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The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA’s) national system for local alerting that lets state, local and Tribal Nation authorities send authenticated emergency and life-saving information to the public through mobile phones using Wireless Emergency Alerts, to radio and television via the Emergency Alert System, and on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Weather Radio.
To support its emergency alerting partners, FEMA’s IPAWS Technical Support Services Facility (TSSF) conducts exercises on a quarterly basis. These exercises allow Alert Originators to practice, review and exercise their alert, warning, and notification capabilities.
FEMA’s IPAWS Office is offering three tabletop exercise events in February which will allow Alert Originators to practice alert, warning and notification capabilities for winter weather emergencies. This will be a scenario-based exercise with facilitated group discussions to promote peer-to-peer learning. There will be two virtual events and one in-person event, all offering the same training:
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- Virtual Tabletop Exercise: Tuesday, Feb. 27, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. EST. Register for this event on Zoom.
- Virtual Tabletop Exercise: Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1 p.m.–3 p.m. EST. Register for this event on Zoom.
- In-Person Tabletop Exercise: Thursday, Feb. 29, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. EST. This event will be held at the National Harbor in Maryland. Seating is limited. To register, please email the IPAWS TSSF training and exercise staff at [email protected], stating your request to participate, a primary point of contact for your organization, agency name and the number of expected participants.
Watch this short video from FEMA to learn more about IPAWS Tabletop Exercises. Read FEMA’s IPAWS Guidance Fact Sheet to learn how FEMA encourages and supports the incorporation of IPAWS and Alerting Authorities into in emergency management drills, workshops, and exercises.
For general IPAWS questions, please email [email protected].