDE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS BOARD

INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEM COMMITTEE

IPAWS Committee May 17, 2018

Thursday, May 17, 2018 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Join WebEx Meeting

Call-in Number: 844-302-0362 Access Code: 745 498 588 WebEx password: IPAWS

CHAIR: Trevor Hamdorf / VICE-CHAIR: Lillian McDonald MEETING LOCATION / WebEx and Conference Call

AGENDA

Call to Order Approval of Agenda Approval of Previous Meeting’s Minutes • April 2018 Announcements Standing Committee Reports • Policy Work Group ............................................................................................Lillian McDonald

o Multi-lingual Survey Results • Infrastructure ........................................................................................................... John Dooley

o Overview of EAS Report and Order from FCC 10APR18 o Overview of Stevens County Exercise

Special Reports • Public Information .................................................................................. Amber Schindeldecker Old Business New Business • IPAWS Committee Strategic Planning for 2019-21 Session Outcomes ............. Discussion Item • IPAWS Committee Work Plan ............................................................................ Discussion Item

o Identify / Choose leadership for the new work groups Alerting Authorities EAS Participants

o Dividing up the work between the new workgroups o FCC addition of Blue Alert: planning for – course of action o EAS Plan Report and Order – changes that could affect our work plan timeline

https://mn.webex.com/mn/j.php?MTID=mf8c9f0b60053e4c843d01f9a2007fb7c



IPAWS Committee May 17, 2018

Other Business • Upcoming Public Alerting Authority Best Practices Workshop

o June 12 – Chippewa County, Montevideo o June 27 – Dakota County, at Rosemount

Motion to Adjourn

Meeting Minutes from

April 24, 2018



IPAWS Committee April 24, 2018 Page 1

Tuesday, April 24, 2018 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Conference Call: 844 302 0362 WebEx Meeting: 748 947 425

CHAIR: Trevor Hamdorf / VICE CHAIR: Lillian McDonald

MEETING LOCATION: WebEx and Conference Call

MEETING MINUTES

Attendance: Primary / Alternates

PRIMARY REPRESENTING ALTERNATE

Hamdorf, Trevor - Chair Minnesota State Fire Chiefs

Association, Nine-County Metro Area

Vacant

McDonald, Lillian - Vice Chair Twin Cities Public Broadcasting Service Vacant

Vacant Minnesota State Fire Chiefs

Association, Greater Minnesota

Vacant

Vacant Minnesota Cable Communications Association Vacant

Christensen, Brent Minnesota Telecom Alliance Vacant

Vacant Homeland Security and Emergency Management Calametti, Cassie

Dooley, John Emergency Communication Networks Anderson, Cathy

Schindeldecker, Amber Office of Communications, Department of Public Safety Vacant

Vacant Minnesota Broadcasters Association Woodbury, Steve

Schmidt, Bill Minnesota Department of Health Vacant

Hartog, Dan Minnesota Sheriff's Association Vacant

Krause, Todd National Weather Service Calderone, Joe

Green, Bryan Association of Minnesota Emergency Managers (AMEM) Stoltzman, Terry




Rush, Kris Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension Kravik, David

Snetsinger, Ed Tribal Government Oothoudt, Duane

Haas, Scott Metropolitan Emergency Services Board Williams, Scott

Waletzko, Patrick Central Emergency Services Board Fjerstad, Al

Grafstrom, Sue Northwest Emergency Communications Board Schafer, Nancy

Vacant Northeast Emergency Communications Board Jankila, Erik

Ewing, Steve Southwest Emergency Communications Board Vacant

Bromberg, Mike Southeast Emergency Communications Board Hall, Rich

Vacant South Central Emergency Communications Board Vacant

Vacant Minnesota Chiefs' of Police Association Vacant

Vacant Minnesota State Patrol Vacant

Vacant Association of Public Safety Communications Officials Vacant

Jaekel, Katie Utilities Telecom Council Vacant

Hansen, Denison Minnesota Public Radio Vacant

Glaser, Joel Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio

Stations Vacant

Guests/Affiliation: Evan Verbrugge / Rock County Rick Lange / Dane County, WI Jennifer Hauer-Schmitz / Southeast Region Don Hepplemann / Minnesota Public Radio Call to Order Chair Hamdorf called the meeting to order with a quorum at 4:00 p.m. Approval of Agenda




Grafstrom motioned to approve the agenda. Stoltzman seconded the motion Motion carried. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes Stoltzman motioned to approve the previous meeting minutes. Grafstrom seconded the motion. Motion carried. Announcements Dooley advised there were no announcements this month. Action Items • Committee Bylaws Revision ...................................................................................... Action Item

Hamdorf provided background on the request to revise the bylaws. The IPAWS Committee is exceptionally large which makes it difficult to get a quorum and difficult to get things done. There have been two prior meetings where this was addressed, and the intent for this meeting was to vote to change this committee’s bylaws. SECB Bylaws dictate the membership of the IPAWS Committee. There is a provision in the Bylaws applicable to attendance as it relates to having a quorum (verbiage below).

Attendance The membership of the SECB and any standing committees shall maintain an attendance record of either the designee or the alternate of 75% of all official meetings across a twelve month rolling calendar. If a member or the alternate fails to meet the attendance requirement, the chair of the committee shall notify the member’s organization in writing of the attendance record and request a replacement designee. At the discretion of the chair of the committee, the member’s appointment may be omitted in determining the presence of a quorum until the attendance record is in compliance as outlined in the article. A member that is not in compliance of the attendance requirement will not be able to vote on any action items until the attendance record is in compliance as outlined in this article.

This will not limit anyone who is attending, but will provide a way to have a quorum to accomplish the Committee work. Hamdorf recommended this be formally incorporated into the committee bylaws; this will not change the membership, but adds the language in that governs it.




Stoltzman made a motion that the IPAWS Committee attendance policy will be based on SECB Bylaws. Haas seconded the motion. Motion carried.

• IPAWS Standard 1.0.0 IPAWS Alerting Authorities ............................................................... Action Item Dooley advised this was discussed last year. The purpose of the standard is to define what a Public Alerting Authority is in the State of Minnesota for using the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) resources. The capabilities and restraints are identified in the Standard. The intent is to update the language only, not change the standard. Discussion continued to address questions from the committee members.

Haas made a motion to approve IPAWS Standard 1.0.0, IPAWS Alerting Authorities Hall seconded the motion. Motion carried. • IPAWS Standard 1.1.0 Sub-Jurisdictional Alerting Agreements ............................................ Action Item

Dooley provided background and the purpose of this standard which is to establish the minimum documentation of understanding between entities desiring to become a Public Alerting Authority (PAA) using Wireless Emergency Alerting (WEA) through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). This standard would only be applicable to Hennepin County and McLeod County as they are the only two in the State of Minnesota that have PSAPs as sub-jurisdictions of the County.

