HazCollect Introduction

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speeding emergency messages to the public
National Weather Service
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All-Hazards Emergency Message Collection System
Purpose collect non-weather emergency messages
(e.g. CEM, HMW, CAE) and enable wider
distribution.
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NWEM today

• Manual process
• Non-standard
• Slow limited
• Prone to errors

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NWEM with HAZCollect

• Streamlined
• Standard process
• Speedy
• Errors eliminated
• Greater distribution of critical information

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Message Posted via DM Services
Message Prepared
Broadcast over ALL NWS comms
Message in HAZCollect
Message thru NWS
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EM Requirements DMIS Registration Software
(DMIS/COTS/GOTS) Hardware (PC) Internet
Access NWEM Best Practices training HAZCollect
Registration
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EM Options
DMIS Toolkit At EOC
Central Services --- DMIS --- DM-OPEN
Commercial Software at EOC
HAZCollect
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Software requirements CAP-enabled Include CAP
optional fields Interface with DM-OPEN
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Why use DMIS and DM-OPEN? Existing
platform Authentication Standard protocol
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NWS-wide Distribution NOAA Weather
Radio Weather Wire/EMWIN EAS Availability
An emergency message takes 7 minutes to process
today. With HAZCollect that time is reduced to 2
minutes.
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• Timetable
• April 30, 2009 - Initial Operating Capability
• April 30, 2009 HazCollect Registration
  begins for areas in initial phase
• May June 2009 Phase-in of geographic areas
  pilot of HazCollect/NWEM training,
  registration and approval processes
• July 1, 2009 National Availability

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NWEM Guidelines

• NWEMS are NWR-SAME EAS alert messages
• Corrections issued using original message event
  code
• Followups and cancellations issued as ADR event
  code
• No abbreviations or acronyms
• KISS Keep it Short and Simple
• Short sentences Usually no more than 15 lines
  of text
• Aim for 60 seconds or less, but no more than 2
  Minutes
• News Style Writing Inverted Pyramid
• LEAD sentence to summarize main thought of
  message
• The MAIN FACTS support the lead
• OTHER IMPORTANT FACTS may not be needed
• EXPLANATION AND DETAILS In warnings, this is
  the how to protect?, appropriate protective
  actions, and who and how to contact?

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References
NWS weather.gov/os/hazcollect DMIS www.disasterhel
p.gov/disaster management DHS www.dhs.gov
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