Revised EAS Activation Request Instructions
by Kevin Stewart
Attached are updated instructions for issuing Civil Emergency Messages via the Emergency Alert System (EAS) through a partnership with the National Weather Service Denver/Boulder Forecast Office. This procedure is not intended to be your primary means for issuing public alerts, but rather a potential backup procedure that is relatively easy to use.
The most recent use of this system was yesterday by the Boulder Office of Emergency Management. Click on the following URL to view their message: https://udfcd-lists.org/eas/message_output.txt
While this procedure has been available for a number of years, recent NWS security enhancements and other IT developments made it necessary for us to upgrade our web-based coding. We took that opportunity to also make a few cosmetic changes to the website.
After you have obtained a login/password (see attached), you may freely test the system. The message you create will only be viewed by NWS personnel, which should subsequently result in a call-back from the on-duty forecaster.
Many of you already receive emails and text messages from the Denver Regional Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN-DR). This EAS message injection tool is a supplemental enhancement to EMWIN-DR that is available to all local governments (counties/cities/towns) within the NWS Denver/Boulder Forecast Office service area.
We hope you will find this is information useful. Let us know if you have any questions or require additional information.
If you would like to subscribe to county-specific NWS warnings and other weather products via EMWIN-DR, please visit https://alert5.udfcd.org/notifications/emwin-denver-subscriptions/
Kevin Stewart, P.E.
Engineering Services Manager
MILE HIGH FLOOD DISTRICT
2480 W. 26th Ave Suite 156-B | Denver, Colorado 80211
Office: 303-455-6277 | Direct: 303-749-5417 | www.mhfd.org<http://www.mhfd.org>
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