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NAWAS

Status:

Existing

Definition:

The National Warning Systems (NAWAS) is an emergency system that is operated by the FEMA that obtains and disseminates information regarding major incidents impacting traffic flow into and out of major metropolitan areas.

Stakeholder:

Federal Law Enforcement Agencies

Architecture Flow Diagrams
which include NAWAS:

• NAWAS VSP Center
• NAWAS VSP Mobile Unified Command Center

Architecture Flows
to/from the NAWAS:

NAWAS VSP Center

• alert notification


• alerts and advisories

NAWAS VSP Mobile Unified Command Center

• alert notification


• alerts and advisories

VSP Mobile Unified Command CenterNAWAS

• alert status

National ITS Architecture Subsystems
mapped to the NAWAS:

• Alerting and Advisory System Terminator
• Emergency Management Center Subsystem

National ITS Architecture Services
associated with NAWAS:

• DM01 - ITS Data Warehouse -- (Graphic)
• PS01 - Emergency Call-Taking and Dispatch -- (Graphic)
• PS03 - Emergency Vehicle Preemption -- (Graphic)
• PS10 - Wide-Area Alert -- (Graphic)
• PS11 - Early Warning System -- (Graphic)
• PS12 - Disaster Response and Recovery -- (Graphic)
• PS14 - Disaster Traveler Information -- (Graphic)
• TI01 - Broadcast Traveler Information -- (Graphic)
• TI02 - Personalized Traveler Information -- (Graphic)
• TM19 - Roadway Closure Management -- (Graphic)
• WX02 - Weather Information Processing and Distribution -- (Graphic)

National ITS Architecture Functional Requirements
associated with NAWAS:

none