Real Difficult EOC Technology
Which vendor maintains the EOC Control Desk?
Third Coast Tech LLC
10 miles
This act gives FEMA responsibility for coordinating Government response efforts. The President’s authority is delegated to FEMA through separate mechanisms.
Stafford Act
Are emergency messages sent by authorized alerting authorities to your mobile devices via wireless service providers.
Wireless Emergency Alerts
Name one educational aspect of SWAW?
Planning and preparation
OakAlert promotion
Mid-week siren test
Gov/County special declarations
True or false: Audio inputs for the Comms Room are controlled by “EOC Audio” or “Comms Audio”?
Comms Audio
Who is responsible to monitor weather conditions and make determinations on severe weather in Oakland County.
On call specialist.
This act requires accounting for the needs of individuals with household pets and service animals before, during, and following a major disaster or emergency.
The PETS Act, 2006, shortly after Hurricane Katrina.
An organization responsible for coordinating emergency management/incident response activities and public alerting. Hint: we are one.
COG - Collaborative Operating Group
When and where are the next Skywarn Spotter trainings.
4/13 and 5/11 in Waterford
If you are unable to operate EOC technology, where can you find instructions?
Control Desk folder or the shared drive at 1.06 Technology folder
After hours, when should the on call specialist report to the office?
When NWS issues: Tornado Watch or Warning, Severe Thunderstorm Watch or Warning
PPD-8 is what?
Presidential Policy Directive 8: the Nation's approach to preparedness—one that involves the whole community, including individuals, businesses, community- and faith-based organizations, schools, tribal governments, and all levels of government
These types of messages can interrupt radio and television to broadcast emergency alert information
Emergency Alert System messages.
When will the new County website go live?
April 3
To reset the cable may need to be reset. Where and how?
Go in the server room and depress the button with the red light.
One of three instances to activate sirens.
· NWS issues a tornado warning or severe thunderstorm warning/winds with sustained speeds of 70 mph or greater, that includes all or part of Oakland County.
· NWS issues a tornado warning or severe thunderstorm warning/winds with sustained speeds of 70 mph or greater within a 10-mile buffer around Oakland County and the storm’s path is tracking toward Oakland County.
· Credible reports of tornado (on the ground) sightings in the same general location verified by 3 reliable spotters (police, fire, trained citizen spotters). Staff will consult with NWS on all reports received. Note: tornadoes are on the ground, funnel clouds are in the air
The 5 mission area of emergency management?
Prevention, protection, mitigation, response, recovery.
Supports messages up to 360 characters.
Wireless Emergency Alerts
When are the next round of KPIs due? Trick question
Always keep them up to date.
What is the process for resetting the WiFi routers?
Unplug for 10 seconds and plug in the same input.
One of three non-emergency instances that requires a tone alert.
Blizzard, ice storm, and winter weather warnings.
This approach is a means by which residents, emergency management practitioners, organization and community leaders, and government officials can collectively understand and assess the needs of their respective communities
Whole community approach
This executive order was establish to requires an effective, reliable, integrated, flexible, and comprehensive system to alert and warn the public
Executive Order 13407
What does BTAT stand for?
Behavioral Threat Assessment Team