Re: [emergency-comment] Who can issue CAP alerts?

[R. Allen Wyke <emergency-tc@earthlink.net>]

Another one out to the group to discuss. This is a reflection of our 
need to be clearer (in Charter, Requirements doc, FAQ, and individual 
spec documents) in what/who our standards are for. Right now it has a 
very Government-only feel, which is definitely not the case. CAP is a 
great example of a general-use alerting effort that spans both private 
and public sectors.

Allen

On Mar 4, 2004, at 12:03 PM, Bob Wyman wrote:

>     Please forgive me if I've missed something in the documentation 
> and in my scanning of previous messges on the mailing lists...
>     I'm curious about the expectations for who is permitted or 
> expected to generate CAP alerts. For instance:
> 	• 	Should the fire and/or burglar alarms in my building or home be 
> able to generate CAP alerts if they are connected to a phone line or 
> the Internet?
> 	• 	If I'm driving a car which can make phone calls and has a GPS 
> (i.e. like one of the OnStar systems), would it be proper for the car 
> (or the monitoring agency) to generate a CAP alert when the air-bag 
> fires or if there is some other indication of an accident?
>     Basically, the question is: Is CAP only for formal agencies? Or, 
> is it something that is expected to be broadly used?
>  
>          bob wyman
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