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Continuity Webinar Series
National Continuity Programs
July 2018
The Importance of ContinuityEvery day, individuals, organizations, and government institutions conduct critical services and perform essential functions upon which neighbors and communities depend. The ability to continually perform such services comprises an important component of resilience, the ability to prepare for and adapt to changing conditions and recover rapidly from operational disruptions.Continuity ensures that the whole community plans for ways to provide essential services and conduct these functions when normal operations are disrupted. Implementation of continuity principles ensures that organizations, communities, and governments are able to support citizens in need. Development and maintenance of continuity capabilities helps build and sustain a more resilient nation equipped to sustain essential functions, deliver critical services, and supply core capabilities under all conditions.
About FEMA’s National Continuity Programs
Serving as the Nation’s center of excellence for continuity planning, guidance, and operations, FEMA National Continuity Programs (NCP) executes its vision to ensure essential functions of government continue at all levels. Our mission is to safeguard the implementation of Executive Branch continuity and assist the continuity planning efforts of federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government and non-governmental stakeholders to sustain the continuous performance of essential functions and critical services under all conditions. To accomplish this, NCP provides guidance, technical assistance, planning, training, and workshop support to other Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FEMA components, federal departments and agencies, state, local, territorial, and tribal (SLTT) governments, and other members of the whole community, to include private sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure.
Contact InformationFor more information, please contact FEMA NCP. For FEMA Region-specific information, contact the appropriate Regional Continuity Manager from the list below.
Regional offices may be contacted via: [email protected]
WebsiteContinuity news, tools, guidance, and other useful resources may be found on FEMA’s website at: www.fema.gov/national-continuity-programs.
Continuity UpdatesTo receive free continuity e-bulletins, register at: www.fema.gov/subscribe-receive-free-email-updates.
FEMA Region Location
FEMA HQ National Capital Region
Region I CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT
Region II NJ, NY, PR, VI
Region III DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV
Region IV AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN
Region V IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI
Region VI AR, LA, NM, OK, TX
Region VII IA, KS, MO, NE
Region VIII CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WY
Region IX AZ, CA, HI, NV, Pacific Territories
Region X AK, ID, OR, WA
FEMA Continuity Webinar SeriesThe FEMA National Continuity Programs (NCP) Monthly Continuity Webinar Series provides a forum for sharing continuity-related information with a wide and diverse audience and include presenters from varied backgrounds and experiences. The goal of the webinars is to assist individuals and organizations at all levels of government as well as the private sector, to develop or enhance their continuity plans and programs. These webinars feature new continuity topics and are free to the public. Each webinar is recorded and viewable thereafter.
Webinar TopicsContinuity topics are selected based on a variety of factors to include current events, changing policies, suggestions and requests, and lessons learned. Recent topics of the continuity webinar series have included:• Continuity of Operations - Space Weather and
Potential Continuity Impacts;• Continuity of Operations - The Law Enforcement
Perspective;• Continuity of Operations and Emergency
Preparedness for Disasters in Public Schools;• Emergency Plans and Active Shooter Events; and• Using Continuity as a Foundation for All-Hazards
Response Planning.
Future WebinarsFuture webinars will address a variety of high-interest continuity topics related to developing effective continuity plans and programs, applying lessons learned and best practices, adapting to the changing threat environment, planning for continuity across the government and in the private sector, and accessing on-line continuity resources, tools, and training.
Seeking Topics and SpeakersNCP’s goal is to make the Webinar Series relevant and useful to ensure continuity readiness across the nation. If you have suggestions for future webinar topics or are interested in being a presenter, submit your information or comments via e-mail at: [email protected].
Webinar ScheduleWebinars are free to all and easily accessible. Each webinar is recorded and archived and can be viewed by accessing the NCP Continuity Webinar Archives home page at: www.fema.gov/continuity-operations/continuity-webinar-archivesTo register for notification of upcoming Webinars and other continuity related events, please visit: www.fema.gov/subscribe-receive-free-email-updates
Accessing the Webinar
Via the internet:
• Navigate to www.fema.gov/continuity-webinar-series.
• Scroll down the website page and click the linkunder “Upcoming Webinars”. (Clicking this linkwill automatically redirect you to the site onwhich the current webinar is being hosted).
• Enter as a guest when prompted for a name.• Type your FIRST and LAST name.• Click “Enter Guest”.
*Accessing the webinar online provides full audioand video support.
Additional AccommodationsParticipants having difficulty hearing the webinar through computer speakers can dial in using the audio conference option prior to the start of the meeting by accessing the invitation with the appropriate call-in information (changes monthly).