Stoltzman made a motion to approve IPAWS Standard 1.1.0, Sub-Jurisdictional Alerting Agreements. Waletzko seconded the motion. Motion carried. Standing Committee Reports • Policy Committee ........................................................................................................ McDonald

o Multi-lingual response to the FCC The FCC is assessing multi-lingual alerting capabilities. They are requiring state authorities to collect information and provide it. McDonald advised they received better than 50% return from 235 different multi-lingual alerting and reporting agencies. This will be reported to the FCC on May 4th.

o Minnesota Broadcasters Association Update Will be moving to a template format, which we are looking forward to.

Hamdorf expressed appreciation to McDonald for all of her work on the attendance section of the Committee Bylaws.




• Infrastructure ................................................................................................................... Dooley o Overview of WEA Changes published in Federal Register 28FEB2018

In the meeting materials was a list of the WEA changes, which covers what the provider has to provide to the public when they come in to get a phone. One year from now we will be doing a 360 character limit on that post. By November everyone will have to comply with GEO targeting so phones in a certain area will be getting alerts. The requirements for language support got moved to next year and will be in compliance at the same time as GEO coding. General requirements portion – the preservation of that message – will change to be available for 24 hours. Regarding IPAWS Status by County, Lac Qui Parle received and installed their certificates last week. Swift and Wabasha Counties have received certificates. Menomin got their MOA back so in three weeks we should have it ready to go. Cass and Kanabec are set for follow up on May 3, 2018; they’ve also received their MOA’s back.

• Public Information .............................................................................................. Schindeldecker Nothing to report.

Special Reports Dooley provided information on the SECB Strategic Planning Session results affecting the IPAWS Committee. Some of the requests were to have an alert standard by November 2018, more guidance on multi-lingual alerts, and information on how to send out a multi-lingual alert. All of this will be added into the IPAWS Best Practices Guide. We are working on a universal Standard Operating Guide (SOP) and will get it posted to the SECB website. Staffing and training standards for shared usage: have used Stevens, Graff and Polk as an example of a multi-purpose one. Rice and Steele operate a combined PSAP. We are going to try to come up with some guidance on how it all works for them. For a lot of the entities out there and smaller counties, this would be a real savings for them. Old Business None




New Business None Other Business • Upcoming Public Alerting Authority Best Practices Workshops:

o May 10 – St. Louis County, Pike Lake EOC o May 15 – Roseau County, Roseau o May 16 – Koochiching County, International Falls o June 12 – Chippewa County, Montevideo o June 27 – Dakota County, Rosemount

Motion to Adjourn Stoltzman made a motion to adjourn. Verbrugge seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned.

IPAWS Committee Strategic Planning Session Outcomes

Discussion Item

IPAWS PROGRAM Goal 1: Evaluate technology to provide optimal systems to secure paramount

public safety solutions for Minnesota citizens, visitors and emergency responders. These are the overarching goals.

STRATEGY

Promote statewide deployment and adoption of IPAWS to facilitate communication to the public when the need arises. This alerting system uses locally issued Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and Emergency Alert System (EAS) messaging in situations requiring those in harm’s way to take protective action, such as an active shooter scenario, train derailment or nuclear power plant incident.

Tactics

Outreach

Develop and promote shared Regional Alerting partnerships.

Promote Best Practices Guidance, expand on what constitutes IPAWS alerts and when they should be sent or should it be a community notification through presentations and workshops?

Training

Determine what continuing education training should be done to keep current with national system operation changes.

Develop universal SOP template for local jurisdiction adoption.

Staffing and Training Standards for shared usage by 2nd Quarter 2019

Template and testing guidance by 3rd Quarter 2020

Technical Assistance

Develop Standards for

o Multi-lingual Alerts – including templates for messaging for those jurisdictions over 5% of a Limited English (speaking – primary) Population (LEP)

o Review of Alerts Sent – 1st Quarter 2019

• Includes all alerts sent, intentional or unintentional

- Review the appropriateness of the code used

- Determine and provide corrective action (if needed)

- Provide feedback to Alerting Authority and event summary to EAS Participants

• Further develop planning and guidance to implement changes in the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) and Emergency Alert Systems.

Funding

Continue to fund IPAWS as part of the 911 allotment for mass notification systems for all recognized PSAP’s.

IPAWS PROGRAM Goal 3: Ensure all stakeholders understand public safety communications and its

critical role in all aspects of public safety. STRATEGY

ECN to provide training opportunities to system users to ensure first-rate performance on new or infrequently used technologies.

Tactics

ECN and Alexandria Technical College to review, update, and expand IPAWS Public Alerting Authority Best Practices along with supplemental material demonstrating testing on various Mass Notification systems.

IPAWS Committee Work Plan

Discussion Item

MN – IPAWS Committee Work Plan INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEM (IPAWS) SECB Approved January 4, 2018

2018-2019

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Table of Contents

Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... ii

Accomplishments ...................................................................................................................................... ii

Strategic Development ................................................................................................................................. 1

Approach and Methodology ..................................................................................................................... 1

IPAWS Committee responsibilities ........................................................................................................... 1

Involvement of subject matter experts .................................................................................................... 1

Goals and objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 2

Planning Guidance .................................................................................................................................... 2

FCC requirements.................................................................................................................................. 2

Multi-Lingual ......................................................................................................................................... 2

Develop a set of IPAWS standards for public safety end users ................................................................ 3

Multi-Jurisdictional ............................................................................................................................... 3

Regional back-up procedures................................................................................................................ 3

Testing of Alerting Systems ................................................................................................................... 3

Training of Alerting Authorities ............................................................................................................. 3

Develop the Public Alerting Authority Best Practices Guide 2.0............................................................... 3

Education and Outreach ........................................................................................................................... 4

Information for the Public ..................................................................................................................... 4

EAS Participants .................................................................................................................................... 5

Public Safety – Training ......................................................................................................................... 5

Public Safety - Practice and exercises ................................................................................................... 6

Public Safety - Public Information Officer Training ............................................................................... 6

Time Line ................................................................................................................................................... 7

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Executive Summary

In 2012, the State Emergency Communications Board (SECB) appointed a committee for the purpose of assembling teams of skilled staff and volunteers to update Minnesota’s warning and alerting capabilities in compliance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) program for alerting called the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). The MN-IPAWS committee and work groups are not required duties either by the state or with local agencies so priorities are were inconsistent, but a dedicated handful of staff supported in-kind by broadcast, outreach, multi-lingual/cultural and other skills representing government, private and non-profit agencies interested in developing a robust multilingual warning and alert system have accomplished the bulk of the original work plan in the spirit of public service.

Accomplishments

Since the second MN-IPAWS Committee work plan was of January of 2016, since then the following milestones have been accomplished:

• ECN hired a dedicated staff member to work on IPAWS issues.

