EAS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM

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1 REVISED LOCAL EAS EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM PLAN

2 EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS) CHECKLIST FOR BROADCAST STATIONS AND CABLE SYSTEMS Terre Haute Indiana #1 (vacant) / #2 WTHI-FM, 99.9 MHz YOUR LOCAL EAS AREA YOUR EAS MONITORING ASSIGNMENTS All personnel trained in EAS procedures and in the use of EAS equipment. EAS encoders and decoders installed and working. Correct assignments monitored, according to EAS State or Local Area plans. Weekly and monthly EAS tests received and logged. Weekly and monthly EAS test transmissions made and logged. EAS Operating Handbook immediately available. Copies of EAS State and Local Area plans immediately available. Copy of FCC EAS Rules and Regulations (Part 11) and, if appropriate, AM station emergency operation (Section ) available. ALL BROADCAST STATIONS AND CABLE SYSTEMS MUST MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LP-2 UNTIL LP-1 STATION IS DETERMINED FOR THE TERRE HAUTE INDIANA EAS LOCAL AREA. i

3 EMERGENGY ALERT SYSTEM (EAS) PROCEDURES FOR THE TERRE HAUTE INDIANA EAS LOCAL AREA AUGUST, 2007 TERRE HAUTE INDIANA EAS LOCAL AREA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: CLAY OWEN PARKE PUTNAM SULLIVAN VERMILLION VIGO

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5 I. INTRODUCTION This plan was prepared by the Terre Haute Indiana Local Area Emergency Communications Committee and the broadcast and cable media. It provides specific procedures to disseminate emergency information and warnings to the general public in the South Central Indiana Local Area or any portion thereof within the broadcast coverage and cable system service areas at the request of designated local, State and Federal officials. This EAS Local Area plan may be activated on a day-to-day basis in response to such emergencies as: Tornadoes, Power Outages, Flash Floods, Blizzards, Industrial Accidents, Civil Disturbances, or any occurrence which poses a danger to life or property. Acceptance of/or participation in this plan shall not be deemed as a relinquishment of program control, and shall not be deemed to prohibit a broadcast licensee or cable operator from exercising independent discretion and responsibility in any given situation. Broadcast stations and cable systems originating emergency communications shall be deemed to have conferred rebroadcast authority. The concept of management of each broadcast station and cable system to exercise discretion regarding the transmission of emergency information and instructions to the general public is provided by FCC Rules and Regulations. II. AUTHORITY Title 47 U.S.C. 151, 154 (i) & (o), 303 (r), 524 (g) & 606; and 47 C.F.R. Part 11, FCC Rules and Regulations, Emergency Alert Systems. III. KEY EAS SOURCES LOCAL PRIMARY SOURCE (LP-1): LOCATION: EAS EMERGENCY CODES: EAS MONITORING ASSIGNMENTS: (vacant) STATION CONTACT: TELEPHONE: UNLISTED TELEPHONE: HOURS OF OPERATION: COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES: LOCAL PRIMARY SOURCE (LP-2): LOCATION: EAS EMERGENCY CODES: EAS MONITORING ASSIGNMENTS: WTHI-FM, 99.9 MHz Terre Haute, IN WTHIFM WLS(AM), 890 khz, Chicago, IL and WTTS(FM), 92.3 MHz, Bloomington, IN STATION CONTACT: Barry Kent, P.D. (cell ) STATION CONTACT: Ken Myers, C.E. (cell ) TELEPHONE: STUDIO TELEPHONE: HOURS OF OPERATION: COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES: 24 hours ABC Network 1

6 NOTE: ALL BROADCAST STATIONS AND CABLE SYSTEMS MUST MONITOR LP-1 AND LP-2. ALL BROADCAST STATIONS AND CABLE SYSTEMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO. ALL STATIONS THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE OUTER PERIMETER IN THE TERRE HAUTE LOCAL AREA ARE ENCOURAGED TO ALSO MONITOR OTHER OPERATING AREAS. IV. AUTHENTICATION Return telephone call to appropriate number (listed in Annex A). NOTE: National Weather Service (NWS) weather warnings received via NOAA Weather Radio, NOAA Weather Wire, or AP, Reuters and UPI wire do not require additional authentication. NWS Sources can be monitored optionally after the two assigned LP Sources. V. IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES A. Procedures for Designated Officials 1. Request activation of the EAS facilities through the LP-1 (or the LP-2 if the LP-1 cannot be contacted) via telephone or other communications facilities Available. Note: When "severe weather" warnings are issued by the NWS, the NWS can notify the LP-1 directly. 2. Designated officials use the following format when contacting key EAS sources: "THIS IS (NAME/TITLE) OF (ORGANIZATION). I REQUEST THAT THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM BE ACTIVATED FOR THE TERRE HAUTE INDIANA LOCAL AREA BECAUSE OF (DESCRIPTION OF EMERGENCY)." Use Authentication as noted under paragraph IV above. 3. Upon authentication, designated officials and EAS source personnel determine broadcast details (i.e., live or recorded, immediate or delayed). Officials provide emergency program material including description of the nature of the emergency, actions being taken by local governments, and instructions to the public. EAS message originators shall limit their messages to two minutes, the maximum recording time of EAS equipment. 4. Keep line of communications open if necessary. 2

