LIVE WEBINAR
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 1 pm ET
How to Communicate Flood Risk to the Public
Part 4 of AEM’s Flood Early Warning Systems Webinar Series
How do you ensure flood warnings reach the right people at the right time — and prompt the right action?
This webinar focuses on the critical role of public communication in flood early warning systems. We’ll explore how flood risk is assessed, how to build public awareness of that risk, and how communities can be supported through public-facing strategies such as signage, designated evacuation routes, and emergency alert technologies like siren networks and IPAWS1. You'll also learn how these components integrate with emergency response strategies to improve readiness and response.
Who should attend?
This session is designed for emergency managers, public safety officials, and community stakeholders. It offers practical guidance on developing communication systems that enhance awareness, preparedness, and public safety — before a flood occurs.
Join us to learn how to turn flood risk and warning information into clear, actionable guidance that protects lives and strengthens community resilience.
Can't join us live? Register anyway, and we’ll send you the recording so you won’t miss a thing.
1 Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) is FEMA's national system for local alerting that provides authenticated emergency and life-saving information to the public.
This webinar focuses on the critical role of public communication in flood early warning systems. We’ll explore how flood risk is assessed, how to build public awareness of that risk, and how communities can be supported through public-facing strategies such as signage, designated evacuation routes, and emergency alert technologies like siren networks and IPAWS1. You'll also learn how these components integrate with emergency response strategies to improve readiness and response.
Who should attend?
This session is designed for emergency managers, public safety officials, and community stakeholders. It offers practical guidance on developing communication systems that enhance awareness, preparedness, and public safety — before a flood occurs.
Join us to learn how to turn flood risk and warning information into clear, actionable guidance that protects lives and strengthens community resilience.
Can't join us live? Register anyway, and we’ll send you the recording so you won’t miss a thing.
1 Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) is FEMA's national system for local alerting that provides authenticated emergency and life-saving information to the public.
REGISTER NOW
Featured Speaker
James Logan
Water Market Sector Leader
AEM
James Logan has been involved in the assessment, design, development, and implementation of more than 200 automated flood early warning and environmental monitoring systems across the U.S. and abroad. He has helped numerous agencies to create more reliable, and maintainable monitoring and decision support systems. He has been responsible for the technical delivery and project direction of numerous consulting studies relating to rainfall and hydrologic analysis, flooding, stormwater, dam safety hydrology, and water resource management.
A business leader in the hydrology domain, James has contributed to advancing software, telemetry, and systems design to enhance hydrologic collection, monitoring, dissemination, forecasting and flood early warning to local, state, and federal government agencies with critical missions that depend on understanding real-time rainfall and hydrology.
James holds degrees in both Computer Science and Geophysical Engineering. He is a member and contributor to the U.S. National Hydrologic Warning Council's Technical Working Group for the ALERT2 protocol standard.