HDIAC Webinar: Send Alerts and Save Lives With IPAWS

This presentation will provide an overview of FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) and how IPAWS can be used by government agencies to effectively alert populations. IPAWS is a national system for local, area specific, alerting which provides authenticated emergency lifesaving information to the public through mobile phones using Wireless Emergency Alerts, to radio and television via the Emergency Alert System, and on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Radios.

IPAWS is a tremendous asset to Federal, State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial entities for Alert, Warning, and Notification. When minutes matter, IPAWS provides these entities with the ability to target specific geographical locations, providing the public within those areas, timely lifesaving information.

The following topics will be covered:

IPAWS Overview
Cross-Jurisdictional Alerting
IPAWS Toolkit
Resources Provided by the Technical Support Services Facility (TSSF)
Including IPAWS in Training and Exercises