The Common Alerting Protocol provides a standard for issuing and receiving alert messages. It is used by many emergency response and forecasting agencies worldwide. The WMO supports the implementation of this protocol as it provides an effective means of disseminating warnings to save lives and property.

Watch the first 3 minutes of this video to gain insights on how CAP can improve how alerts are issued. The host is Eliot Christian who played an instrumental role in developing CAP.

This video is hosted on YouTube. If you are not a native English speaker, you may want to use the 'Closed Captioning' option on the lower right of the video and select your preferred language. Note that the closed captioning is machine generated and may have some minor inconsistencies.


To learn more or to take a course on implementing and using CAP, see this WMO-hosted series of courses. 

Does your organization use CAP? How about your partners and local emergency management organizations? Find out and then respond to the CAP Survey. 

Last modified: Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 4:31 PM