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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.
Joann Ariola
0:21:47
Does that include a door to door in those areas where the low lying areas are?