CAP-CP Event References 0.5

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Purpose of this Document

This document identifies the specific alert event references to be used, in order to satisfy the requirements of the Common Alerting Protocol - Canadian Profile (CAP-CP).

This document is versioned independently of CAP-CP rules included in the CAP-CP Introduction and Rule Set document, since it applies directly to the business of public alerting rather than the technical specifics of XML formatting.

The event list is expected to be updated more frequently than the rule set which addresses the CAP-CP position on CAP formatting and structure.

Authors

The principal authors of this document version are listed below in alphabetic order:

Copyright

Copyright 2012. This document may be reproduced, without charge or request for permission, provided it is reproduced in its entirety and without modification.

Additionally, contents of this document may be used in the creation of other documents, providing attribution is given to CAP-CP, and providing the new document is identified in such a way that it will not be interpreted as an official CAP-CP document.

Notices

This document and the information contained herein is provided on an "AS IS" basis and the Authors, and their officers, employees or agents DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION THAT THE USE OF THE INFORMATION HEREIN WILL NOT INFRINGE RIGHTS OF OTHERS, OR ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Revision Summary

Version 0.5:

  1. The word alert/alerte removed from the tier II AMBER1 and Silver1 alerts for consistency with all other events.
  2. Two typos in event list (one French, one English) corrected
  3. Addition of the Health category to some of the heat alerts
  4. Addition of the Other category to some of the plant alerts
  5. Addition of references to www.CAP-CP.ca

1) If properly assessed at this level, AMBER (and Silver) are not actual event names describing the event in an equivalent manner to all the other events listed in the column. An event description such as “child abduction” would be more appropriate, however since many systems will display the event name along with the term “Alert”, and since AMBER is a well known branded term (when used with Alert), it can be used in place of “Child Abduction” in this column.

Other CAP-CP Documents

The entire CAP-CP is defined in this document, and the following two additional documents, all of which can be found at www.CAP-CP.ca:

Be sure to check www.CAP-CP.ca for updates to this document.

Associated Documents and Resources

Terminology

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in IETF RFC 2119, available at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt

Additional terminology is specified in the CAP-CP Introduction and Rule Set document.

Event Reference <valueName>

CAP-CP has adopted a URN-like scheme for creating valueNames. Event reference valueNames use the following format:

“profile:CAP-CP:Event:{version number}

As mentioned previously, the versioning of this CAP-CP Event References document is independent of the other CAP-CP documents, to allow them to be revised independently.

The following <valueName> value is defined for this version of the Event References document:

profile:CAP-CP:Event:0.5

Event List

CAP-CP events are identified as belonging to one of two tiers of event types: Tier I or Tier II.

Tier I events refer to a class of events whereas Tier II events are quite specific. As an example, “heat wave” and “cold wave” are Tier II events, within the Tier I class of events titled “temperature”. Similarly, Tier II “dangerous person” and “home crime” are within the Tier I class of “criminal activity”.

We note that Tier I and Tier II events may be associated with one or more CAP categories. As an example, “air quality” may be associated with CAP categories “Met”, “Env”, “Geo”, “Health” and “Transport”. The associations found herein are suggested, but not definitive.

Originators are encouraged to use Tier II selections whenever applicable. Tier I references are better suited to events which do not have a more specific Tier II selection.

The event list is presented in seven columns. The first two columns present the Tier I class of events in English and French. The next two present the Tier II specific events in English and French. The fifth column provides the event code. The sixth column identifies the CAP categories to which the event may be associated. eventCode and category values, listed and shaded in the table below, are computer based codes that are used as given, irrespective of language. Column seven indicates whether the event naming has been verified by an issuing authority where such authority, or group of stakeholders, has responsibility in this area. The numbers in this column indicate the authority(s) which approved these event names, as listed in the Table of Recognized Contributors/Reviewers below.

Event List

TIER I EVENTS

 (includes associated Tier II events)

TIER II EVENTS

(Included in Tier I event associated with it)

EVENT CODE

APPLICABLE CAP CATEGORY VALUE(S)

CONTRIBUTOR
OR
REVIEWER

ENGLISH

FRENCH

ENGLISH  

FRENCH

administration

administration

   

admin

Other

 

air quality

qualité de l'air

   

airQuality

Env, Health, Geo,
Met, Transport

1

animal health

santé animale

   

animalHealth

Health

 

"

"

animal disease

maladie animale

animalDiseas

Health

 

"

