HazCollect System
NOAANational Weather Service
December 2004
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HazCollect Key Representatives
Lawrence Lehmann, Program Manager
Jon Adkins, Lead Engineer
Herb White, Operations Policy
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HazCollect Project
• Develop a system that allows approved and authenticated external emergency managers at the Federal State and local levels to submit messages for broadcast over NOAA Weather Radio (NWR)* for the purpose of warning or informing the public.
• Develop a nationwide capability to streamline the current manual creation, authentication, and collection of all types of non-weather emergency messages in a quick and secure fashion for subsequent alert, warning and notification purposes.
* expanded to include NNWS and NWS Gateway driven dissemination systems
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Current System Shortfalls for Transmitting Non-Weather Messages
Not adapted to National warnings
Manual Security and Authentication process
Time consuming
Error Prone
Requires significant WFO staff intervention
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WFOAWIPS
HazCollect Overview
HazCollectDMIS
NWSTelecomGateway
(TG)
NOAAWeather Wire
Service(NWWS)
Internet
Internet
WFOAWIPSAWIPS
NOAAWEATHER
RADIO
NWEM(CEM)Format
NWEM(CEM)Format
CAPFormat
EmergencyManagers
DMIS EMToolkit
Other EMSystems
(DisasterHelp.gov,State EMAs, etc.)
NWSFEMANWS
WFOs
Backup Process (Voice Phone)
Dialup
EAS
EMWIN other
Future
All Hazards Emergency MessagesTo Re-distributors & Public Consumers
EmergencyManagers
Other EMInterfaces
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HazCollect Components• DMIS Server
– Receives EM Input
– Validates EM Credentials (authenticate and authorize)
– Generates CAP Message
– Sends CAP Message to HazCollect
• HazCollect Server
– Receives CAP Message
– Builds WMO/NWEM Message(s)
– Transmits WMO/NWEM to NCF
NCF Disseminates to AWIPS Node(s)
– Transmits WMO/NWEM to TG
TG Disseminates to NWS Consumers
• AWIPS
– Receives WMO/NWEM
– Transmits WMO/NWEM to NWWS Uplink
– Converts WMO/NWEM to NWR broadcast format
Conversion Done with CAFÉ Formatter
– Transfers to CRS
CRS sends to NWR for broadcast
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CAP to NWEM Transformation
<sent>WMO Header
<geocode> or<polygon>
<description>
<sender name>
<expir. date/time>
<event code>
<language>
<event type>
<operator ID>
<status>
Name ID
Message Content
Information Source
Issuance Time/Date
NWS issuing Office
Product Name
MND Broadcast Instr.
UGC Purge Time
UGC Geo Identifier
AWIPS ID
CAP NWEM
WFO Info
FIPS/ZoneInfo
Event Info
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Example Messages
WOUS41 KAKQ 301337
EVIAKQ
VAC017-019-027-302000
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
EVACUATION IMMEDIATE
WAKEFIELD VA FIRE DEPARTMENT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
937 AM EDT THU AUG 30 2004
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE WAKEFIELD, VA FIRE DEPARTMENT
AN IMMEDIATE EVACUATION IS REQUIRED FOR...
$$
RFD
<alert> <identifier>A12345</identifier> <sender>[email protected]</sender> <sent>2004-08-30T09:37:00</sent> <status>Actual</status> <msgType>Alert</msgType> <scope>Public</scope> <source>RFD</source></alert><info> <event>EVACUATION IMMEDIATE</event> <urgency>Immediate</urgency> <severity>Severity</severity> <certainty>Very Likely</certainty> <senderName>Wakefield Fire Department</senderName> <eventCode>same=EVI</eventCode> <expires>2004-08-31T12:00:00</expires> <description>AN IMMEDIATE EVACUATION IS REQUIRED
FOR... </description></info><area> <areaDesc>5 Mi Radius 20 mi NNE of Wakefield
VA</areaDesc> <geocode>fips=51017, fips=51019, fips=51027
</geocode></area>
OASIS CAP
Message
WMONWEM Message
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HazCollect Schedule
Phase I Limited Production System (LPS)
– Demonstrate the HazCollect functionality to send (at least) one message completely through the system.
– Demo Test – 2/05
Phase II Initial Operational Capability (IOC)
– Full capability to send any product or products to meet the functional requirements in the Functional Requirements Document.
– Development Test & Evaluation (DT&E) – 6/05
Phase III Final Operational Capability (FOC)
– Final software/hardware plus fixes identified in Phase I and II. Formal testing all products created and disseminated.
– DT&E – 7/05
– Operational Acceptance Test – 8/05
Deployment National System Capability Deployed – Winter 05/06
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HazCollect Development Players
Organizations/Contractors identified to develop the HazCollect system through the phases..
• Battelle: Develop the HazCollect Central Server (HCS) to interface with the DMIS system and AWIPS infrastructure. Responsible for verifying DMIS meets the HazCollect security requirements of Authentication and Authorization. Will provide O&M support.
• FSL: Develop and modify AWIPS code to ensure automatic dissemination of NWEM through the AWIPS existing dissemination system.
• NGIT: Ensures the AWIPS infrastructure i.e. Network Control Facility (NCF) system interfaces with the HCS. Develop any changes to the NCF to ensure full system integration of the HCS. Integration testing and technical support.
• NWS Gateway: HazCollect Location and Operations Support
• NWS: Program Management/System Engineering Center
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HazCollect
Backup Slides
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Concepts of Operations
Concepts of Operations Diagram
EmergencyManagers HazCollect
NWS Dissemination
Systems
NWS WFO
Emergency MessageAnd User Information
Status & SecurityInformation
Civil Emergency Message
Notification Message(Visual/Audible Alarm)
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HazCollect System Data Flow
CAP Message
WMO/
NWEMMessage
AFOSMessag
e
EMInputs
WFOAWIPS
HazCollect
Server
DMISSyste
mData
DMISUser
Account
DMIS
NWEM
Config
Auxiliary Data
Messages
HazCollect Components
TG NWWSCRS/NWR
WFOInfo
NWEM
Info
FIPS/ZoneInfo
NWEM
Config
DisseminationSystems
AWIPS
System
Data
Product Consumers
WMO/
NWEMMessage
Broadcast
AWIPSNCF
WMO/
NWEMMessage
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HazCollect Messages
• OASIS CAP Message
– Common Alerting Protocol
– Emergency Management Message Format
– XML Based, Required and Optional Fields
• WMO/NWEM Message
– Non-Weather Emergency Message
– Standard NWS Product Format
– WMO Format Header, AWIPS Product Header
• AFOS Message (NWR format)
– Voice Ready CRS Format