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Continuity of Operations (COOP) is a United States federal government initiative, required by United States presidential directive, to ensure that agencies are able to continue performance of essential functions under a broad range of circumstances. National Security Presidential…

The National Health Security Strategy (NHSS) is part of the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS) and is developed by the HSS ASPR every four years. The goal of the 2019-2022 NHSS is “to prevent, detect, assess, prepare for, mitigate, respond to, and recover from disasters and…

The Orange County Intelligence Assessment Center(link is external), as a county agency fielding local information germane to national security, provides a model identifying terrorism threats. By combining the efforts and culling the intelligence gathered by 11 continually communicative partners, the…

The National Weather Service broadcasts ongoing weather information, including during disasters. These are broadcast alerts, meaning one cannot sign up to receive them individually via a home or mobile phone. The description from the NOAA: NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards (NWR) is a nationwide…

The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) integrates other systems, including the Emergency Alert System (EAS), Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Weather Radio (NWR), for unified messaging in an event. A video overview is available …

The Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system, formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) or Personal Localized Alerting Network (PLAN) is a feed of government-sent text message delivered via your existing mobile carrier with the benefit of location-specific information. Learn more…

The National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) replaced the color-coded system of heightened public alerts issued by the Department of Homeland Security. See a sample alert in PDF(link is external). Description from the NTAS site: This system will more effectively communicate information about…

The Los Angeles 911 system consists of city and county fire departments, police departments, and emergency medical service providers. There are two primary ways a 911 call is handled by the 911 system: through a call on a cell phone or through a call on a land line. These calls will be directed to a…

ReddiNet is a dedicated emergency medical communications network. It facilitates information exchange among hospitals, EMS agencies, paramedics, dispatch centers, law enforcement, homeland security, public health officials and other health care system professionals in local and…

The HAvBED (Hospital Available Beds for Emergencies and Disasters) system is designed to be a real-time, electronic hospital bed tracking/monitoring system. HAvBED tracks the number of beds available at hospitals, clinics and long-term care facilities and interfaces directly with the U.S. Health and…

EverBridge is a communications platform that integrates messaging throughout a hospital, and is designed to be resilient in a major disaster or attack. The system is designed for four purposes: 1) planning 2) assessment 3) response and 4) delivery. Read more about EverBridge(link is external) on its…

Main content The Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) implements partnerships between and among governments and hospitals at multiple levels via staffing, leadership, and funneling grant funding to relevant agencies. Description from the Department of Health and Human Services(link…

Disaster Resource Centers (DRCs)(link is external) are 13 designated hospitals which receive patients in disaster, distributed throughout Los Angeles. Description from the California Emergency Management Services Agency (EMSA): The Disaster Resource Center (DRC) Program was developed to assist the…

Definition Biosurveillance means tracking, recording, and sharing information about illness. The White House-issued National Strategy for Biosurveillance(link is external) defines biosurveillances as "gathering, integrating, interpreting, and communicating essential information that might relate to…