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Use of Advanced Warning System (AWS) program for reaching vulnerable populations
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Deputy Commissioner Heather Roiter explains NYCEM's approach to reaching vulnerable populations during emergencies, highlighting the Advanced Warning System (AWS) program.
- NYCEM emphasizes the importance of having a network to stay informed during emergencies
- The AWS program targets umbrella organizations that service the most vulnerable New Yorkers
- This approach allows NYCEM to reach vulnerable clients through their service providers
- Roiter stresses that different individuals may have different means of staying informed, including through neighbors, community groups, or houses of worship
Heather Roiter
0:21:22
Right.
0:21:22
So for all emergencies, we really try to focus on having a network to stay informed, and that does mean something different for different individuals.
0:21:29
So whether it's your neighbors, it's your community group, it's your, house of worship, if you have service providers, we work really closely.
0:21:37
We have something called the advanced warning system.
0:21:39
That's our AWS program, and that's really targeted to work with all the umbrella organizations that service the most vulnerable New Yorkers so they can reach their clients as well.