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Webinars: Emergency Planning and IPAWS Update
February 26, 2016

Please find the link below for the recorded February 3, 2016 COOP webinar
"Defining Success: Understanding What Successful Emergency Planning Can Look Like."
https://share.dhs.gov/p4l6m5ledxs/
Also, please join us on Wednesday, March 2, 2016, for the Continuity Webinar titled: “Update/Brief on the Newest Procedures in IPAWS."
This month’s speaker is Mr. Antwane Johnson who is the Director of the Integrated Public Alert Warning System (IPAWS). Mr. Johnson is one of the Directors for the National Continuity Programs. He will be discussing the policy of the United States to have an effective, integrated, and comprehensive system to alert and warn the American people facing immediate serious situations. IPAWS is a National System for local alerting to radio and television as Emergency Alert System broadcasts; cellular phones as Wireless Emergency Alerts; NOAA All Hazards Weather, Radio, Internet applications, and websites. This policy is expanded to enable state and local officials to alert local populations during local emergencies and provide for better and more accurate handling of alert reception and rebroadcast.
Invited By: FEMA-Continuity Webinar (FEMA-ContinuityWebinar@fema.dhs.gov)
When: Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Speaker: Antwane Johnson, Director, Integrated Public Alert Warning System (IPAWS),
National Continuity Programs
Connection Options for Webinar:
1) Webinar (Do not need to dial into Audio Conference. Webinar can be heard through computer speakers.)
Click: https://share.dhs.gov/mar2016
Enter as a guest.
Type your FIRST and LAST name.
Click “Enter Room.”
2) Audio Conference (Can be used if having trouble hearing Webinar through computer speakers. Please Dial In Prior to the Meeting Start Time.)
While participating in the teleconference, please mute your phone.
Audio Conference Dial-In Number: 1-800-320-4330
Audio Conference pin: 769214
Technical Support
If your screen freezes or locks up during the Webinar, click the “Refresh” button, or close the window out and reopen.
For technical support questions, contact:
Adobe Connect Help Desk: 800-422-3623 or
E-mail: FEMA-ContinuityWebinar@fema.dhs.gov
If you have never attended a Connect Pro meeting before, please use the following instructions to test your computer connection before the meeting:
Conduct an Adobe Connect connection diagnostic test at: http://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-connect/kb/connection-test-connect-meeting.html If the test run is successful, your computer should be ready for any Adobe Connect web meeting. If not, you may be advised to install some “add on” features after the test, please do so as advised. If the Internet cannot display the page, please go to the advanced tab, Internet Options, and under Security check the box use TLS 1.0.
Test your connection: http://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-connect/kb/connection-test-connect-meeting.html
To get a quick overview: http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html
“NCP’s vision is to be the Nation’s center of excellence for government continuity planning, guidance, and operations. Our mission is to serve the public by protecting our Nation’s constitutional form of government”.
For additional information please contact us:
Email: FEMA-STTLContinuity@fema.dhs.gov: continuity of operations information for State, Territorial, Tribal and Local government.
FEMA-ContinuityWebinar@fema.dhs.gov: information on the monthly webinar series
Website: http://www.fema.gov/continuity-operations: continuity news, tools, guidance, and other useful resources.
Continuity Updates:
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