After nearly three years of editing, revisions, and delays, an updated San Diego County EAS Plan has been formally submitted to and signed by the California EAS Committee State (SECC) Chair, Richard Rudman. He will include the plan in the state set to be submitted to the FCC.

San Diego County EAS participants should download, review, and save a copy of the new plan. The SBE Chapter 36 newsletter and EAS newsletter have each issued a link to the new plan. If you are managing one or more EAS participating stations in San Diego County and have not received a newsletter with this link, you should sign up for at least the EAS newsletter here. Request a modified EAS Plan at the bottom of the page here. A public link to the EAS Plan is never published.

Revisions include:

• Deletion of information about the VHF backchannel that hasn’t been in use for years.
• Deletion of information about telephone messaging that is insecure and no longer in use.
• Addition of LP2 stations KPBS-FM and KRAM (FM). KLSD (AM) remains an LP2 station.
• Addition of information about Primary Entry Point (PEP) stations and their sources for national emergencies.
• Improvements to language and clarity.

Participants can change their listening assignments to include the new LP2 stations, but otherwise should not need to make any changes. Specifically, if a station you manage technically is currently receiving KOGO and either KLSD or KPBS successfully, you will not need to make any changes to your system. If you have been receiving a substitute station because you can’t receive KLSD, you should adjust your system to receive and relay KPBS as your LP2 station. In Borrego Springs, KRAM is now your LP2 station. If you can’t receive at least two stations, contact the EAS administrator for assistance. A substitute can be granted with a letter of permission.

While adding an NWS weather station or Primary Entry Point (PEP) station to your EAS system is okay, it is not required (unless you are managing an LP1 and/or LP2 station).