NOAA’s National Weather Service and All-Hazards Dissemination National Severe Weather Workshop 2005 March 3, 2005 National Severe Weather Workshop 2005 March 3, 2005

Topics NWS All-Hazards Mission HazCollect and DMIS Some Challenges NWS All-Hazards Mission HazCollect and DMIS Some Challenges

NWS All-Hazards Mission NWS primary mission to provide environmental forecasts and warnings for protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. DHS National Response Plan (NRP) Communications Annex (ESF #2) tasks NOAA/NWS to “provide public dissemination of critical pre and post event information…” Effective and timely public warnings saves lives, reduces property losses, and speeds economic recovery when an emergency occurs. NWS primary mission to provide environmental forecasts and warnings for protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. DHS National Response Plan (NRP) Communications Annex (ESF #2) tasks NOAA/NWS to “provide public dissemination of critical pre and post event information…” Effective and timely public warnings saves lives, reduces property losses, and speeds economic recovery when an emergency occurs.

“All Hazards” Messages What Do We Mean? “All Hazards” emergency messages include: –Natural Hazards (tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes) –Accidents (chemical releases, oil spills, nuclear power plant emergencies, maritime accidents, train derailments) –Terrorism –AMBER Alerts Criteria to disseminate Non-Weather Emergency Messages (also known as civil emergency messages): (1)Public safety is involved (2)Message comes from an official government source (3)Information is time critical Broadcast of Non-Weather Emergency Messages entails: –Message collection, authentication, and dissemination “All Hazards” emergency messages include: –Natural Hazards (tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes) –Accidents (chemical releases, oil spills, nuclear power plant emergencies, maritime accidents, train derailments) –Terrorism –AMBER Alerts Criteria to disseminate Non-Weather Emergency Messages (also known as civil emergency messages): (1)Public safety is involved (2)Message comes from an official government source (3)Information is time critical Broadcast of Non-Weather Emergency Messages entails: –Message collection, authentication, and dissemination

Non-Weather Emergency Message (NWEM) Types Administrative MessageADR Avalanche WarningAVW Avalanche WatchAVA Child Abduction Emergency CAE Civil Danger WarningCDW Civil Emergency MessageCEM Earthquake WarningEQW Evacuation ImmediateEVI Fire WarningFRW Administrative MessageADR Avalanche WarningAVW Avalanche WatchAVA Child Abduction Emergency CAE Civil Danger WarningCDW Civil Emergency MessageCEM Earthquake WarningEQW Evacuation ImmediateEVI Fire WarningFRW Hazardous Materials Warning HMW Law Enforcement Warning LEW Local Area EmergencyLAE Network Message NotificationNMN 911 Telephone Outage Emergency TOE Nuclear Power Plant WarningNUW Radiological Hazard WarningRHW Shelter in Place WarningSPW Volcano WarningVOW

HazCollect Overview HazCollect Supports NWS All-Hazards Mission A nationwide capability to streamline the current manual creation, authentication, and collection of all types of non-weather emergency messages in a quick and secure fashion for subsequent alert, warning and notification purposes. HazCollect allows pre-approved and authenticated external emergency managers at the Federal, state, and local levels to submit messages for broadcast over NWR, NWWS, NOAAPORT, NWSTG driven dissemination systems, and the Emergency Alert System (EAS) for the purpose of warning the public. HazCollect Supports NWS All-Hazards Mission A nationwide capability to streamline the current manual creation, authentication, and collection of all types of non-weather emergency messages in a quick and secure fashion for subsequent alert, warning and notification purposes. HazCollect allows pre-approved and authenticated external emergency managers at the Federal, state, and local levels to submit messages for broadcast over NWR, NWWS, NOAAPORT, NWSTG driven dissemination systems, and the Emergency Alert System (EAS) for the purpose of warning the public.

WFO AWIPS HazCollect DMIS NWS Telecom Gateway (TG) NOAA Weather Wire Service (NWWS) Interne t WFO AWIPS NOAA WEATHER RADIO NWEM (CEM) Format NWEM (CEM) Format CAP Format Emergency Managers DMIS EM Toolkit Other EM Systems (DisasterHelp.gov, State EMAs, etc.) NWS FEMA NWS WFOs Backup Process (Voice Phone) Dialup EAS EMWIN other Future All Hazards Emergency Messages To Re-distributors & Public Consumers Emergency Managers Other EM Interfaces HazCollect Overview

Where is DMIS used? = Currently executing state-wide roll-out = States with 10+ User Groups As of 11/23/04: - Total: 1000 User groups State/Regional User groups (Coverage: 50 States) - 33 DHS & FEMA User groups (Coverage: 8 FEMA Regional Offices) - Total: 142 Federal & National User groups (Coverage: 20 Federal Agencies & Tribal) - 22 NGO User Groups - 46 Vendors Participating in Interoperability American Samoa (AS) 5 1