• A majority of the counties identified with Class 1 rail lines running through them have signed up for IPAWS and received training on the public alerting authority process.

• Since January of 2016 an additional 30 counties have signed up for IPAWS making a 34 percent

increase in counties having this additional public information and warning capability.

• Eight-teen, Public Alerting Authority Best Practices workshops have been presented with at least one in each of the seven SECB regions with a total of 316 participants. Including the addition of the release of the online training modules offered by the Alexandria Technical Community Collage released in the summer of 2017.

• Multi-lingual alerting was demonstrated during the Rochester Airport Crash Exercise as a start to

integrating public information and alerting into the training and exercise program.

• A survey was sent out to the state EAS Participants through their representing associations to identify multi-lingual alerting opportunities the survey was closed on September 29th, the data collected is being analyzed and is a required as a deliverable item to the FCC in second Quarter of 2018.

• Education and outreach is being addresses through presentations at professional organization

conferences, regional radio board meetings, and regional emergency management meetings along with radio and television interviews with committee members.

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Strategic Development

Approach and Methodology

The approach of the MN-IPAWS Committee is to been to define the overall state warning strategy more than governing local tactical operations at the public alerting authority or the Emergency Alert System (EAS) Participant stations. As part of the Statewide Communications Interoperability Protocol (SCIP) the committee has planning and implementation life cycles, the MN-IPAWS committee has followed the planning, implementation, and assessment phases since its inception in 2012 worked from the initial work plan.

IPAWS Committee responsibilities

• Develop state policy set forth as guidelines from federal rules and regulations;

• Provide guidance on the establishment of a training program to support the state EAS Plan

including public alerting authorities and EAS participants.

• Promote Public Information and Warning capabilities through trained alerting authorities and SECB Education and Outreach committee.

• Maintain its statewide role as an oversight committee with regional representation through

workgroups supporting Policy, Infrastructure and Public Information.

• Approve State EAS plan.

• Promote the use of the federal IPAWS system at professional association conferences, workshops, table tops and training exercises.

Involvement of subject matter experts

Involvement from cellular telecommunications industry is critical to gain knowledge and understanding on how best to educate public alerting authorities on cell phone limitations and capabilities when warning the public.

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Goals and objectives

Planning Guidance

The current State EAS (Emergency Alert System) Plan should transform into an up-to-date statewide alerting plan, which outlines functions and procedures for EAS as well as other distribution systems under the IPAWS umbrella to include Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). Documenting the use of each warning system, making it easy to follow and aligned with the whole community approach as outlined by FEMA for emergency planning.

FCC requirements

We have to maintain the current requirements of CFR 47 part 11 as directed by the FCC, but must realize the possible changes that may be coming also, using the guidance from the past two EAS NPRM (Notice for Proposed Rule Making) on future enhancements1 and additions2. The plan document should be flexible enough to meet proposals from the FCC that have not been approved as of this date, but also use the guidance set forth by the Communication Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council final report on State EAS Plans3.

Multi-Lingual

Keeping in mind the diverse multi-cultural make up of our state in many areas the following items need to be addressed with guidance on what to do for providing Public Information and Warnings those served areas:

• Demographic tracking (5% or more as per FEMA) • Distribution Methods

o EAS o WEA o Social Media o RSS Feeds o EAS Crawl and translations

• Public Education Campaign • Relationships with community cultural leaders • Process to output: Translations.

1 https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-16-5A1.pdf 2 https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-74A1.pdf 3 https://transition.fcc.gov/pshs/advisory/csric4/CSRIC_IV_WG3_EAS_Plans_Final_Report_032514.pdf

https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-16-5A1.pdf

https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-17-74A1.pdf

https://transition.fcc.gov/pshs/advisory/csric4/CSRIC_IV_WG3_EAS_Plans_Final_Report_032514.pdf

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Develop a set of IPAWS standards for public safety end users.

Develop standards following the SECB ARMER standards format for areas that are not addressed in the State Warning Plan and provide administrative guidance for items outside the normal day to day operations.

Multi-Jurisdictional

Multi-jurisdictional alerting for counties with more than one PSAP or a multi-jurisdictional/county area so that each jurisdiction is in agreement and has a plan set in place if needed.

Regional back-up procedures

Regionally developed mutual aid warning back-up procedures to be able to provide alerting services for another jurisdiction when one jurisdiction cannot at that time.

Testing of Alerting Systems

Testing alerting systems by public safety, although not required by FCC ruling, jurisdictions should be testing their systems on a regular basis to retain proficiency and test system connectivity with the IPAWS-Open alert gateway. This can be done by the development of training materials for specific software packages, while maintaining a uniform approach to the end state, ensuring system readiness and operator proficiency.

Training of Alerting Authorities

Training of personnel, how to sustain a level of training to ensure that those assigned to sending out warnings are confident in performing their duties. Presently FEMA only requires that personnel that have access to the IPAWS system have taken their online course IS-247a. Introduction to IPAWS as a base line, but how to address ongoing training and advanced sustainment training is what is needed.

Develop the Public Alerting Authority Best Practices Guide 2.0

The following have been identified as items that cause concern or need further expansion or clarification on in the next edition of the Best Practices Guide:

• Expand on the explanation of what coverage is, include examples from cable, telco and satellite to make a comprehensive view of what it really looks like if a warning were to go out using every available means.

• Include guidance to meet all of the changes that are occurring with WEA.

• Expand section two on COG (Collaborative Operating Group) management to include

lessons learned with expiration of digital certificates, renewal of MOA

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(Memorandum Of Agreement) with FEMA and assistance from the State of Minnesota, Department of Public Safety.

• Expand the guidance on testing with examples of when to test and how to go about it.

• Develop a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) documenting how to do specific tasks

that are unique to each major program deployed in the state but need to be in the same process if others were coming in and providing mutual aid during large events, such as making templates and launching alerts.

Education and Outreach

Education and outreach, we need to approach it in three focused areas;

1. The Public; our audience who we want to reach to tell them about the potential danger that they are in. Educating them on what do these warnings mean when they see them come across their television screens, cellular devices or hear one on the radio.

2. EAS Participants; the FCC term for radio and television broadcasters; cable and

wireline service providers; satellite content providers both radio and television, and cellular communication providers. What their requirements as set forth by the FCC and how to work together with public safety to make sure that the emergency messages get out to the public when they need to.

3. Public Safety; to be able to serve and protect our public we must also inform them in

times of emergencies. This is one of the main reasons that the category of Public Information and Warning spans across all of the National Preparedness Goal mission areas, it has to be taken seriously and done right as it could add to public mistrust during emergencies.

The following is an outline of the needs identified to have a successful Education and Outreach program:

Information for the Public

The diverse populations who rely on government agencies to inform and provide resources to prepare, endure, and recover from emergencies making communities more resilient.

