HazCollect Principles and Non-weather Emergency Message (NWEM) Best Practices
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Welcome! The purpose of this course is to ensure that appropriate, complete, and accurate warnings and alerts are issued to the public through the HazCollect system by authorized warning officials. By mastering this training material, you will gain a general understanding of the HazCollect system, the underlying Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) elements, and either an introduction or refresher for warning best practices. Equally important, this course provides resources for your jurisdiction to plan, implement, and continually improve an effective warning program.

This training is designed for employees of state or local governments who intend to use the HazCollect system to issue public warnings on behalf of their jurisdiction or area of responsibility. The completion of this training is a pre-requisite for HazCollect authorization.

The training material is organized into five chapters. You may work at your own pace and stop or resume the training at any time; however, it is recommended that you complete the material in the sequence presented. Although self-assessment quizzes are optional throughout the course, you are encouraged to complete them to assist you in retaining the material.

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