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.

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NWSTelecomGateway

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NOAAWeather Wire

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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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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. 146Herbert.White@noaa.gov

Herb WhiteDissemination Services Manager

NOAA’s National Weather Service

Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services

301-713-0090 ext. 146Herbert.White@noaa.gov

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