HazCollect System

NOAANational Weather Service

December 2004

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HazCollect Key Representatives

Lawrence Lehmann, Program Manager

Jon Adkins, Lead Engineer

Herb White, Operations Policy

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HazCollect Project

• Develop a system that allows approved and authenticated external emergency managers at the Federal State and local levels to submit messages for broadcast over NOAA Weather Radio (NWR)* for the purpose of warning or informing the public.

• Develop 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.

* expanded to include NNWS and NWS Gateway driven dissemination systems

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Current System Shortfalls for Transmitting Non-Weather Messages

Not adapted to National warnings

Manual Security and Authentication process

Time consuming

Error Prone

Requires significant WFO staff intervention

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WFOAWIPS

HazCollect Overview

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

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HazCollect Components• DMIS Server

– Receives EM Input

– Validates EM Credentials (authenticate and authorize)

– Generates CAP Message

– Sends CAP Message to HazCollect

• HazCollect Server

– Receives CAP Message

– Builds WMO/NWEM Message(s)

– Transmits WMO/NWEM to NCF

NCF Disseminates to AWIPS Node(s)

– Transmits WMO/NWEM to TG

TG Disseminates to NWS Consumers

• AWIPS

– Receives WMO/NWEM

– Transmits WMO/NWEM to NWWS Uplink

– Converts WMO/NWEM to NWR broadcast format

Conversion Done with CAFÉ Formatter

– Transfers to CRS

CRS sends to NWR for broadcast

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CAP to NWEM Transformation

<sent>WMO Header

<geocode> or<polygon>

<description>

<sender name>

<expir. date/time>

<event code>

<language>

<event type>

<operator ID>

<status>

Name ID

Message Content

Information Source

Issuance Time/Date

NWS issuing Office

Product Name

MND Broadcast Instr.

UGC Purge Time

UGC Geo Identifier

AWIPS ID

CAP NWEM

WFO Info

FIPS/ZoneInfo

Event Info

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Example Messages

WOUS41 KAKQ 301337

EVIAKQ

VAC017-019-027-302000

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

EVACUATION IMMEDIATE

WAKEFIELD VA FIRE DEPARTMENT

RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA

937 AM EDT THU AUG 30 2004

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE WAKEFIELD, VA FIRE DEPARTMENT

AN IMMEDIATE EVACUATION IS REQUIRED FOR...

$$

RFD

<alert> <identifier>A12345</identifier> <sender>rfd@wfd.va.state.gov</sender> <sent>2004-08-30T09:37:00</sent> <status>Actual</status> <msgType>Alert</msgType> <scope>Public</scope> <source>RFD</source></alert><info> <event>EVACUATION IMMEDIATE</event> <urgency>Immediate</urgency> <severity>Severity</severity> <certainty>Very Likely</certainty> <senderName>Wakefield Fire Department</senderName> <eventCode>same=EVI</eventCode> <expires>2004-08-31T12:00:00</expires> <description>AN IMMEDIATE EVACUATION IS REQUIRED

FOR... </description></info><area> <areaDesc>5 Mi Radius 20 mi NNE of Wakefield

VA</areaDesc> <geocode>fips=51017, fips=51019, fips=51027

</geocode></area>

OASIS CAP

Message

WMONWEM Message

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HazCollect Schedule

Phase I Limited Production System (LPS)

– Demonstrate the HazCollect functionality to send (at least) one message completely through the system.

– Demo Test – 2/05

Phase II Initial Operational Capability (IOC)

– Full capability to send any product or products to meet the functional requirements in the Functional Requirements Document.

– Development Test & Evaluation (DT&E) – 6/05

Phase III Final Operational Capability (FOC)

– Final software/hardware plus fixes identified in Phase I and II. Formal testing all products created and disseminated.

– DT&E – 7/05

– Operational Acceptance Test – 8/05

Deployment National System Capability Deployed – Winter 05/06

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HazCollect Development Players

Organizations/Contractors identified to develop the HazCollect system through the phases..

• Battelle: Develop the HazCollect Central Server (HCS) to interface with the DMIS system and AWIPS infrastructure. Responsible for verifying DMIS meets the HazCollect security requirements of Authentication and Authorization. Will provide O&M support.

• FSL: Develop and modify AWIPS code to ensure automatic dissemination of NWEM through the AWIPS existing dissemination system.

• NGIT: Ensures the AWIPS infrastructure i.e. Network Control Facility (NCF) system interfaces with the HCS. Develop any changes to the NCF to ensure full system integration of the HCS. Integration testing and technical support.

• NWS Gateway: HazCollect Location and Operations Support

• NWS: Program Management/System Engineering Center

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HazCollect

Backup Slides

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Concepts of Operations

Concepts of Operations Diagram

EmergencyManagers HazCollect

NWS Dissemination

Systems

NWS WFO

Emergency MessageAnd User Information

Status & SecurityInformation

Civil Emergency Message

Notification Message(Visual/Audible Alarm)

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HazCollect System Data Flow

CAP Message

WMO/

NWEMMessage

AFOSMessag

e

EMInputs

WFOAWIPS

HazCollect

Server

DMISSyste

mData

DMISUser

Account

DMIS

NWEM

Config

Auxiliary Data

Messages

HazCollect Components

TG NWWSCRS/NWR

WFOInfo

NWEM

Info

FIPS/ZoneInfo

NWEM

Config

DisseminationSystems

AWIPS

System

Data

Product Consumers

WMO/

NWEMMessage

Broadcast

AWIPSNCF

WMO/

NWEMMessage

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HazCollect Messages

• OASIS CAP Message

– Common Alerting Protocol

– Emergency Management Message Format

– XML Based, Required and Optional Fields

• WMO/NWEM Message

– Non-Weather Emergency Message

– Standard NWS Product Format

– WMO Format Header, AWIPS Product Header

• AFOS Message (NWR format)

– Voice Ready CRS Format