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HAZ. Collect. Sending emergency messages to the public. National Weather Service. HAZ. Collect. Michael Szkil National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water and Weather Services Chief, Awareness Branch Silver Spring, MD 301-713-0280, Ext. 111 michael.szkil@noaa.gov. HAZ. Collect.

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HAZ

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  1. HAZ Collect Sending emergency messages to the public National Weather Service

  2. HAZ Collect Michael Szkil National Weather Service Office of Climate, Water and Weather Services Chief, Awareness Branch Silver Spring, MD 301-713-0280, Ext. 111 michael.szkil@noaa.gov

  3. HAZ Collect All-Hazards Emergency Message Collection System Purpose: Collect Non-Weather Emergency Messages (NWEMs) for wider public distribution.

  4. HAZ Collect • Allows authenticated and authorized external Emergency Managers at the Federal, state and local levels to submit Non-Weather Emergency Messages for broadcast over NOAA/NWS dissemination systems. • Two part process: ● FEMA Authorization ● NWS Authorization

  5. HAZ Collect Examples of Non-Weather Emergency Message Events: - Civil Emergency Message - Earthquake Warning - Avalanche Watch/Warning - Hazardous Materials Warning - Nuclear Power Plant Warning - Fire Incidents - 911 Telephone Outage Emergency - Shelter in Place Warning - Volcano Warning

  6. Incident occurs HAZ Collect Message Posted via FEMA IPAWS Message Prepared Broadcast over NWS systems Message in HAZCollect Message thru NWS

  7. HAZ Collect NWS-wide Distribution - NOAA Weather Radio - NOAA Weather Wire Service - Emergency Managers Weather Information Network - NWS Information Dissemination Service

  8. HAZ Collect What we’re doing: • Identifying problems and issues • Holding Weekly TELCONs with FEMA • Updating NWS web sites • Contacting WFOs and Regions when we receive a HazCollect registration form • Developing a new NWS Registration form • Updating the NWS Directive for HazCollect

  9. HAZ Collect References: NWS: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/hazcollect/ FEMA IPAWS: www.fema.gov/emergency/ipaws/

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