The 3 documents in the Toolkit are only the beginning and initial documents for a comprehensive set of information in development that will provide a set of resource documents and guides to assist local authorities in setting up a program and plan for developing consistence public alerting policies and procedures in their agency.
The materials were produced based on recent innovative changes to technology and were derived from the collection of successful practices and lessons learned from hundreds of data points, including more than 100 emergency managers, public information officers, alerting originators and administrators, and alerting experts.
The toolkit will assist public safety agencies to minimize alerting delays; plan for future alerts, warnings and notifications enhancements; facilitate interoperability across different technologies; and improve information sharing among emergency management and public safety officials.
