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Offices of Emergency Management
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Emergency Alerts
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Evacuation terms can be confusing. Here’s what they mean and how to sign up for alerts
Not all emergency agencies use the same language. Here’s your rundown on how evacuation orders work
Houston Emergency Preparedness - With support from Resilient Cities Catalyst
Call Houston 311: From warming and cooling center information to traffic fines and sewer concerns to pothole problems and neighborhood complaints, Houstonians can call 311 and speak to one of our highly trained Agents. From outside the City of Houston, callers simply dial 713-837-0311. Agents are available 24/7 to answer your calls.
Local Officials Don’t Always Send IPAWS Emergency Alerts Before Disasters — ProPublica
ProPublica has identified at least 15 major disasters since 2016 in which officials in the most-harmed communities failed to use a federal system to send emergency alerts to residents — or waited until it was too late.
Houston TranStar - Greater Houston Transportation and Emergency Management Center
Summary: The Houston TranStar consortium is a partnership of four government agencies that are responsible for providing Transportation Management and Emergency Management services to the Greater Houston Region. This video highlights the activities that TranStar is responsible for in the region and provides insight into some of the benefits that TranStar generates for the traveling public.
What is Observability (o11y)? And Why Ops Teams Need It Now
Observability for modern ops: correlation across metrics, logs, traces, and events to cut MTTR, curb alert fatigue, and connect service health to business.
Alerta Comunitaria: Detenciones de Inmigrantes en Aeropuertos
Esta alerta comunitaria ofrece consejos de seguridad para viajar y otros recursos para que usted y su familia puedan comprender los riesgos y prepararse.
The Signal Code: A Human Rights Approach to Information During Crisis | Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
The Signal Code is the result of a six month study by the Signal Program on Human Security and Technology at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to identify what human rights people have to information during disasters. The Signal Code identifies five rights from multiple sources of international human rights and humanitarian law and standards that already exist and apply to humanitarian information activities (HIAs).
Basic Online Safety Expectations | eSafety Commissioner
The Expectations are a key element of the Online Safety Act that help to protect Australians from online harm.
Ukraine trains civilians and journalists to survive under drone attacks
Public administrations and NGOs are preparing citizens in risk zones with action manuals and survival courses
Ukraine trains civilians and journalists to survive under drone attacks
Public administrations and NGOs are preparing citizens in risk zones with action manuals and survival courses
Department of Homeland Security AI Use Case Inventory
All data presented in this tracker is drawn directly from the DHS AI Use Case Inventory published by the Department of Homeland Security. The information is reproduced as provided in the source file and has not been independently verified, including statements on safety and impact. This presentation may contain errors or omissions. Users should consult the original DHS source file for authoritative data. The comparison view identifies differences between the 2024 Inventory July Revision and 2025 Inventory releases; some field differences reflect changes in the reporting format rather than substantive changes to the use cases.
NIST SP 800-63 Digital Identity Guidelines
NIST Special Publication 800-63 Digital Identity Guidelines