"

animal feed

aliments pour animaux

animalFeed

Health

 

aviation

aviation

   

aviation

Transport

 

notice to airmen

avis aux aviateurs

notam

Transport

 

airspace closure

fermeture de l'espace aérien

airspaceClos

Transport

 

airport closure

fermeture d'aéroport

airportClose

Transport

 

aircraft crash

écrasement d'avion

aircraftCras

Transport

 

civil

civil

   

civil

Security

 

civil emergency

crise civile

civilEmerg

Security

 

"

"

public event

événement public

civilEvent

Security

 

"

"

volunteer request

demande de bénévolat

volunteer

Other

 

criminal activity

activité criminelle

   

crime

Security

4

dangerous person

personne dangereuse

dangerPerson

Security

4

"

"

home crime

crime à domicile

homeCrime

Security

4

"

"

industrial crime

crime industriel

industCrime

Security

4

"

"

retail crime

crime dans des points de vente au détail

retailCrime

Security

4

"

"

terrorism

terrorisme

terrorism

Security

4

"

"

vehicle crime

crime touchant un véhicule

vehicleCrime

Security

4

dangerous animal

animal dangereux

   

animalDang

Security

 

fire

incendie

   

fire

Fire

 

"

"

wildfire

feu échappé

wildFire

Fire

 

industrial fire

feu industriel

industryFire

Fire

 

urban fire

feu urbain

urbanFire

Fire

 

forest fire

feux de forêt

forestFire

Fire

 

flood

inondation

   

flood

Met

1

"

storm surge

onde de tempête

stormSurge

Met

1

 

high water level

niveau élevé des eaux

highWater

Met

1

overland flow flood

inondation par ruissellement

overflood

Met

 

flash flood

 crue éclair

flashFlood

Geo, Safety

 

dam overflow

débordement de barrage

damOverflow

Infra, Safety

 

geophysical

géophysique

   

geophysical

Geo

1,2

"

"

avalanche

avalanche

avalanche

Geo

 

"

"

earthquake

tremblement de terre

earthquake

Geo

2

landslide

glissement de terrain

landslide

Geo

 

magnetic storm

orage magnétique

magnetStorm

Geo

2

"

"

tsunami

tsunami

tsunami

Geo

1,2

meteorite

météorite

meteor

Geo

 

lahar

lahar

lahar

Geo

2

lava flow

coulée de lave

lavaFlow

Geo

2

pyroclastic flow

coulée pyroclastique

pyroclasFlow

Geo

2

pyroclastic surge

nuée ardente

pyroclaSurge

Geo

2

volcano

volcan

volcano

Geo

2

volcanic ash cloud

nuage de cendres volcaniques

volcanicAsh

Geo, Transport

1,2

hazardous materials

matières dangereuses

   

hazmat

CBRNE

 

chemical hazard

risque chimique

chemical

CBRNE

 

biological hazard

risque biologique

biological

CBRNE

 

"

"

radiological hazard

risque radiologique

radiological

CBRNE

 

explosive hazard

risque d'explosion

explosive

CBRNE

 

falling object

chute d'objets

fallObject

Safety

 

health

santé

   

health

Health

 

"

"

ambulance

ambulance

ambulance

Health

 

"

"

blood supply

réserve de sang

bloodSupply

Health

 

"

"

drinking water

eau potable

drinkingWate

Health

 

"

"

food and drug supply

approvisionnement en aliments et médicaments

foodSupply

Health

 

"

"

hospital

hôpital

hospital

Health

 

"

"

infectious disease

maladie infectieuse

infectious

Health

 

ice

glaces

   

ice

Met

1

"

ice pressure

pression des glaces

icePressure

Met

1

"

rapid closing of coastal leads

fermeture rapide de chenaux côtiers

rpdCloseLead

Met

1

"

special ice

conditions particulières des glaces

spclIce

Met

1

marine

maritime

   

marine

Met, Transport

1

freezing spray

embruns verglaçants

freezngSpray

Met

1

gale wind

coup de vent

galeWind

Met

1

hurricane force wind

vent de la force d'un ouragan

hurricFrcWnd

Met

1

iceberg

iceberg

iceberg

Met, Transport

 

marine security

sécurité maritime

marineSecure

Transport

 

nautical incident

incident nautique

nautical

Transport

5

special marine

incident maritime particulier

spclMarine

Met

1

squall

grain

squall

Met  

1

storm force wind

vent de tempête

stormFrcWnd

Met

1

strong wind

vent fort

strongWind

Met

1

waterspout

trombe marine

waterspout

Met

1

missing person

personne disparue

   

