[sbe-eas] Change to County-Equivalents in the State of Connecticut

[Tim Schott - NWS Federal]

Sean and all,

The National Weather Service was proactive when we first heard about this
planned change via the proposal in the Federal Register.

The NWS (Weather Service Headquarters, NWS Eastern Region Headquarters, NWS
local forecast offices in Albany and New York City, NY and Boston, MA
serving the residents of Connecticut) participated in extensive meetings
with: the Connecticut Department of Homeland Security and Emergency
Management; county emergency managers; the Connecticut Broadcasters
Association, the Census Bureau, the FCC and the FEMA IPAWS office.

The decision was made for all alerting via EAS in Connecticut -- for
weather and non-weather emergency messages -- to continue using the current
county equivalents which are well known to the citizens of Connecticut.

 The National Weather Service will continue with the current alerting
paradigm for the current eight counties in Connecticut.

Thanks for bringing up this important topic.

Sincerely,
Tim Schott
NWS Lead for NOAA Weather Radio and the Emergency Alert System

Tim Schott
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On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 11:33 AM Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com> wrote:

> The Census Bureau, Department of Commerce has started rolling out its
> previously announced changes to county-equivalents in the State of
> Connecticut.  The U.S. Board of Geographic Names and the U.S. Geological
> Survey have added the change to their products.
>
> An easier to read blog post
>
> https://www.ctdata.org/blog/census-bureau-releases-first-population-estimates-for-connecticuts-county-equivalent-planning-regions
>
> The official Federal Register
>
> https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/06/06/2022-12063/change-to-county-equivalents-in-the-state-of-connecticut
>
>
> Has anyone heard when FEMA IPAWS and the National Weather Service will
> start using the new Connecticut "FIPS codes" (I know "FIPS Codes" are
> legacy, but its what everyone calls them) for EAS and SAME?
>
> EAS manufacturers will also need to add the new Connecticut
> "County-Equivalent" Planning Regions to their software FIPS tables.
>
> Much like Alaska "census areas," Connecticut's Planning Regions will be
> treated as "County-Equivalent" for Federal Government purposes.  I expect
> the new Connecticut Planning Regions FIPS codes will be used by all
> federal agencies before 2030, because the next census and all federal
> budgets and grants will use it.
>
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