• Develop a communication strategy with resources across multiple platforms so the general public understands and knows where to find information about IPAWS. Educating them on what do these warnings mean when they see them come across their television screens, cellular devices or hear one on the radio.

• Develop FAQ list available in print and online to educate at events and preparedness

campaigns on what to do when a warning comes out.

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• Use FEMA developed public service announcements to inform the public about

Wireless Emergency Alerts and the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System.

EAS Participants

Have a presentation with what their requirements set forth by the FCC are and how working together with public safety to make sure that the emergency messages get out to the public when they need to. Education on EAS program awareness focused on management, broadcast and technical staff in the following areas:

• Provide high level, short presentations on IPAWS at industry association meetings to educate the different media outlets on what does public safety want them to do during times of emergency and how they can assist them getting the message out to the community.

• EAS Handbook (FCC requirement) why is this important to know and what to do I

need to do when an alert is received.

• Social Media how you can use these tools to import alerts into sites and feeds to get information pushed out to the public automatically.

Provide limited form of technical assistance to those who are new to the requirements of EAS.

• Engineering Functions (Programing and audio input configuration).

• IT Functions – connectivity, cyber-security and redundancy best practice recommendations.

• Priority of the codes, what do they mean, focused on what’s important.

Public Safety – Training

Training is recommended to be at least three deep for alert activators, this recommendation provides for adequate shift coverage. This would include staff ranging from the Sheriff, Dispatch, and Emergency Management personnel. Training them on the specifics, through a combination of web based training and in person workshops for:

• First responder, particularly leadership roles, knowing how the Incident Command System (ICS) and IPAWS can work together.

• Emergency Management, knowing the inherent hazards in their jurisdictions and being

able to have templates pre-written for dangerous scenarios. Also being trained on the specifics of Public Information and Warning, knowing when and how to launch an alert.

• Public Safety Answering Point personnel, trained on the specifics of Public

Information and Warning, knowing how to use their program and being proficient in launching alerts.

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Public Safety - Practice and exercises

• Validate procedures developed for public information and warning that was required by the 2015 MNWALK, Homeland Security and Emergency Management guidance.

• Weekly testing process (add to best practices guide for Public Safety).

• How to validate that the test has launched, and was released from the IPAWS-Open

server. • Tracking testing: guidelines need to be published through a standard as it is not required

by the FCC for public safety.

Public Safety - Public Information Officer Training

Training of our Public Information Officers and Elected Officials to the information needs as they are many times the voice (and face) of the organization during an emergency. This should include:

• ICS and the EOC where does IPAWS fit into Public Information and Warning. • Elected Official Awareness, i.e. keeping state and congressional leaders informed

during such emergencies. • Public Education about how they will be warned: WEA, EAS, other.

• Message distribution channels: o WEA o EAS o Social Media o other forms of media

• Communication of the message: Code Types (Pre and Post Events). • Back-up coordination with surrounding jurisdictions.

Time Line

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Multi-Lingual Survey Results

State of Minnesota IPAWS Committee Survey on Multi-Lingual Alerting FCC Requirement - Part 11.21 (E), Order 16-32A1

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Contents Background: ................................................................................................................................................... i

Executive Summary: ...................................................................................................................................... ii

Acknowledgments: ...................................................................................................................................... iii

Question # 1: Responses from: ................................................................................................................. 1

Question # 2: Your role in your organization? .......................................................................................... 3

Question # 3: Primary language broadcast by your station? .................................................................... 4

Question # 4: Do you broadcast, at any time, programming in languages other than your Primary Language? ................................................................................................................................................. 4

Question # 5: If you are an English only station, do you plan to make EAS alerts in any languages other than English? ............................................................................................................................................. 5

Question # 6: Have you as a EAS participant, and/or your local emergency planning committee taken any action to make EAS alert content available in language(s) other than English? ................................ 6

Question# 7: The biggest barriers to providing EAS messaging in languages other than English are (please mark all that apply): ..................................................................................................................... 6

Question # 8: Your broadcast coverage demographic area (best guess) has: .......................................... 7

Question # 9: Describe your relationship with your local public safety officials? .................................... 8

Question # 10: What factors will influence your decision whether or not to provide multi-lingual alerts? ....................................................................................................................................................... 9

Background: The Survey on Multi-lingual alerting was done to fulfill the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Order 16-32A1 on multi-lingual alerting. Order 16-32A1 was adopted and published in the Federal Register on November 3, 2016 adding multi-lingual to the rule CFR 47 Part 11.21 and that states, EAS Participants1 are required to provide their status on multi-lingual alerts to each identified State Emergency Communications Committee (SECC). In Minnesota, the IPAWS Committee of the SECB serves that function. It also stated that the FCC gave each state, one year to collect the responses from the EAS Participants. To gain a better understanding on the climate towards multi-lingual alerting statewide, the IPAWS committee asked additional questions in the areas of planning and relationships with public safety officials to help guide the committee in where they should focus their efforts going forward.

A total of 340 EAS Participants responded to the survey out of 474 individually licensed over-the-air (OTA) broadcasting stations operating in the state; (106 AM radio, 351 FM radio, and 57 Television), this

1 EAS Participants are classified in CFR 47 Part 11 as broadcasters, radio and television, cable and wireline (telephone companies), and wireless (satellite) providers of television content, not including streaming content at this time.

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also includes the 60 plus Cable and Telephone companies throughout Minnesota providing television service2 that are considered EAS Participants also.

In spite of repeated attempts by the IPAWS committee to solicit survey respondents, the survey was not filled out by all of the EAS participants in Minnesota due to incomplete information for contacts at local stations or facilities. Many of the non-respondents are not represented by one of the four industry organizations in Minnesota who all sent out several notices to their members to participate in the survey, those organizations are;

- Minnesota Broadcasters Association (MBA) - Minnesota Cable Communications Association (MCCA) - Minnesota Telecom Alliance (MTA) - Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations (AMPERS)

Note: The numbers stated above do not include the additional 494 translator stations3 operating in the state that are exempt from participation in the EAS program as they are rebroadcasting content from one of the other EAS participants.

Executive Summary: To gain a better perspective on what would be a driving factor for multi-lingual alerting, data was pulled from the current census figures. The Statewide average is 1.12 % for non-English speaking households, there are two counties in Minnesota that are over five percent; they are Nobles (9.4%) in the southwest and Ramsey (5.2%) in the metro. Listed for reference below are the averages by the seven SECB regions;

Northwest 0.49 %

Northeast 0.43%

Central

0.87%

Metro 2.05%

Southwest 1.55%

Southeast 0.95%

South Central 1.52%

2 According to the FCC Cable Operations and Licensing System (COALS) 3 Translator stations rebroadcast content from other stations to extend the viewing are of those stations to areas underserved broadcast markets and are not required to comply according to CFR 47 part 11.11 (b).

