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Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration

Department Science & Technology

*PAGASA CAP Experience

*CAP Challenges

*PAGASA Adopts CAP

*Future Development

*PAGASA Google Workshop, May 2014

*Google Crisis Response Summit - Manila , April 2014.

*PAGASA and Google fast-tracked CAP implementation in the Philippines

*Initially CAP Information :

Tropical Cyclone Alert (CAP1) and Tropical Cyclone Warning (CAP2)

*CAP1 – Issuance of “Alert” to inform the public of the presence of a tropical cyclone within the Philippine Area of Responsibility

*CAP2 :

Tropical Cyclone Warning will be issued in case a “Public Storm Warning Signal” is raised.

*Five months CAP development.

*New

*Communications

*Technical People

*Infrastructure for security requirement

*False alarm take down process

*After 5 months of development, deployment and testing on November 12, 2014 PAGASA and Google formally announced the adoption of Common Alerting Protocol services for PAGASA

*On November 17, 2014 the first feed of the Common Alert Protocol Message was created for Tropical Depression Queenie. That was our first and actual CAP message.

*On December 4, 2014 the second Tropical Cyclone to be featured on the Common Alert Protocol Message was created for Tropical Cyclone Hagupit (Ruby local Name)

*Actual CAP message during Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby)

*Actual CAP message during Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby) PSWS #3 was raise over Southern Luzon.

*PAGASA CAP Visualization on Typhoon FALCON (CHAN-HOM)

*Additional CAP message

*SAHANA collaboration

*Inter agency collaboration