7 5. For a unique emergency not involving the entire EAS Local Area, authorities may request EAS activation through the cable system and broadcast stations serving only the affected area. B. Procedures for Broadcast Station and Cable System Personnel 1. Upon receipt of a request to activate the local EAS from appropriate authority (verify authenticity via method described in paragraph IV above), the LP-1 (or alternate LP-2) may proceed as follows: a. Broadcast the following announcement: "WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS WILL FOLLOW." b. Transmit the EAS header codes and Attention Signal. c. Broadcast the following announcement and emergency material: "WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM TO ACTIVATE THE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM FOR THE TERRE HAUTE INDIANA LOCAL AREA BE- CAUSE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS WILL FOLLOW." **** Follow with emergency program. **** d. To terminate EAS message (immediately or later), make the following announcement: "THIS CONCLUDES EAS PROGRAMMING. ALL BROADCAST STATIONS AND CABLE SYSTEMS MAY NOW RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS." e. Transmit the EAS End of Message (EOM) code. Important Note: When relaying EAS messages for State and local emergencies, broadcasters and cable operators have the option of transmitting only the EAS header and EOM codes without the Attention Signal and emergency message. This is acceptable so that EAS coded messages can be quickly relayed through areas unaffected by the emergency. 2. All other broadcast stations and cable systems are monitoring key sources via EAS equipment and will be alerted by the header codes and attention signal. Each station and cable system upon receipt of the signal will, at the discretion of management, perform the same procedures as in step 1 above by transmitting the emergency message from the LP-1, alternate LP-2 or NOAA Weather 3

8 Radio. Broadcast stations and cable systems using automatic interrupt of programming should receive the EOM codes before retransmitting State or local level EAS messages. This can prevent downstream locations from missing parts of the EAS message. 3. To avoid unnecessary escalation of public confusion, all stations and cable systems must be cautious in providing news and information pertaining to the emergency. All messages must be based upon definite and confirmed facts. The public must not be left to decide what is or is not fact. 4. Upon completion of the above transmission procedures, resume normal programming. Appropriate notations should be made in the station and cable system records. A very brief summary may be sent to the FCC for information purposes only. VI. TESTS Tests of these EAS Procedures shall be conducted according to Section of the FCC Rules and Regulations, on a random or scheduled basis, from a point which would originate the common emergency message. Unless a scheduled State test is received from the State Primary, the Local Primary will originate the Required Monthly Test (RMT). The date and time of each test shall be recorded in the station and cable system records. VII. ANNEXES ANNEX A: ANNEX B: ANNEX C: ANNEX D: Lists the designated officials and their telephone numbers. List of broadcast stations and cable systems. Approvals. List of EAS codes transmitted by key EAS sources. 4

9 ANNEX A Designated Officials for the Terre Haute Indiana EAS Plan National Weather Service, Indianapolis David Tucek, Warning Coordination Meteorologist 6900 W. Hanna Ave. Indianapolis, IN Indiana State Police, District #32 (Clay, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion & Vigo Counties) Lt. Brent Johnson South US Highway 41 Terre Haute, IN District #33 (Owen County) Lt. Paul Bucher North Fee Lane Bloomington, IN District #53 (Putnam County) Lt. George Schnider West U.S. 40 Greencastle, IN CLAY COUNTY EMA Director Sheriff Brian Husband Michael Heaton Clay County Justice Center 611 E. Jackson St. 611 E. Jackson St. Brazil, IN Brazil, IN Ext-156 OWEN COUNTY EMA Director Sheriff Jack White Chester H. Richardson III Owen County Courthouse 291 Vandalia Ave. 60 South Main Street Spencer, IN Spencer, IN