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Acknowledgments:

The IPAWS committee would like to formally recognize the following participants as part of this year long effort: The Policy work group that contributed to this survey;

Lillian McDonald, Co-Chair, Twin Cities Public Broadcasting Stations

Jim duBois, Co-Chair, President, Minnesota Broadcasters Association

Steven Woodbury, Minnesota Broadcasters Association

Joel Glaser, CEO, Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations

Anna Boroff, President, Minnesota Cable Communications Association

Brent Christensen, President/CEO, Minnesota Telecom Alliance

David Pawlowski, Minnesota Telecom Alliance, Park Region Mutual Telephone Company

Dennison Hansen, Minnesota Public Radio

Don Hepplemann, Twin Cities Public Broadcasting Stations

Todd Krause, National Weather Service

John Dooley, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Communication Networks

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Question # 1: Responses from: 325 over-the-air stations, 6 cable operators, 8 telephone wireline and 1 direct broadcast satellite company responded to the survey to indicate their intention to alert the public in any language other than English. They were invited to comment on the subject so that the committee could gain a better understanding what the climate toward multi-lingual alerting is through-out the state of Minnesota.

KAAL-TV KCFB-FM KFIL-AM KKLS-FM KMXK KQMN KSTP-FM KADU KCHK-AM KFIL-FM KKMS KNBJ KQPR KSTP-TV KAGE KCHK-FM KFMC-FM KKOJ KNCM KQQL KSUM AM KARE-TV KCIZ KFML KKOK KNGA KQRS KTCA-TV KARL-FM KCLD-FM KFSI KKRC-FM KNGR FM KQRS-FM KTCI-TV KARP KCLH KFSP KKWE KNLW-LP KQWB KTCZ KARZ-FM KCMF KFXN KKWS-FM KNOW KQYB KTIG-FM KASM KCML-FM KGAC KKZY-FM KNOX-AM KRAM-LP KTIS-AM KATO KCMP KGHS-AM KLBB-AM KNRR KRBI-FM KTIS-FM KAUS KCRB KGLB KLCD KNSE KRBT KTLK KAWB-TV KCTZ KGNA KLDJ KNSG-FM KRCH KTMY-FM KAWE-TV KDHL KGRP KLFD KNSI-AM KRCH-FM KTNF KAXE KDIZ KGSL KLFN-FM KNSP-AM KRCQ-FM KTOE KBEM-FM KDJS-AM KIKV KLGR AM KNSR KRFI KTRF-AM KBEW KDJS-FM KISD KLIZ-AM KNSW KRFO-AM KTRF-FM KBFT KDLB KITF KLIZ-FM KNTN KRFO-FM KTTC-TV KBGY-FM KDLH-TV KITN KLLZ-FM KNUJ-AM KRII-TV KTWH-LP KBHP-FM KDLM-AM KJDS-AM KLNI KNUJ-FM KRIV-FM KUAL KBHW KDMA-AM KJJK-AM KLOH KNWF KRJB KULO-FM KBJR-TV KDNI KJJK-FM KLQL KNXR KRJM KUMD-FM KBLB KDNW KJOE KLQP-FM KOLM KRLX KUMM KBMW KDOC KJOQ-AM KLSE KOLV-FM KROC-AM KUOM KBMX KDOG KJRR KLTA KOWZ KROX KUSQ KBOT KDOM AM KKAQ KLTF KPFX KRPR KVBR-AM KBPN KDUZ KKBJ AM KLZZ KPMI AM KRRW KVCS KBPR KDWA KKBJ FM KMFX-FM KPRW KRSU KVEX-LP KBRF-AM KDWB KKCB KMGM-FM KPXM-TV KRUE KVGO KBRR-TV KDZZ KKCK-FM KMHL-AM KQAD KRVY-FM KVLY-TV KBUN-AM KEEY KKCQ-AM KMKO KQAL KRWC KVRR-TV KBUN-FM KEEZ KKCQ-FM KMNB-FM KQAQ KRXW KVSC KBVB KEYC-TV KKDQ KMOJ KQCL KSDM-FM KWAD-AM KBXE KEYL KKEQ KMRS KQDS KSJN KWLM-AM KCAJ KFAI KKIN-AM KMSE KQGO-FM KSJR KWNO-AM KCCD KFAN-AM KKIN-FM KMSP-TV KQHT KSMQ KWNO-FM KCCM KFGI-FM KKJM-FM KMSU-FM KQIC-FM KSTP-AM KWOA

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KWWK KYSM WCTS-AM WIRR WQRN-FM WWWI-AM KXAC KZCR WDIO-TV WJJY WQXJ WWWI-FM KXBR KZGF-AM WDKE-FM WJON WREY WWWM KXDL KZGF-FM WDSE-TV WKLK-AM WRXP WYRQ KXLC KZGO-FM WEBC WKLK-FM WSCD WZFJ-FM KXLP KZJK-FM WEBC WLKX WSCN

KXLT-TV KZLT-FM WEVE-FM WLOL AM WTBX-FM

KXRA KZPK-FM WFTC-TV WLSN WTIP

KXSS KZRV WGRH WMFG-AM WUCW-TV

KXXR KZSE WGVX WMFG-FM WUMN-LP(TV)

KYBA KZTP WGVZ WMLS WUSZ-FM

KYCK-FM WBJI FM WGZS WMOZ-FM WWAX-FM

KYCR WCCO-AM WINH WNMT-AM WWIS FM

KYMN WCCO-TV WIRC WQPM WWJO

KYSM WCMP WIRN WQRM-AM WWTC

Six cable companies that provide service to approximately 580 communities throughout Minnesota responded to the survey:

- Cable One, - Charter Communications, - Comcast, - Media Com LLC, - Midcontinent Communications, and - Sjoberg Inc.

Eight telephone (wireline TV) companies that provide service to approximately 135 communities throughout Minnesota responded to the survey:

- Arvig (TekStar), - Barnesville Municipal Telephone, - Cross Lake Communications (Emily Cooperative Telephone Company), - Hiawatha Broadband Communications Inc. (HBCI), - Interstate Telecommunications Coop., Inc., - Paul Bunyan Communications, - TDS Telecommunications Corporation (dba - Bridgewater Telephone), and - Velocity Telephone (dba – Gigabit Minnesota)

One nationwide satellite service provider responded:

- DIRECTTV LLC.

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Question # 2: Your role in your organization? This question was asked to see who in the organization compiled the information, the following chart indicates the percentages, and listed below the chart are the titles for the persons who completed this survey and chose the category of other.

