[EAS] PSHSB Workshop on 911 Outages

[Adrienne Abbott]

It will be interesting to see if they mention EAS during this Workshop...

 

    DA 17-719

Released:  July 27, 2017

 

PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU ANNOUNCES 

WORKSHOP ON IMPROVING SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DURING 911 OUTAGES

 

On Monday, September 11th, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission's
(FCC) Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau will host a public workshop
to discuss best practices for improving situational awareness during 911
outages.  Topics addressed in the workshop will include how to strengthen
Public Safety Answering Point 911 service outage notifications and how to
best communicate with consumers about alternative methods of accessing
emergency services.  The workshop will be held in the Commission Meeting
Room at FCC Headquarters, 445 12th Street, SW Washington, DC 20554.  Further
details regarding the workshop participants, roundtable discussion topics,
and times will be announced by a subsequent public notice.

Audio/video coverage of the meeting will be broadcast live with open
captioning over the Internet from the FCC's web page at www.fcc.gov/live
<http://www.fcc.gov/live> .  The FCC's webcast is free to the public. 

Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon
request.  Please include a description of the accommodation you will need.
Individuals making such requests must include their contact information
should FCC staff need to contact them for more information.  Requests should
be made as early as possible.  Please send an e-mail to fcc504 at fcc.gov
<mailto:fcc504 at fcc.gov>  or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau:
202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (TTY).

For additional information, please contact James Wiley of the Cybersecurity
and Communications Reliability Division of the Public Safety and Homeland
Security Bureau.  James Wiley can be reached by phone at (202) 418-1678 or
by email at james.wiley at fcc.gov <mailto:james.wiley at fcc.gov> .  

 

-FCC-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adrienne Abbott

Nevada EAS Chair