Northampton County Emergency Management

L-0105: Public Information & Warning

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* This course is “tentatively scheduled” & therefore registration for this course IS NOT YET AVAILABLE. * Please check back for updates!

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Course Date(s) & Time(s): 24 total hours 

  • Monday, May 19th – Time TBD

  • Tuesday, May 20th – Time TBD

  • Wednesday, May 21st – Time TBD

Course Description: This course is introduces participants to what the Public Information Officer (PIO) does in emergency management, along with basic information about the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS). 

The PIO topics covered include:

  • The role of the PIO;

  • communication tools and resources encompassing social media;

  • effective communication;

  • preparing the community through outreach and other means; and

  • communication in an incident

The IPAWS topics covered include:

  • What the system is and does;

  • preparing alert and warning messages, and writing common alerting protocol messages

 

Course Objectives: The goal or objective of this course is to enhance the jurisdiction’s public information and warning core capability.

 

Recommended Participants: This course is intended for newly appointed emergency managers from Federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management agencies, and prospective professionals transferring from another discipline to emergency management. 

Course Prerequisites (Mandatory): None

 

Course Prerequisites (Recommended):

  • L-0101: Foundations of Emergency Management 

 

Course Location: Northampton County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) – 100 Gracedale Avenue, Nazareth, PA 18064 – (Directions)

 

Course Registration: COMING SOON

 

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Date And Time

Monday, May 19, 2025 to
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
 

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