PS11-Early Warning System (Polk County Emergency Management)

Status: Existing

Description

––Instance of PS11–– This service package monitors and detects potential, looming, and actual disasters including natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, winter storms, tsunamis, etc.) and technological and man–made disasters (hazardous materials incidents, nuclear power plant accidents, and acts of terrorism including nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological weapons attacks). The service package monitors alerting and advisory systems, ITS sensors and surveillance systems, field reports, and emergency call–taking systems to identify emergencies and notifies all responding agencies of detected emergencies.

Includes Elements

Iowa DOT Traffic Management Center (TMC)
Des Moines Area Social Media Outlets
Westcom Dispatch Center
Polk County Emergency Operations Center
DART Dart Way Maintenance Garage
DART Dispatch Staff
Des Moines Police Department Dispatch Center
Iowa DOT Traffic Management Center (TMC) Personnel
Polk County Sheriff Bob E. Rice Communications Center
National Weather Service (NWS)
Polk County Emergency Management CodeRed/Onsolve
Iowa Department of Public Health Iowa Health Alert Network (HAN)
United States Geological Survey Water Alerts