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Narrative: This webinar is presented by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) First Responder Group and the National Information Sharing Consortium.

This event offered insight into the Integrated Public Alert Warning System (IPAWS) infrastructure and the benefits it offers to first responders. The event prepared participants for…

• The purpose and functionality of the IPAWS
• How to register as an IPAWS Alerting Authority
• How Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) relates to IPAWS and the different types of messages that are disseminated
• An overview of DHS S&T’s WEA research program
• The mechanisms for consuming IPAWS as a map service
• State and local successes of IPAWS/WEA use and integration

Presenters:

• Mark Lucero, Chief, IPAWS Engineering, National Continuity Programs, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Hans Yu, Outreach Project Manager, National Continuity Programs, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Denis Gusty, Program Manager, Homeland Security Enterprise and First Responder Group, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Noah Goodman, ArdentMC, Project Support to the Geospatial Information Infrastructure, Geospatial Information Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• Joel Thomas, G&H International Services, Inc., Project Support to the First Responders Group, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Keywords: IPAWS, integrated public alert warning system, WEA, wireless emergency alerts