10 PARKE COUNTY EMA Director Sheriff Darla Eslinger D. Michael Eslinger 110 E. High St. 458W. Strawberry Road Rockville, IN Rockville, IN PUTNAM COUNTY EMA Director Sheriff Kim Hyten Mark T. Frisbie Putnam County EMA 13 Keightly Rd. Courthouse 1 st Floor Greencastle, IN Greencastle, IN SULLIVAN COUNTY EMA Director Sheriff Jim Pirtle Bryan L. Kinnett 100 Courthouse Sq. Room S. State St. Sullivan, IN Sullivan, IN VERMILLION COUNTY EMA Director Sheriff Ramon Clombo Robert J. Spence 259 Vine St. P.O. Box 130 Clinton, IN Newport, IN VIGO COUNTY EMA Director Sheriff Dorene Hojnicki Jon R. Marvel 934 South 4th St. 201 Cherry St. Terre Haute, IN Terre Haute, IN

11 ANNEX B BROADCAST STATIONS IN THE TERRE HAUTE LOCAL AREA Brazil WSDM-FM WSDX Clinton WPFR-FM Greencastle WGRE(FM) WREB(FM) Rockville WAXI(FM) Seelyville WWSY(FM) Spencer WCLS(FM) Sullivan WNDI AM/FM Terre Haute WBOW(AM/FM) WCRT(FM) / WFXW-TV WHOJ(FM) WISU(FM) / WMGI(FM) WMHD-FM WTHI-FM WTHI-TV WTWO(TV) West Terre Haute WWVR(FM)

12 BROADCAST STATIONS - TERRE HAUTE EAS LOCAL AREA CALL SIGN FIPS CODE ANNEX B CITY OF LICENSE page 2 FREQUENCY FACILITIES EAS DESIGNATION WSDX WSDM-FM WPFR BRAZIL BRAZIL CLINTON KW ND-D D 6.00 KW 91 Meters 2.35 KW 161 Meters PN PN WGRE WREB WAXI GREENCASTLE GREENCASTLE ROCKVILLE KW 47 Meters 3.00 KW 49 Meters 1.2 KW 134 Meters PN PN PN WWSY WCLS WNDI SEELYVILLE SPENCER SULLIVAN KW 121 Meters 1.0 KW 146 Meters 0.25 KW ND-D D PN PN PN WNDI-FM WBOW WBOW-FM SULLIVAN TERRE HAUTE TERRE HAUTE KW 46 Meters 0.25/0.25 KW DA-N U 28.0 KW 201 Meters PN PN WCRT WFXW-TV WHOJ TERRE HAUTE TERRE HAUTE TERRE HAUTE 88.5 CH KW 98 Meters 2140 KW 299 Meters 1.0 kw 29 Meters PN PN PN WISU WMGI WMHD-FM TERRE HAUTE TERRE HAUTE TERRE HAUTE KW 156 Meters 50. KW 152 Meters 1.4 KW 70 Meters PN PN PN 8

13 BROADCAST STATIONS - TERRE HAUTE EAS LOCAL AREA CALL SIGN FIPS CODE ANNEX B CITY OF LICENSE page 3 FREQUENCY FACILITIES EAS DESIGNATION WTHI-FM WTHI-TV WTWO TERRE HAUTE TERRE HAUTE TERRE HAUTE 99.9 CH 10 CH KW 149 Meters 316 KW 293 Meters 100 KW 290 Meters LP-2 PN PN WWVR WEST TERRE HAUTE TERRE HAUTE KW 90 Meters PN 9

14 Annex B page 4 CABLE ENTITIES - TERRE HAUTE EAS LOCAL AREA Unit ID Physical ID FIPS Code Community Community Type EAS Designation IN BLOOMINGDALE INCORP TOWN ** IN BRAZIL INCORP CITY ** IN CARBON INCORP TOWN ** IN CARLISLE INCORP TOWN ** IN CATARACT LAKE UNINCORP AREA KNOWN AS ** IN CAYUGA INCORP TOWN ** IN CENTER POINT INCORP TOWN ** IN CLAY (NORTH CENTRAL) UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN CLAY CITY INCORP TOWN ** IN CLINTON INCORP CITY ** IN CLOVERDALE INCORP TOWN ** IN COAL CITY INCORP TOWN ** IN COALMONT UNINCORP AREA KNOWN AS ** IN DANA INCORP TOWN ** IN DUGGER INCORP TOWN ** IN EUGENE INCORP TOWNSHIP ** IN FAIRVIEW INCORP TOWN ** IN FARMERSBURG INCORP TOWN ** IN FILLMORE INCORP TOWN ** IN GOSPORT INCORP TOWN ** IN GREENCASTLE INCORP CITY ** IN HARMONY INCORP TOWN ** IN HERITAGE LAKE UNINCORP AREA KNOWN AS ** IN HIGHLAND UNINCORP AREA KNOWN AS ** IN HILLSDALE UNINCORP AREA KNOWN AS ** IN HYMERA INCORP TOWN ** IN ISREAL LAKE UNINCORP AREA KNOWN AS ** IN KNIGHTSVILLE INCORP TOWN ** IN LAKE HOLLYBROOK INCORP TOWN ** IN LODI UNINCORP AREA KNOWN AS ** IN MARSHALL INCORP TOWN ** IN MECCA INCORP TOWN ** IN MEROM INCORP TOWN ** IN MONTEZUMA INCORP TOWN ** IN NEWPORT INCORP TOWN ** 10

