Primary Core Capability: Public Information and Warning

This course is the latest in the hazardous weather series of courses produced in partnership with the National Weather Service (NWS). Every year, the United States experiences more severe weather than any other country in the world. In order to reduce deaths, injuries, and property losses, emergency managers must work closely with the NWS and the news media to provide effective warnings that can be received and understood by people at risk.

For additional course information, including contact hours, please see the National Preparedness Catalog.

• Predict how people in the community may respond to different types of warnings based on certain social factors.
• Develop a hazardous weather warning message based on a specific event and the threat it poses to the community.
• Explain the interlocking sets of activities that work together to form an effective community warning system.
• Propose improvements to a community's warning system based on identified breakdowns in coordination and communication.
• Develop warning messages for a given scenario that are targeted for delivery by a particular media type.
• Develop a warning coordination and communication strategy for a given scenario.

There are no Prerequisites for this course.

Selection Criteria: Intended for local emergency managers