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KITTITAS COUNTY CEMP Page 22 of 63 November 2024 | BASIC PLAN National Warning System (NAWAS) The federal portion of the Civil Defense Warning System is used for the dissemination of warnings and other emergency information from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National or Regional Warning Centers to Warning Points in each state. Also used by the State Warning Points to disseminate information to local Primary Warning Points. Provides warning information to state and local jurisdictions concerning severe weather, earthquake, flooding, and other activities that affect public safety. National Preparedness Goal The National Preparedness Goal defines what it means for communities in our nation to be prepared for all types of disasters and emergencies. The National Preparedness Goal has established 32 core capabilities that are deemed critical elements necessary to achieve and maintain a comprehensive level of preparedness. The core capabilities are organized by the five emergency management mission areas: prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery. National Response Framework The National Response Framework (NRF) provides foundational emergency management doctrine for how the Nation responds to all types of incidents. The NRF is built on scalable, flexible, and adaptable concepts identified in the National Incident Management System (NIMS) to align key roles and responsibilities across the Nation. It is a framework for all types of threats and hazards, ranging from accidents, technological hazards, natural disasters, and human- caused incidents. The NFR also underscores the paramount importance of sustaining essential community lifelines that enable the continuous operation of critical government and business functions and are essential to human health and safety or economic security. D. Unity of Effort through Core Capabilities The core capabilities contained in the Goal are the distinct critical elements necessary for our success. They are highly interdependent and require us to use existing preparedness networks and activities, coordinate and unify efforts, improve training and exercise programs, promote innovation, leverage and enhance our science and technology capacity, and ensure that administrative, finance, and logistics systems are in place to support these capabilities. The core capabilities serve as both preparedness tools and a means of structured implementation. COMMON CORE CAPABILITIES Planning Conduct a systematic process engaging the whole community as appropriate in the development of executable strategic, operational, and/or tactical-level approaches to meet defined objectives. Public Information and Warning Deliver coordinated, prompt, reliable, and actionable information to the whole community through the use of clear, consistent, accessible, and culturally and linguistically appropriate methods to effectively relay information regarding any threat or hazard, as well as the actions being taken, and the assistance being made available, as appropriate.