NWS HazCollect Emergency

Update: July 2, 2009

HazCollect service is operational and available nationally.
See the "For Government" information on this website for detail of the two required registrations:

Disaster Management Interoperability Services (DMIS) registration to obtain your Collaborative Operations Group (COG) identity.
HazCollect registration to obtain approval to use HazCollect your area of responsibility.

Information about training is under the "Training" heading on this website.

See the July 2009 HazCollect Overview and other documents under Resources for more complete information. Previous update messages are also available.

HazCollect, the NWS's All-Hazards Emergency Message Collection System, is a comprehensive national solution for the centralized collection and efficient distribution of Non-Weather Emergency Messages (NWEMs). NWEMs created by government officials with public warning authority are distributed through the NWS dissemination infrastructure, NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, other national systems, and to the nation's Emergency Alert System (EAS).

A Non-weather Emergency Message (NWEM) is a specialized form of an OASIS Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) alert that is communicated to the HazCollect server via FEMA’s Disaster Management Open Platform for Emergency Networks (DM-OPEN) interoperability infrastructure. FEMA’s Disaster Management Interoperability Service (DMIS) Desktop Tools incorporates an NWEM authoring tool for the use of warning authorities, although the authoring tool is not available for use until the HazCollect registration process is completed. Third party developers may also develop authoring tools utilizing DM-OPEN's NWEM Application Programming Interface (API).

For Government: Registration information for state, regional, or local warning authorities.
For Developers: Information for third party developers.
Training: Access to HazCollect required training and DMIS Tools resources.
References: Related resources and documents.
Frequently Asked Questions: Answers to popular questions.
Contact Us: Help Desk, Training, Registration, and other support contacts