NOAA’s National Weather ServiceNOAA’s National Weather Serviceandand
All-Hazards DisseminationAll-Hazards Dissemination
National Severe Weather Workshop 2005
March 3, 2005
TopicsTopics
• NWS All-Hazards Mission
• HazCollect and DMIS
• Some Challenges
• NWS All-Hazards Mission
• HazCollect and DMIS
• Some Challenges
NWS All-Hazards MissionNWS 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” All Hazards” MessagesMessagesWhat Do We MeanWhat 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 Non-Weather Emergency Message (NWEM) Types(NWEM) Types
Administrative Message ADR
Avalanche Warning AVW
Avalanche Watch AVA
Child Abduction Emergency CAE
Civil Danger Warning CDW
Civil Emergency Message CEM
Earthquake Warning EQW
Evacuation Immediate EVI
Fire Warning FRW
Administrative Message ADR
Avalanche Warning AVW
Avalanche Watch AVA
Child Abduction Emergency CAE
Civil Danger Warning CDW
Civil Emergency Message CEM
Earthquake Warning EQW
Evacuation Immediate EVI
Fire Warning FRW
Hazardous Materials Warning HMW
Law Enforcement Warning LEW
Local Area Emergency LAE
Network Message Notification NMN
911 Telephone Outage Emergency TOE
Nuclear Power Plant Warning NUW
Radiological Hazard Warning RHW
Shelter in Place Warning SPW
Volcano Warning VOW
Hazardous Materials Warning HMW
Law Enforcement Warning LEW
Local Area Emergency LAE
Network Message Notification NMN
911 Telephone Outage Emergency TOE
Nuclear Power Plant Warning NUW
Radiological Hazard Warning RHW
Shelter in Place Warning SPW
Volcano Warning VOW
HazCollect OverviewHazCollect 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.
WFOAWIPS
HazCollectDMIS
NWSTelecomGateway
(TG)
NOAAWeather Wire
Service(NWWS)
Internet
Internet
WFOAWIPSAWIPS
NOAAWEATHER
RADIO
NWEM(CEM)Format
NWEM(CEM)Format
CAPFormat
EmergencyManagers
DMIS EMToolkit
Other EMSystems
(DisasterHelp.gov,State EMAs, etc.)
NWSFEMANWS
WFOs
Backup Process (Voice Phone)
Dialup
EAS
EMWIN other
Future
All Hazards Emergency MessagesTo Re-distributors & Public Consumers
EmergencyManagers
Other EMInterfaces
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- 104 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
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1000 user groups50 states
67 real incidents335 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)
ChallengesChallenges
• EAS still unprepared to use the new event codes introduced in 2002 - 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 2002 - 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 WhiteDissemination Services Manager
NOAA’s National Weather Service
Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
301-713-0090 ext. [email protected]
Herb WhiteDissemination Services Manager
NOAA’s National Weather Service
Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services
301-713-0090 ext. [email protected]
NOAA’s National Weather ServiceNOAA’s National Weather Service
Backup SlidesBackup Slides
Sample NWEMSample NWEM
WOUS40 KSDF 101736HMWSDFKYZ030-101828-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDHAZARDOUS MATERIALS WARNINGJEFFERSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCYRELAYED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY129 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003
A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT 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.$$CALLAHAN
WOUS40 KSDF 101736HMWSDFKYZ030-101828-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTEDHAZARDOUS MATERIALS WARNINGJEFFERSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCYRELAYED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY129 PM EDT THU JUL 10 2003
A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE JEFFERSON COUNTY KENTUCKY EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT AGENCY.
THERE HAS BEEN AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING AN AMMONIA LEAK IN THE JEFFERSONTOWN AREA OF THE COUNTY. PERSONS NEAR THE 2500 BLOCK OF PLANTSIDE DRIVE SEEK SHELTER INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. CLOSE ALL WINDOWS AND DOORS...BLOCK OUTSIDE AIR...TURN OFF ANY AIR CONDITIONERS AND FANS…AND BRING IN YOUR PETS. TURN ON YOUR TELEVISION OR RADIO FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION. DO NOT CALL 911 UNLESS YOU NEED TO REPORT AN EMERGENCY.$$CALLAHAN
Non-Weather Emergency Message Public Delivery
NOAAWeather Radio
Public
CommercialRadio/TV
(EmergencyAlert System)
Weather WireService
WeatherForecastOffice
Non WeatherEmergency
Message
Other NWSDissemination
Methods
CommercialVendors
Voluntary
LEGEND
Message deliveredMessage delivered if appropriate receiver existsMessage delivered according to state plans
URLs for NWR, SAME, and EAS URLs for NWR, SAME, and EAS Information and DocumentsInformation and Documents
NWS Home Page www.weather.gov or www.nws.noaa.gov
NOAA Weather Radio Home Page www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr
NWS NWR Directives:
NOAA Weather Radio Dissemination www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/010/pd01017010a.pdf
NOAA Weather Radio System Management www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/010/pd01017011a.pdf
All Hazards:
NWS All Hazards Emergency Message Web Page www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/allhazard.htm
All Hazards NOAA Weather Radio Fact Sheet www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/resources/nwr_allhazards.pdf
HazCollect Program www.nws.noaa.gov/os/hazcollect/
Emergency Alert System:
FCC EAS Report and Order www.fcc.gov/eb/eas
NWS EAS Information Web Page www.nws.noaa.gov/om/NWS_EAS.htm
AMBER Alerts and the NWS www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/AMBER_Alert_factsheet.pdf
Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME):
NWR SAME www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwrsame.htm
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) references for NWR & EAS “SS” and “CCC” codes:
FIPS 5-2 and 6-4 www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/
Special NWS Coastal & Offshore Marine Codes and Area Names for “SS” and “CCC” codes www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/marinenwreas.htm
NWS Home Page www.weather.gov or www.nws.noaa.gov
NOAA Weather Radio Home Page www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr
NWS NWR Directives:
NOAA Weather Radio Dissemination www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/010/pd01017010a.pdf
NOAA Weather Radio System Management www.nws.noaa.gov/directives/010/pd01017011a.pdf
All Hazards:
NWS All Hazards Emergency Message Web Page www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/allhazard.htm
All Hazards NOAA Weather Radio Fact Sheet www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/resources/nwr_allhazards.pdf
HazCollect Program www.nws.noaa.gov/os/hazcollect/
Emergency Alert System:
FCC EAS Report and Order www.fcc.gov/eb/eas
NWS EAS Information Web Page www.nws.noaa.gov/om/NWS_EAS.htm
AMBER Alerts and the NWS www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/AMBER_Alert_factsheet.pdf
Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME):
NWR SAME www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/nwrsame.htm
Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) references for NWR & EAS “SS” and “CCC” codes:
FIPS 5-2 and 6-4 www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/
Special NWS Coastal & Offshore Marine Codes and Area Names for “SS” and “CCC” codes www.nws.noaa.gov/geodata/catalog/wsom/html/marinenwreas.htm