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FEMA Virtual Hurricane Readiness and HURREVAC Training
May 4, 2021 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
Description of Webinar Training:
This training webinar is an introduction to the National Hurricane Center’s forecast products and the National Hurricane Program’s tools for how to incorporate them into planning and response. Topics include hurricane hazards, hurricane forecast products, hurricane evacuation planning, and the hurricane decision process. The NHP provides data, resources and technical assistance for hurricane evacuation planning and response for state, local, tribal, territorial and federal government partners. Participants will be introduced to the NHP’s decision support tool, HURREVAC. HURREVAC is a free web-based platform available to government emergency managers that provides evacuation timing guidance. HURREVAC combines real-time National Hurricane Center forecast products and storm surge modeling with evacuation clearance times from Hurricane Evacuation Studies. This training webinar is ideal for State and local emergency managers that support evacuation decision making during a hurricane threat.
Webinar Format:
The training webinar will be a total of 9 hours of instruction; instruction will be provided for three hours on three consecutive days.
Dates: May 4-6, 2021
Time: 1pm – 4pm
- Attendees should plan to attend all three days.
How to Register:
- To register for Hurricane Readiness and HURREVAC Training on May 4-6, 2021 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT:
- After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
If there are any questions about the training, please contact the FEMA Regional Hurricane Program Manager or direct questions to NHP@fema.dhs.gov.
