NATIONAL CONTINUITY PROGRAMS
Continuity Professionals, you are invited
to participate in the next GETS/WPS User Council Webinar. The webinar will
review recent events and will assist subscribers and their organizations in
preparing for emergency events. Updates on the programs and other information
on emergency communications will be provided.
If you are new to the programs, we suggest
you review the information on the GETS web site https:www.dhs.gov/gets and the WPS web
site https:www.dhs.gov/wps
beforehand.
When: November 29,
2018 from 1:00 P.M. to 2:30 P.M. EST
It contains information about Hurricane
Florence, the new iPhone dialer app, updated WPS charge information, and other
useful program information.
Government Emergency Telecommunications
Service (GETS)
The Government Emergency
Telecommunications Service (GETS) supports national leadership; federal, state,
local, tribal and territorial governments; first responders; and other
authorized national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) users. It is
intended to be used in an emergency or crisis situation when the landline
network is congested and the probability of completing a normal call is
reduced.
GETS provides NS/EP personnel priority
access and prioritized processing in the local and long distance segments of
the landline networks, greatly increasing the probability of call completion.
Wireless Priority Service (WPS)
Wireless Priority Service (WPS) supports
national leadership; federal, state, local, tribal and territorial governments,
and other authorized national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP)
users. It is intended to be used in an emergency or crisis situation when the
wireless network is congested and the probability of completing a normal call
is reduced.