- Owner, - Region President, - CTO, - VP of Sales, - Marketing Director, - Controller, - Advisor (2 responses), - Business Manager (2 responses), - Regulatory Manager, - Product Management, - Operations Manager (10 responses)

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Other

Traffic

Programming Director

News Director

Engineer

General Manager

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Question # 3: Primary language broadcast by your station? The following chart indicates what the percentage of primary language of the responding entities that answered this question. Only one percent of the responses indicted that they primarily broadcast in any language other than English. As indicated in question four there are a number of stations that provide programing in other languages, but have indicated that the only provide alerts in English.

Question # 4: Do you broadcast, at any time, programming in languages other than your Primary Language? To simplify the range of answers, the work group picked the top languages in the state as indicated by statistics by the language line contractor that provides service to our Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP) and gave the survey respondents a text block to indicate any the other languages.

99.5

0.5

English Spanish

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Somali

Hmong

Spanish

Other Languages

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Comments on the additional languages in the respondents programing streams: (Region – What type of EAS participant they were)

- International Programming (Metro – Cable Provider) - Ojibwe (3 separate responses from Northeast – Radio Broadcasters)

- Oromo, French, Tigrinya (Metro – Radio Broadcaster)

- Vietnamese, Oromo, Khmer, Ahmeric, Filipino, French, Eritrean (Metro – Radio Broadcaster)

- Czech (South Central – Radio Broadcaster)

- A small number of program are available in Spanish via SAP (Metro – TV Broadcaster)

- Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Swedish, German, French (all with English subtitles) (Two separate

responses from a Metro and South Central – TV Broadcasters)

Question # 5: If you are an English only station, do you plan to make EAS alerts in any languages other than English?

This question was asked to gain a better picture of the willingness (on a voluntary basis) to provide alerts in other languages.

8%

92%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Yes No

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Question # 6: Have you as a EAS participant, and/or your local emergency planning committee taken any action to make EAS alert content available in language(s) other than English? To gain a better understanding for what action is being taken to plan for diversity in messaging we asked this question to see where multi-lingual alerting is in relation to community emergency planning to see if the subject being brought to the local broadcasters as a topic of discussion.

Question# 7: The biggest barriers to providing EAS messaging in languages other than English are (please mark all that apply):

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Yes No We have not heard of thisand wounder why we need

to address this?

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Other items not listed above

We don't feel we have a large enoufgh ESL population towarrant multi-lingual alerts

We don't want to interurupt our programing more than wehave to

We are not required to activate EAS in any other languageother than English

Translations

Funding

Staffing

Equipment

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Comments on the response “Other items not listed above”.

- Knowing how to make it happen on our stations - The DIRECTV satellite system is only capable of receiving, processing and distributing Emergency

Action Notification (“EAN”) alerts. EAN alerts are only processed and displayed in English by the DIRECTV satellite system. Any state or local EAS alerts that the local broadcasters inject on their streams are passed through the system and displayed in English. There is no option for a DIRECTV satellite subscriber to view EAS and EAN alerts in a language other than English.

- English is the primary language. I am not interested in expanding the attention alert message to a longer message. In a world where we are competing against uninterrupted music sources I cannot support any explanation of programming interruptions. A change in our area is not supported by a Spanish population that is large enough to warrant.

- Complexities - We are volunteer run and it is sometimes difficult to find multi-lingual voice talent in a timely

manner. - We haven't really thought about this. - We have not been notified to perform this task. - There is not demand for this in our area. English speaking area....even Hispanics that live here

understand English. - Timeliness - I haven't brought our DASDEC-II online yet, but would like to offer multilingual alerts when we

get it running. - All of our programming is in English, so anyone who doesn't understand English isn't listening to

us anyway. - Can you add Spanish to the existing system?

Question # 8: Your broadcast coverage demographic area (best guess) has: This question was asked to see if the participants use demographics to gauge the diversity in their audiences. Currently there are only two counties that exceed 5 percent non English speaking households; they are Nobles (9.4%) and Ramsey (5.2%).

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

We don't track demographics

More than 5%

Less than 5%

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Question # 9: Describe your relationship with your local public safety officials? This question was not part of the requirement but was asked to see what the relationship the EAS Participant has with their local public safety officials. An overwhelming 94% of the respondents replied back that they do know who they are and have worked with them.

- We work with local officials. They have access to our EAS equipment to trigger local alerts as needed.

- Not sure - would have to check with the manager. - In progress - Through the University of Minnesota Morris - We participated in a local (Rochester MN) EAS_IPAWS-WEA test on 9/10/2015 4 - WTIP's general manager sits on the county's Emergency Management Committee - As a college campus, the station is familiar with campus safety; however, there is not a

connection with Northfield safety officials. - I personally am unaware if we have met with them.

4 The event referenced was the Rochester Air-Port Crash Response Exercise that included participation by selected broadcasters to validate the delivery of an emergency message using the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) and being successfully decoded in multiple languages.

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We know our local publicsafety officials

We have no relationshipwith our local public safety

officials

Other

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Question # 10: What factors will influence your decision whether or not to provide multi-lingual alerts?

The responses to this question were broken down by the seven regions of the Statewide Emergency Communication Board (SECB).

The answers were grouped by region to give the committee a view of the climate towards multi-lingual alerting in the state. There are no call letters, or community identifiers associated with this question as to preserve the anonymity of the station making the comments.

Central Region – Thirteen commented.

- If it's mandated. - Translations; equipment that would need to be replaced and/or updated; mandates - Federal or state mandate. - If it becomes required or if our "English as a Second Language" population grows significantly. - Our local rural demographics - If we find that our listening audience needs the multilingual alerts - if we are required to - We are an extremely small range of coverage, and have other radio stations also within our

coverage range with better potential for serving this need. Also, difficulties as a student run station.

- We are in a quite rural area where virtually everyone living here is able to communicate in English.

- Formats are in English. Super small minority population. - Audience demographic... we serve very few non-English speaking people. - To this day, I have had ZERO ESL citizens come to my station or comment on it. - I believe that a good assessment of the underling concerns about this issue will move more

broadcasters into looking at the option of bi-lingual alerting. It will be interesting to see the results of this statewide survey to see how many broadcasters are currently broadcasting EAS alerts in a language(s) other than English.

Metro Region – Twelve commented.

- Requirements, Demographics - If there was a way to air an EAS alert in Spanish only during our Spanish language programming,

we would do that.

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- No need in our communities(s) it's 100% English speaking - We will continue to provide multi-lingual alerts when possible. - Legal requirements, Those listed above in question number 7 - FCC Mandate based - Demand for multi-lingual services. - Funding, and support from local agencies. - As a broadcaster serving our Spanish speaking community, we want to provide with important

emergency information when possible, some people in this community may still not speak English.

- Technical equipment costs, ease of providing multilingual translation. - It being a legal requirement. - We would like to expand our multi-lingual EAS.

North East – Nineteen commented.

