Welcome to the EAS-CAP Industry Group

The EAS-CAP Industry Group (ECIG) is a coalition of Emergency Alert System equipment, software and service providers.

The EAS-CAP Industry Group is working to develop a voluntary profile for the interoperability of advanced Emergency Alert System (EAS) capabilities in the United States using the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP). 

Current News

December 10, 2010 - FEMA Concurs with EAS-CAP Implementation Guide

ECIG receives a revised memorandum from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) expressing concurrence with the “ECIG Recommendations For a CAP EAS Implementation Guide” Guidance, as part of the portfolio of standards and specifications it adopted along wiith the Common Alerting Protocol.  The revised memorandum provides additional agreement on audio and mime types to be used in an EAS-CAP message.  A copy of the FEMA memorandum is available here.

August 12, 2010 - FEMA Concurs with EAS-CAP Implementation Guide

ECIG receives memorandum from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) expressing concurrence with the “ECIG Recommendations For a CAP EAS Implementation Guide” Guidance, as part of the portfolio of standards and specifications it adopted along wiith the Common Alerting Protocol.  A copy of the FEMA memorandum is available here.

May 17, 2010 - ECIG Releases Approved EAS-CAP Implementation Guide
The EAS-CAP Industry Group has released its Recommendations for a CAP EAS Implementation Guide (version 1.0). The ECIG Implementation Guide is intended to facilitate the effective use and translation of the open, non-proprietary Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) for the next generation of the broadcast Emergency Alert System (EAS).  The guide has been written to facilitate the success of any CAP-to-EAS system, including existing and planned state, local, territorial and tribal systems; the proposed IPAWS system, and National Weather Service system. The Implementation Guide will be an important step towards improving interoperability across agencies, jurisdictions, systems and vendors, helping to ensure that the public benefits from improved capabilities to communicate weather, civil, AMBER and other alerts via broadcast media. The ECIG Implementation Guide is available here.

April 5, 2010 - ECIG Releases Draft EAS-CAP Implementation Guide, Opens Public Comment Period
The EAS-CAP Industry Group has released draft Recommendations for a CAP EAS Implementation Guide. ECIG also announces the opening of a two-week public comment period on the Implementation Guide. Comments to the ECIG draft Implementation Guide can be filed via the ECIG Public Discussion List.  The draft Implementation Guide is available here. 

January 7, 2009 - ECIG Begins Work on EAS-CAP Implementation Guide
The EAS-CAP Industry Group has begun work on a recommendation for an EAS-CAP Implementation Guide. This guide is intended to provide the additional details needed for developers of CAP/EAS products to generate and to display CAP messages that are intended for broadcast on the EAS network in a consistent and interoperable manner. 

January 6, 2009 - ECIG Welcomes DHS S&T as Non-Voting Member
The EAS-CAP Industry Group welcomes the Department of Homeland Security, Office for Interoperability and Compatibility, Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) as a non-voting member in ECIG.  DHS will observe the work of ECIG members in the creation of the EAS-CAP Implementation Guide.

October 7, 2009 - ECIG Accepting Applications for Membershiop
The EAS-CAP Industry Group is accepting applications for membership.  Applicants should meet ECIG's the core eligibility requirements, which extend to those organizations that manufacture or develop devices that are certified for use by FCC Part 11 EAS Participants within the context of the formal operation of the Emergency Alert System, as well as organizations that manufacture or develop software for the conversion of CAP messages for use by FCC Part 11 EAS Participants within the context of the formal operation of the Emergency Alert System.  Applications may be sent to board@eas-cap.org.

September 28, 2009 - ECIG Elects Board of Directors
The membership of the EAS-CAP Industry Group held elections for its Board of Directors.  The five Directors, who hold a one year term, will be responsible for the governance of ECIG.  The Board may be contacted at board@eas-cap.org.

September 25, 2008 - ECIG Releases EAS-CAP Profile Recommendation
The EAS-CAP Industry Group – a broad coalition of equipment, software and service providers to the Emergency Alert System - today announced that its members have approved a profile for the effective use and translation of the open, non-proprietary Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) for the next generation of broadcast EAS. The Industry Group will provide this profile as a recommendation to U.S. governmental agencies and industry associations on the use of CAP for EAS purposes, including the FCC, FEMA, National Weather Service, and other organizations.
To view the full media release please click here.

June 2, 2008 - The EAS-CAP Industry Group held its first meeting by teleconference, establishing the overall objectives of the group.  ECIG members agreed on the mission of defining an interoperability profile within CAP 1.1 that allows an EAS device to be able to receive a CAP alert from anywhere, and render it into a consistent EAS message.  Members at this founding meeting included Digital Alert Systems, Hormann America, Monroe Electronics, MyStateUSA, Sage Alerting Systems, TFT, Trilithic.