CAP-CP Event References 0.3A

Authors
Copyright
Notices
Revision Summary
Other CAP-CP Documents
Associated Documents and Resources
Terminology
Development of CAP-CP as a National Standard of Canada
Event Reference <valueName>
Event List

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 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 are listed below in alphabetic order:

Doug Allport, Canadian Association for Public Alerting and Notification / Allport Group Inc.
Paul Buck, Public Safety Canada
April Diver, Alberta Emergency Management Agency
Khalil Hayek, Natural Resources Canada
Kathleen McCrea, Public Safety Canada
Norm Paulsen, Environment Canada
Valerie Plaskacz, Industry Canada
Jacob Westfall, Net Alerts
Wendy Wu, Industry Canada

Copyright

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

Revision A: Errors in the event list were corrected.

Associated Documents and Resources

www.CAPAN.ca/CAP-CP. The CAP-CP website identifies numerous CAP-CP related 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.

Development of CAP-CP as a National Standard of Canada

The authors of CAP-CP are giving consideration to submitting the Profile to a Canadian standards development organization (SDO) for development as a National Standard of Canada. This, they anticipate, will ensure a recognized process in the decision-making regarding elements of the standard on an initial and ongoing basis, and will also ensure clarity and access to the standard for all public alerting stakeholders. With the formal initiation of the standard development process, the SDO would become the custodian and manager of CAP-CP.

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. Where a change is as minimal as the revisions in this document, the version number will not change.

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

profile:CAP-CP:Event:0.3

Event List

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

Tier II events are quite specific, while Tier I events refer to a class of events. 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”, “Health” and “Transport”.

Originators are encouraged to use Tier II events whenever applicable. Tier I events are better suited to events which do not have a Tier II event, where the more general class term will at least provide a reasonable understanding of the event type.

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 for use in all languages. The sixth column identifies the internationally defined categories to which the event may be associated. The seventh column indicates a recognized agency or working group which has reviewed and commented on the terms being used.

The values found in the first four columns can be expected to be found in the presentation of the alert to the public, while columns five and six are for system use purposes only.

Column seven indicates whether the 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 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	CONTRIBUTOR
ENGLISH	FRENCH	ENGLISH	FRENCH	EVENT CODE	APPLICABLE CAP CATEGORY VALUE	CONTRIBUTOR
Administration	Administration			admin	Other
Air Quality	Qualité de l'air			airQuality	Env, Health, Geo, Met, or Transport	1
Animal Health	Santé animale			animalHealth	Health
"	"	Animal Disease	Maladie animale	animalDiseas	Health
"	"	Animal Feed	Nourriture animale	animalFeed	Health
Aviation	Aviation			aviation	Transport
“	“	Notice to Airmen	Avis aux navigateurs	notam	Transport
“	“	Airspace Closure	Fermeture de l'espace aérien	airspaceClos	Transport
“	“	Airport Closure	Fermeture d'aéroport	airportClose	Transport
“	“	Aircraft Crash	Ecrasement d'avion	aircraftCras	Transport
Civil	Civil			civil	Security
“	“	Civil Emergency	Crise civile	civilEmerg	Security
"	"	Public Event	Événement public	civilEvent	Security
"	"	Volunteer Request	Besoin de bénévoles	volunteer	Other
Criminal Activity	Activité criminelle			crime	Security	4
“	“	Dangerous Person	Personne dangereuse	dangerPerson	Security	4
"	"	Home Crime	Crime contre la propriété	homeCrime	Security	4
"	"	Industrial Crime	Crime industriel	industCrime	Security	4
"	"	Retail Crime	Crime dans les commerces	retailCrime	Security	4
"	"	Terrorism	Terrorisme	terrorism	Security	4
"	"	Vehicle Crime	Crime de véhicule	vehicleCrime	Security	4
Dangerous Animal	Animal dangereux			animalDang	Security
Fire	Incendie			fire	Fire
"	"	Wildfire	Feu de brousse	wildFire	Fire
“	“	Industrial Fire	Feu industriel	industryFire	Fire
“	“	Urban Fire	Feu urbain	urbanFire	Fire
“	“	Forest Fire	Feux de forêts	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 de surface	overflood	Met
“	“	Flash Flood	Inondation soudaine	flashFlood	Geo or Safety
“	“	Dam Overflow	Débordement de barrage	damOverflow	Infra or Safety
Geophysical	Géophysique			geophyiscal	Geo
"	"	Avalanche	Avalanche	avalanche	Geo
"	"	Earthquake	Tremblement de terre	earthquake	Geo	2
“	“	Landslide	Glissement de terrain	landslide	Geo
“	“	Magnetic Storm	Orage magnétique	magnetStorm	Geo
"	"	Tsunami	Tsunami	tsunami	Geo	1
“	“	Meteorite	Météorite	meteor	Geo
“	“	Lahar	lahars	lahar	Geo
“	“	Pyroclastic Flow	Coulées pyroclastiques	pyroclasticF	Geo
“	“	Pyroclastic Surge	Nuées ardentes	pyroclasticS	Geo
“	“	Volcanic Ash Cloud	Nuage de cendre	volcanicAsh	Geo
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 & 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	Spécial des glaces	spclIce	Met	1
Marine	Maritime			marine	Met, Transport	1
“	”	Freezing Spray	Embruns verglacants	freezngSpray	Met	1
“	“	Gale Wind	Coups de vent	galeWind	Met	1
“	“	Hurricane Force Wind	Vent de force ouragan	hurricFrcWnd	Met	1
“	“	Iceberg	Iceberg	iceberg	Met, Transport
“	“	Marine Security	Sécurité maritime	marineSecure	Transport	1
“	“	Nautical Incident	Incident nautique	nautical	Transport	5
“	“	Special Marine	Maritime speciale	spclMarine	Met	1
“	“	Squall	Grains	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 manquante			missingPer	Missing	4
“	“	AMBER Alert	Alerte AMBER	amber	Missing	4
“	“	Missing Vulnerable Person	Personne vulnérable disparue	missingVulPer	Missing	4
“	“	Silver Alert	Alerte Silver	silver	Missing	5
Other	Autre			other	Other
Plant Health	Santé végétale			plant		5
“	“	Plant Infectious Disease	Maladie infectieuse végétale	plantInfect		5
Preparedness Reminders	Rappel 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	emergFacility	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	Isolement 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	Pont fermé	bridgeClose	Transport	5
"	"	Roadway Closure	Fermeture de route	roadClose	Transport	4
"	"	Roadway Delay	Retard de circulation (Délai 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 verglacante	freezeDrzl	Met	1
"	“	Freezing Rain	Pluie verglacante	freezeRain	Met	1
"	“	Hurricane	Ouragan	hurricane	Met	1
"	“	Rainfall	Pluie	rainfall	Met	1
"	“	Thunderstorm	Orages	thunderstorm	Met	1
"	“	Snowfall	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	Refroidissement soudain	flashFreeze	Met	1
"	"	Frost	Gel	frost	Met	1
"	“	Heat Wave	Vague de chaleur	heatWave	Met	1
"	"	High Heat and Humidity	Chaleur et humidité accablantes	heatHumidity	Met	1
"	"	Wind Chill	Refroidisse-ment éolien	windchill	Met	1
Test Message	Message test			testMessage	Other
Utility	Utilité publique			utility	Infra
"	"	Cable Service	Service de câble	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

Date modified:: 2018-01-31

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