HazCollect: Resources

Outreach and Information Resources

• July 2009 HazCollect Overview and Registration Steps, pdf
• HazCollect Fact Sheet (pdf)
  
• NWS Instruction 10-1708, HazCollect, pdf
  
• HazCollect Presentation, IAEM 2005 Annual Conference, November 2005, Pheonix , AZ. View with "Notes" for full presentation (ppt)
• Disaster Management eGov Initiative (DM) Presentation Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) Demonstration: HazCollect , IAEM 2005 Annual Conference, November 2005, Pheonix , AZ (ppt) (download audio asset for Slide 8)
• Introductory Presentation: HazCollect: Speeding Emergency Messages to the Public. View with "Notes" for full presentation (ppt)
• Full Page Flyer: HazCollect: To Speed Your Emergency Message (pdf)
• Trifold Brochure: HazCollect: To Speed Your Emergency Message (pdf)
• HazCollect System Overview Diagram (ppt)

Federal Emergency Management Agency

• Disaster Management Website
• DM COG Registration
• DMIS Tools
• Get DMIS Tools/Register
• DMIS Training
• DMIS Tools NWEM Authoring Job Aid (PDF, 224 KB)
• DMIS Special Interest Group (SIG)
• Open Platform for Emergency Network (OPEN) Web Services
• OPEN Special Interest Group (SIG)
• DMIS Tools for HazCollect
• Documents and Code Samples for Developers

Related NWS Instructions

• 10-1708, All-hazards Emergency Message Collection System (HazCollect, PDF, 31 pages – 418 KB)
  
• 10-1703, Valid Time Event Code, (PDF, 83 pages - 340 KB)
• 10-1702, Universal Geographic Code, (PDF, 11 pages - 119 KB)
• 10-1701, Text Product Format and Codes, (PDF, 13 pages - 130 KB)
• 10-518, National Non-Weather Related Emergency Products Specification, (PDF, 47 pages - 400 KB)

Warning Best Practices

• Annotated Bibliography for Public Risk Communication, (PDF, 347 pages - 640 KB): On Warnings for Public Protective Actions Response and Public Education, September 2006
• Effective Disaster Warnings, (PDF, 56 pages - 325 KB): Report by the Working Group on Natural Disaster Information Systems, Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction, November 2000
• Communication of Emergency Public Warnings, (PDF, 166 pages - 2.6 MB): A Social Science Perspective and State-of-the-Art Assessment, August 1990

Emergency Alert System

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) EAS Web site
• Society of Broadcast Engineers EAS Web site
• State EAS Plans

Amber Alert System

• U.S. Department of Justice Amber Alert Web site
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children