- need based upon served population - Translation - Need in the community would drive this - That decision would be made at the Corp. level. - When it's required, or if we ever have any significant percentage of the population that does not

speak English. - Available government grants. - If someday a large enough percentage of the population in our listening area actually spoke as

their primary language something other than English. - Necessity - Cost and demographics - Whether or not it is required. The equipment necessary to broadcast it. Simplicity of set up.

Multilingual population. - FCC - A change in demographics that would necessitate the addition of alternate languages, followed

by the availability of the alerts in a second language. - If the government gets more in the way and wants to mandate that we do. - accessibility to alerts - Never hear anything other than English being spoken. - The Station would be likely to air EAS alerts in one or more languages other than English when:

* The station receives, from an authorized EAS source, verified EAS alerts in a language other than English; and * Infrastructure and necessary mechanisms exist for the Station to be reasonably certain that non-English EAS alerts are accurate and understandable in their respective language; and * The Station’s audience is expected to include non-English speakers of the language(s) in which such EAS alerts are being made available by an authorized EAS source

- Lack of listeners who don’t understand functional English - The distinct lack of foreign language speakers who do not also understand functional English - A population that would require multilingual alerts would make the decision for us, but we have

no reason to do this at this time in northern Minnesota there is absolutely no need.

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North West - Sixteen commented.

- We will add multilingual alerts when mandated by state or federal law - Almost everyone speaks English in our service areas, so it would not make sense for us at this

time to send alerts in multiple languages because this would make the alerts longer and would interrupt regular programming longer for no real benefit.

- A real need for the service. - If we were to broadcast in another language, it would be Ojibwa as it is the second most

common language in our area. Yet, Ojibwa is a second language for the Native American people in our area. Every Native American I know is fluent in English. Including a second language during a disaster, when time is of the essence, would be detrimental to all audiences served.

- It is not necessary to create such an expense for LESS than 1% of our listening area. People that speak another language more than likely NOT listening to my stations.

- Only if mandated - Shorter message...and funded. I am not interested in having to make another equipment

change at my expense. - If the community feels this is a necessity then we will definitely look into providing this service. - Funding - We would be happy to provide them if they come across just like the English alerts do. - FCC, MBA and other broadcasting organizations - Legal requirements - State or Federal requirements. - Available government grants. - If it could be shown that there is a need and it could easily be implemented with our EAS

equipment. - Cost. I don't think we have a large population of non-English speaking listeners.

South Central - Eight commented.

- If it's required we'll adapt, if not we're good - How we would receive those alerts and getting a more accurate gauge of how many people in

our listening area would benefit from multilingual alerts. - Need, and the complexity of doing so. - Cost, any additional equipment needs and ease of translation. - We wish to not provide multilingual alerts. We speak in English in this area and to offer another

language would be a major turn off for our audience. - None. Most people know what an EAS Alert tone is and will seek out information. Also, most

have WX or a WX App on their phones and are aware of most things before they are broadcast. - Only if it is mandated by the FCC. - Community need and willingness to support our efforts.

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South East - Nine commented.

- Can the messages be automated into the current system? If the Commission requires it - Ease of set up. Translation provided. - We are committed to serving our community and under-served portions of our community. To

our knowledge NO station in our market serves Spanish speaking residents. When funding is available, we plan to upgrade our equipment to serve this population.

- I think we have the equipment needed to provide multilingual alerts, but haven't decide what languages to use and when to start.

- There is a need for all languages that are a part of this market and they should be a part of the EAS alerts. If there is a need, we will do all the necessary steps to provided.

- Very low percentage of population at this time. - Rule of Law - Assistance from those with the skills and experience to easily provide this capability.

Additionally if it requires equipment, training, etc. then funding will also be a significant factor. - Larger population using English as a second language. Would need to be cost effective.

South West – Five commented.

- Public demand or FCC requirement. - None - It would affect so few people it wouldn't be worth the time and effort here in rural MN - Our listeners - Ability to make it happen throughout current EAS system

IPAWS Committee Roster



MEMBER REPRESENTING ALTERNATE

1 Effective May 1, 2018

Chair: Trevor Hamdorf Dep. Director, New Brighton Dept.

of Public Safety 785 Old Hwy 8

New Brighton, MN 55112 612-669-8487

[email protected]

Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association

Nine-County Metro Area 2704 Mounds View Blvd

Mounds View, MN 55112

Vacant

Vice Chair: Lillian McDonald Managing Director,

Emergency Response Systems (ERS)

651-229-1304 [email protected]

Twin Cities PBS, 172 E. 4th Street

St. Paul, MN 55101

Vacant

Amber Schindeldecker Public Information Officer Office of Communications

651-201-7576 [email protected].

us

Bruce Gordon, Director Office of Communications, DPS

445 Minnesota St. St. Paul, MN 55101


Vacant

John Dooley ECN


Emergency Communication Networks, DPS

445 Minnesota St. Suite 137 St. Paul, MN 55101 [email protected]

651-201-7099

Cathy Anderson ECN


Vacant

Minnesota Office of Enterprise Technology (MN.IT)

658 Cedar Street St. Paul, MN 55155

651-296-8888

Vacant

Vacant

Colonel Matt Langer Minnesota State Patrol

445 Minnesota Street, Suite 130 St. Paul, MN 55101

[email protected] 651-201-7100

Vacant

mailto:[email protected]














Vacant

Bill Hutton, Ex. Director Minnesota Sheriff’s Association

100 Empire Drive, Suite 222 St. Paul, MN 55103

[email protected] 651-451-7216 x 2

Vacant

Vacant

Andy Skoogman Minnesota Chiefs of Police Assoc.

803 Old Highway 8 NW New Brighton, MN 55112


Vacant

Vacant

George Esbensen, President MN State Fire Chiefs Assn. 2704 County Highway10 Mounds View, MN 55112

800-743-0911

Vacant

Ed Snetsinger White Earth Band of Ojibwe

[email protected]

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council or Tribal Government

161 St. Anthony Avenue, Suite 919 St. Paul, MN 55103

Duane Oothoudt Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe TERC

[email protected]

Vacant

Anna Boroff, Executive Director Minnesota Cable

Communications Association 555 Park Street, Suite 200

St. Paul, MN 55103 [email protected]

651-641-0268

Vacant

Vacant

Joe Kelly, Director Homeland Security

and Emergency Management 445 Minnesota St., Suite 223

St. Paul, MN 55101 [email protected]

651-201-7404

Cassie Calametti

HSEM 651-201-7490

[email protected]

Kris Rush

BCA / AMBER Program 651-793-1118

[email protected]

Drew Evans, Superintendent MN Bureau of Criminal

Apprehension 1430 Maryland Ave. E.

