CAP-CP Event References 0.5

Table of Contents

Authors
Copyright
Notices
Revision Summary
Other CAP-CP Documents
Associated Documents and Resources
Terminology
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 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:

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

Copyright

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:

The word alert/alerte removed from the tier II AMBER1 and Silver1 alerts for consistency with all other events.
Two typos in event list (one French, one English) corrected
Addition of the Health category to some of the heat alerts
Addition of the Other category to some of the plant alerts
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.

Associated Documents and Resources

www.CAP-CP.ca. 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.

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	EVENT CODE	APPLICABLE CAP CATEGORY VALUE(S)	CONTRIBUTOR OR REVIEWER
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

Date modified:: 2018-01-31

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