Serving the Emergency Management Community 1000 user groups 50 states 67 real incidents 335 exercises Core incident management tool set and shared services Exchange of information across geographical and governmental boundaries Alerts, national maps, specific needs request, and tactical information exchange Disaster Management Interoperability Services (DMIS)

Challenges EAS still unprepared to use the new event codes introduced in almost 3 years ago! –As one official said – Program all event codes Dormant until used, if used Existing EAS not fully utilized –Use existing capabilities effectively –Write and improve EAS Plans Evolve to new technologies EAS still unprepared to use the new event codes introduced in almost 3 years ago! –As one official said – Program all event codes Dormant until used, if used Existing EAS not fully utilized –Use existing capabilities effectively –Write and improve EAS Plans Evolve to new technologies

Herb White Dissemination Services Manager NOAA’s National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services ext. 146 Herb White Dissemination Services Manager NOAA’s National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services ext. 146 NOAA’s National Weather Service

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Sample NWEM WOUS40 KSDF HMWSDF KYZ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WARNING JEFFERSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY RELAYED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 129 PM EDT THU JUL A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. THERE HAS BEEN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING AN AMMONIA LEAK IN THE JEFFERSONTOWN AREA OF THE COUNTY. PERSONS NEAR THE 2500 BLOCK OF PLANTSIDE DRIVE SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. CLOSE ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS...BLOCK OUTSIDE AIR...TURN OFF ANY AIR CONDITIONERS AND FANS…AND BRING IN YOUR PETS. TURN ON YOUR TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. DO NOT CALL 911 UNLESS YOU NEED TO REPORT AN EMERGENCY. $$ CALLAHAN WOUS40 KSDF HMWSDF KYZ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WARNING JEFFERSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY RELAYED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 129 PM EDT THU JUL A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. THERE HAS BEEN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING AN AMMONIA LEAK IN THE JEFFERSONTOWN AREA OF THE COUNTY. PERSONS NEAR THE 2500 BLOCK OF PLANTSIDE DRIVE SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. CLOSE ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS...BLOCK OUTSIDE AIR...TURN OFF ANY AIR CONDITIONERS AND FANS…AND BRING IN YOUR PETS. TURN ON YOUR TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. DO NOT CALL 911 UNLESS YOU NEED TO REPORT AN EMERGENCY. $$ CALLAHAN

Non-Weather Emergency Message Public Delivery NOAA Weather Radio Public Commercial Radio/TV (Emergency Alert System) Weather Wire Service Weather Forecast Office Non Weather Emergency Message Other NWS Dissemination Methods Commercial Vendors Voluntary LEGEND Message delivered Message delivered if appropriate receiver exists Message delivered according to state plans

URLs for NWR, SAME, and EAS Information and Documents NWS Home Page or NOAA Weather Radio Home Page NWS NWR Directives: NOAA Weather Radio Disseminationwww.nws.noaa.gov/directives/010/pd a.pdf NOAA Weather Radio System Managementwww.nws.noaa.gov/directives/010/pd a.pdf All Hazards: NWS All Hazards Emergency Message Web Pagewww.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/allhazard.htm All Hazards NOAA Weather Radio Fact Sheetwww.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/resources/nwr_allhazards.pdf HazCollect Programwww.nws.noaa.gov/os/hazcollect/ Emergency Alert System: FCC EAS Report and Order NWS EAS Information Web Page AMBER Alerts and the NWS Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME): NWR SAME Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) references for NWR & EAS “SS” and “CCC” codes: FIPS 5-2 and Special NWS Coastal & Offshore Marine Codes and Area Names for “SS” and “CCC” codes NWS Home Page or NOAA Weather Radio Home Page NWS NWR Directives: NOAA Weather Radio Disseminationwww.nws.noaa.gov/directives/010/pd a.pdf NOAA Weather Radio System Managementwww.nws.noaa.gov/directives/010/pd a.pdf All Hazards: NWS All Hazards Emergency Message Web Pagewww.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/allhazard.htm All Hazards NOAA Weather Radio Fact Sheetwww.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/resources/nwr_allhazards.pdf HazCollect Programwww.nws.noaa.gov/os/hazcollect/ Emergency Alert System: FCC EAS Report and Order NWS EAS Information Web Page AMBER Alerts and the NWS Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME): NWR SAME Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) references for NWR & EAS “SS” and “CCC” codes: FIPS 5-2 and Special NWS Coastal & Offshore Marine Codes and Area Names for “SS” and “CCC” codes