missingPer

Rescue

4

AMBER

AMBER

amber

Rescue

4

missing vulnerable person

personne vulnérable disparue

missingVPer

Rescue

4

silver

silver

silver

Rescue

5

other

autre

   

other

Other

 

plant health

santé végétale

   

plant

Other

5

plant infectious disease

maladie infectieuse végétale

plantInfect

Other

5

preparedness reminders

rappels de préparation

   

reminder

Safety

 

product safety

sécurité des produits

   

product

Safety

 

public services

services publics

   

publicServic

Infra

 

emergency support facilities

installations de soutien en situation d'urgence

emergFacil

Infra, Safety

3

emergency support services

services de soutien d'urgence

emergSupport

Infra, Safety

3

school bus

autobus scolaire

schoolBus

Infra

 

school closure

fermeture d'école

schoolClose

Infra

 

school lockdown

confinement d'école

schoolLock

Infra

 

"

"

service or facility

service ou installation

facility

Infra

 

"

"

transit

transport public

transit

Infra

 

railway

ferroviaire

   

railway

Transport

 

train accident

accident ferroviaire

train

Transport

 

rescue

sauvetage

   

rescue

Rescue

 

roadway

routier

   

road

Transport

 

"

"

bridge closure

fermeture de pont

bridgeClose

Transport

5

"

"

roadway closure

fermeture de route

roadClose

Transport

4

"

"

roadway delay

retard de circulation (routier)

roadDelay

Transport

4

"

"

hazardous road conditions

conditions routières dangereuses

rdCondition

Transport

 

"

"

traffic report

rapport de circulation

traffic

Transport

 

"

"

roadway usage condition

état des routes

roadUsage

Transport

 

motor vehicle accident

accident de voiture

accident

Transport

 

storm

tempête

   

storm

Met

1

"

"

blizzard

blizzard

blizzard

Met

1

"

blowing snow

poudrerie

blowingSnow

Met

1

"

"

dust storm

tempête de poussière

dustStorm

Met

1

"

freezing drizzle

bruine verglaçante

freezeDrzl

Met

1

"

freezing rain

pluie verglaçante

freezeRain

Met

1

"

hurricane

ouragan

hurricane

Met

1

"

rainfall

pluie

rainfall

Met

1

"

thunderstorm

orage

thunderstorm

Met

1

"

snowfall

chute de neige

snowfall

Met

1

"

"

snow squall

bourrasque de neige

snowSquall

Met

1

"

"

tornado

tornade

tornado

Met

1

"

"

tropical storm

tempête tropicale

tropStorm

Met

1

"

"

winter storm

tempête hivernale

winterStorm

Met

1

"

"

weather

météo

weather

Met

1

temperature

température

   

temperature

Met

1

"

"

arctic outflow

poussée d'air arctique

arcticOut

Met

1

"

"

cold wave

vague de froid

coldWave

Met

1

"

"

flash freeze

gel soudain

flashFreeze

Met

1

"

"

frost

gel

frost

Met

1

"

heat wave

vague de chaleur

heatWave

Met, Health

1

"

"

high heat and humidity

chaleur et humidité accablantes

heatHumidity

Met, Health

1

"

"

wind chill

refroidissement éolien

windchill

Met

1

test message

message test

   

testMessage

Other

 

utility

utilité publique

   

utility

Infra

 

"

"

cable service

service de câblodiffusion

cable

Infra

 

"

"

diesel supply

approvisionnement en diesel

diesel

Infra

 

"

"

electricity supply

distribution d'électricité

electric

Infra

 

"

"

gasoline supply

approvisionnement en essence

gasoline

Infra

 

"

"

heating oil supply

approvisionnement en mazout

heatingOil

Infra

 

"

"

internet service

service internet

internet

Infra

 

"

"

natural gas supply

approvisionnement en gaz naturel

naturalGas

Infra

 

"

"

satellite service

service par satellite

satellite

Infra

 

"

"

sewer system

réseau d'égouts

sewer

Infra

 

"

"

telephone service

service téléphonique

telephone

Infra

 

"

911 service

service 911

911Service

Infra

 

waste management

gestion des déchets

waste

Infra

 

water supply

alimentation en eau

water

Infra

 

wind

vent

   

wind

Met

1

 

Table of Recognized Contributors / Reviewers

Reference

Term Contributor: Agency or Group

1

Environment Canada

2

Natural Resources Canada

3

New Brunswick Multi-Agency Situational Awareness System Project Team

4

RCMP New Brunswick

5

Alberta Emergency Management Agency

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