St. Paul, MN 55106 651-793-1000

David Kravik

BCA / MN DO 651-793-7000

[email protected]














Todd Krause

National Weather Service 651-757-1980

[email protected]

Dan Luna National Weather Service

1733 Lake Drive West Chanhassen, MN 55317

952-368-7193

Joe Calderone

National Weather Service 952-361-6670 ext. 2701

[email protected]

Bill Schmidt

MDH 651-201-5716

[email protected]

Commissioner MN Department of Health 625 Robert Street North

St. Paul, MN 55164 651-201-5810

Vacant

Vacant

Executive Director Minnesota Broadcasters

Association 401 N. Third Street, Suite 370

Minneapolis, MN 55401 612-926-8123

Steve Woodbury

Minnesota Broadcasters Association

[email protected]

Brent Christensen

[email protected]

Brent Christensen Minnesota Telecom Alliance

1000 Westgate Drive, Suite 252 St. Paul, MN 55114


Vacant

Bryan Green

Clay County Emergency Management 218-299-7357

[email protected]

Jon Strongitharm Executive Director

Association of Minnesota Emergency Managers (AMEM)


Terry Stoltzman

Anoka County Emergency Management 763-284-8021

[email protected]

Vacant

Association of Public Safety Communications Officials

1426 Prince Street Alexandria, VA 22314

571-312-4400

Vacant

Vacant

National Emergency Number

Association (NENA)

Vacant














Katie Jaekel Xcel Energy

414 Nicollet Mall 414-5 Minneapolis, MN 55401


Utilities Telecom Council 1129 20th Street NW Suite 350

Washington, DC 20036 202-872-0030

Vacant

Vacant

Electronic Signage Providers

Vacant

Denison Hansen

[email protected]

Minnesota Public Radio

Vacant

Joel Glaser AMPERS

2175 Cool Stream Circle Eagan, MN 55122

651- 686-5367 (office) [email protected]

Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations

AMPERS 2175 Cool Stream Circle

Eagan, MN 55122

Vacant (no alternate available)

Sue Grafstrom Roseau County 218-463-3375

[email protected]

Northwest Region Emergency Communications Board

Nancy Schafer Polk County


Vacant Northeast Region Emergency Communications Board

Erik Jankila City of Hibbing 218-262-6161

[email protected]

Scott Haas Scott County Sheriff’s Office

[email protected]

Metro Region Emergency Communications Board (MESB)

Scott Williams Ramsey County

Emergency Communications [email protected]

Patrick Waletzko Otter Tail County

Emergency Management (218) 998-8067

[email protected]

Central Region Emergency Communications Board

Erin Hausauer Stearns County Emergency

Management (320) 259-3940

[email protected]















Steve Ewing Pipestone County


[email protected]

Southwest Region Emergency Communications Board Vacant

Vacant

South Central Region Emergency

Communications Board

Vacant

Mike Bromberg Olmstead County


[email protected]

Southeast Region Emergency Communications Board

Rich Hall Freeborn County


[email protected]

The Bylaws of the Statewide Emergency Communications Board prescribes the membership of its Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Committee as follows: Membership is comprised of one primary and alternate from each of the following: Department of Public Safety Office of Communications; Emergency Communication Networks; Office of Enterprise Technology (MN.IT Services); Minnesota State Patrol; Minnesota Sheriffs’ Association; Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association; Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association; Minnesota Indian Affairs Council or Tribal Government; Minnesota Cable Communications Association; Homeland Security and Emergency Management; Bureau of Criminal Apprehension; National Weather Service; Minnesota Department of Health ;Minnesota Broadcasters Association; Minnesota Telecom Alliance; Association of Minnesota Emergency Managers; Association of Public Safety Communications Officials, International; National Emergency Number Association; Utilities Telecom Council; Electronic Signage Providers; and each regional emergency communications or emergency services board or equivalent.





IPAWS COMMITTEE - 12 MONTH ATTENDANCE

Entity Name # mtgs# mtgs atnd

Percentage To Date

March2018

(Held 4/24)

January 2018

(Held 2/13)

November2017

September2017

July2017

May2017

Minnesota State Fire Chiefs Association

CHAIR: Hamdorf

6 6 100% Hamdorf Hamdorf Hamdorf Hamdorf Seal Seal

Twin Cities Public Television VICE-CHAIR: McDonald

6 6 100% McDonald McDonald McDonald McDonald McDonald McDonald

DPS, Office of Communications

Schindeldecker 6 3 50%Schindeldec

kerSchindeldec

dkerSchindeldec

kerDPS, Emergency

Communications NetworkDooley/Anders

on6 6 100% Dooley Dooley

Dooley/Anderson

Anderson DooleyAnderson/

MinesOffice of Enterprise Technology (MN.IT)

Vacant 6 0 0%

Minnesota State Patrol Vacant 6 0 0%Minnesota Sheriff's

AssociationVacant 6 0 0%

Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association

Vacant 6 0 0%

Tribal Government or Indian Affairs Council

Snetsinger/Oothoudt

6 1 17% Snetsinger

Minnesota Cable Communications Association

Vacant 6 0 0%

Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Vacant/Calametti

6 3 50% Calametti Calametti Calametti

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension

Rush/Kravik 6 0 0%

National Weather ServiceKrause/Calder

one6 3 50% Krause Krause Krause

Minnesota Department of Public Health

Schmidt/Vacant

6 0 0%

Minnesota Broadcasters Association

Woodbury 6 3 50% WoodburyDuBois/Wo

odburyDuBois/Wo

odbury

Minnesota Telecom AllianceChristensen/V

acant6 0 0%

IPAWS COMMITTEE - 12 MONTH ATTENDANCE

Entity Name # mtgs# mtgs atnd

Percentage To Date

March2018

(Held 4/24)

January 2018

(Held 2/13)

November2017

September2017

July2017

May2017

Association of Minnesota Emergency Managers

Green/Stoltzman

6 3 50% Stoltzman Stoltzman Stoltzman

Assoc of Public Safety Communications Officials

Vacant 6 0 0%

National Emergency Number Association

Vacant 6 0 0%

Utilities Telecom Council Vacant 6 0 0%

Electronic Signage Providers 6 0 0%

Northwest ECBGrafstrom/Sch

afer6 2 33% Grafstrom Grafstrom

Northeast ECB Vacant/Jankila 6 0 0%

MESB Haas/Williams 6 4 67% Haas Haas Haas Haas

Central ESBWaletzko/Fjers

tad6 4 67% Waletzko Fjerstad Waletzko Waletzko

Southwest ECB Ewing/Vacant 6 0 0%

South Central ECB Vacant 6 0 0%

Southeast ECB Bromberg/Hall 6 1 17% Hall

Minnesota Public RadioHansen/Vacan

t6 5 83% Hansen Hansen Hansen Hansen Hansen

Assoc of MN Public Education Radio Stations

Glaser 6 5 83% Glaser Glaser Glaser Glaser Glaser

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