Hurricanes, Tornadoes & Wildfires; Oh My!

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1 Hurricanes, Tornadoes & Wildfires; Oh My! Increasing Government Support with Datacasting and isaga Lee Solonche, Jeffrey Yeagley Vegas PBS Mark O Brien Spectrarep Ben Sher, Marlis Breitkreutz Department of Energy Remote Sensing Lab

2 Traditional Television and Radio Emergency Alert System (EAS) Weather Alerts Tornadoes, Hurricanes, Rain, Hail, Snow, Floods, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis Amber Alerts Missing Children Health Alerts Dust, pollen, fire, smoke or air quality Disasters Toxic Spills Terror Attacks

3 2006 WARN Act Established a redundant path for the Wireless Emergency Alert system using the Public Television Interconnection System. PTV stations broadcast WEA over-the-air; ensuring the messages are receivable, if Internet connections to FEMA fail.

4 Public TV: Critical Role in Emergency Communications Post 9-11/ Katrina federal emergency communications digitize public safety messages Allows universal distribution on TV, radio, Internet, and mobile through Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) PTV stations uniquely qualified and positioned to provide enhancement of this critical service in emergency situations

5 Digital Datacasting Demonstrated at NAB/ hidden emergency information in digital TV signal Addressable receivers allow only first responders to view key information/ display videos or web-like pages

6 School Emergency Alert Response System (SEARS) Used by Clark County School District Police Department Aerial Maps, Building Blueprints Emergency Shutoff Points, Crisis Response Plan Key Personnel Rosters Medically Fragile Children Evacuation and Reunification Routes

7 Datacasting: Carpenter 1 Fire Category 1 Incident Command Team at Centennial High School provided: Aerial Maps, Building Blueprints, Roster of Key Contact Personnel Utility Activation and Shutoff Locations Weather Information via Broadband Wireless Real Time Broadcasts Children s Programs to School Shelters

8 Vegas PBS Datacast & 4G/LTE Demo LVMPD, Alcatel-Lucent, & 50 First Responders NHP South, October 8, :30 5:30 p.m.

9 4th Gen Long Term Evolution 4G/LTE Super fast Super bandwidth Will take anything Mobile band 14 server

10 Nevada Highway Patrol South 4 G/LTE Trunk Mounted servers wirelessly connected provided secure path to Vegas PBS servers Dongles receive Datacast for viewing

11 Open Incident Pop Up Click on crawl

12 Blueprints Video Available Information: Resource List Crisis Response Plans

13 Contact Information Jeffrey L. Yeagley Director of Engineering, IT & Emergency Response Vegas PBS 3050 E. Flamingo Rd. Las Vegas, NV Phone: X jyeagley@vegaspbs.org Lee Solonche Director of Educational Media & Technology Services Vegas PBS 3050 E. Flamingo Rd. Las Vegas, NV Phone: X lsolonche@vegaspbs.org

14 Datacasting Case Studies Mark O Brien Vice President & Chief Technologist

15 Need: Resilient Broadband Communications Bridge Collapse: Why Did Cell Phones Fail? by Tom Conlon, posted Aug 4th 2007 at 11:03AM Communications Networks Fail Disaster Area Residents By Arshad Mohammed and Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writers Thursday, September 1, 2005; Page D1 Three killed, more than 100 injured in marathon blast: Area is locked down as FBI leads investigation By Mark Arsenault, Globe Staff, April 16, 2013

16 Need: Resilient Broadband Communications Sandy Created a Black Hole of Communication Jim McKay January 28, 2013 New Jersey Public Television Communication is a fundamental of emergency management and yet an inherent struggle during disasters. Superstorm Sandy was no exception as complaints about a lack of information were common. This came from communities in pockets of the East Coast where information was desperately needed but scarce, according to some community organizers. Although there were areas hit by the storms that fared well soon afterward, there were black holes, where printed paper and bullhorns were needed to get out the word. Social media was a bright spot, as Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker showed on Twitter, and in New York City where Emily Rahimi chained herself to her desk at the Fire Department for a day and a half, monitoring the department s Twitter feed and proving heroic to desperate residents.

17 How it Works 5 3 Encrypted targeted datacast transmission 4 Optional two-way return path Audio Video Data 1 3. Selected receivers decrypt data 1. Aggregate content 2

18 Las Vegas/Clark County School Security Las Vegas, NV & Clark County School District 370 schools 300,000 students 12,000 security cameras Unable to distribute critical incident response data to police and emergency personnel in the field KLVX-TV signal distributes public safety data throughout Las Vegas Valley

19 WHUT Washington, DC Supports situational awareness for July 4, 2011/12, celebrations on the National Mall U.S. Park Police (USPP) deployed a datacasting to push video and alerts across diverse disciplines and jurisdictions Fifteen agencies received relevant video feeds from U.S. Park Police and to dozens more agencies had an incident occurred Reference Major David J. Mulholland, United States Park Police Video highlights from USPP event at

20 WHRO Norfolk In Norfolk, Virginia, similar technology being deployed to improve response at several institutions of higher learning Blueprints, crisis plans, security camera feeds and other data aggregated for distribution to local public safety units Metrics manage content, prioritize and explore common data that improves awareness across all campuses

21 Maine Public Broadcasting MPBN received CPB grant to improve information sharing between public safety and other Maine broadcasters During emergencies, Public safety organizations will be able to share video and files with broadcasters throughout the state for private and public dissemination MPBN installed a microwave connection to Maine Emergency Management (MEMA)

22 WGBH Contract with CPB WGBH / WGBY Cover Massachusetts

23 Other Datacasting Projects MPT sailabration New Hampshire WRAL busses Denver nurse training KET M-EAS WARN FEMA