15 Annex B page 5 CABLE ENTITIES - TERRE HAUTE EAS LOCAL AREA Unit ID Physical ID FIPS Code Community Community Type EAS Designation IN OWEN UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN OWEN (S) UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN PAINT MILL LAKE UNINCORP AREA KNOWN AS ** IN PARKE UNINCOPR UNNAMED AREA ** IN PARKE UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN PARKE UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN PATRICKSBURG UNINCORP AREA KNOWN AS ** IN PERRYSVILLE INCORP TOWN ** IN PRAIRIE CREEK UNINCORP AREA KNOWN AS IN PUTNAM UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN RILEY INCORP TOWN ** IN ROACHDALE INCORP TOWN ** IN ROCKVILLE INCORP TOWN ** IN ROSEDALE INCORP TOWN ** IN RUSSELLVILLE INCORP TOWN ** IN SEELYVILLE INCORP TOWN ** IN SHELBURN INCORP TOWN ** IN SILVERWOOD UNINCORP AREA KNOWN AS ** IN SPENCER INCORP TOWN ** IN STAUNTON INCORP TOWN ** IN SULLIVAN INCORP CITY ** IN SULLIVAN UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN TERRE HAUTE INCORP TOWN ** IN TERRE HAUTE INCORP CITY ** IN UNIVERSAL INCORP TOWN IN VERMILLION UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN VIGO UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN VIGO UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN VIGO (E) UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN VIGO (N) UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN VIGO (N) UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN VIGO (S) UNINCORP UNNAMED AREA ** IN WEST TERRE HAUTE INCORP CITY ** IN WILFRED UNINCORP AREA KNOWN AS ** 11

16 ANNEX C APPROVALS This Terre Haute Indiana EAS Local Plan was developed and approved by the Terre Haute Indiana EAS Local Area Committee. The Plan is coordinated with and distributed to all designated officials listed in Annex A and to all broadcast stations and cable systems covered in the Local Area Plan. 12

17 ANNEX D Originator Codes ORIGINATOR Emergency Action Notification Network Primary Entry Point System National Weather Service Civil Authorities Broadcast Station or Cable System NATURE OF ACTIVATION ORG CODE EAN PEP WXR CIV EAS EVENT CODE Avalanche Warning AVW Avalanche Watch AVA Child Abduction Emergency CAE Civil Danger Emergency CDW Coastal Flood Warning CFW Coastal Flood Watch CFA Dust Storm Warning DSW Earthquake Warning EQW Emergency Action Notification (National Only) EAN Emergency Action Termination (National Only) EAT Fire Warning FRW Hazardous Materials Warning HMW Law Enforcement Warning LEW National Information Center NIC National Periodic Test NPT Network Message Notification NMN Nuclear Power Plant Warning NUW 911 Telephone Outage Emergency TOE Radiological Hazard Warning RHW Required Monthly Test RMT Required Weekly Test RWT Tornado Watch TOA Tornado Warning TOR Severe Thunderstorm Watch SVA Severe Thunderstorm Warning SVR Severe Weather Statement SVS Shelter in Place Warning SPW Special Marine Warning SMW Special Weather Statement SPS Tropical Storm Warning TRW Tropical Storm Watch TRA Flash Flood Watch FFA Flash Flood Warning FFW Flash Flood Statement FFS Flood Watch FLA 13

18 ANNEX D page 2 Flood Warning Flood Statement Winter Storm Watch Winter Storm Warning Blizzard Warning High Wind Watch High Wind Warning Hurricane Watch Hurricane Warning Hurricane Statement Tsunami Watch Tsunami Warning Evacuation Immediate Civil Emergency Message Practice/Demo Warning Administrative Message Volcano Warning FLW FLS WSA WSW BZW HWA HWW HUA HUW HLS TSA TSW EVI CEM DMO ADR VOW 14

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