On behalf of National Preparedness Month, this webinar will be focused on how local municipalities can prepare for natural disasters and emergencies. Our friends at Next Century Cities have invited Larry Clutts, a Priority Telecommunications Services Area Representative (PAR) for the Department of Homeland Security, CyberSecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Emergency Communications Division to discuss their Priority Telecommunications Services.

CISA offers three priority telecommunications services that enable essential personnel to communicate when networks are degraded or congested. These Priority Telecommunications Services (PTS) include:

• Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS) for wireline voice communications

• Wireless Priority Service (WPS) for wireless voice communications

• Telecommunications Service Priority (TSP) for repair and installation of organizations’ critical voice and data circuits

The PTS suite of offerings is available to all personnel from executive leadership to field personnel with national security and emergency preparedness (NS/EP) functions:

• All levels of government (federal, state, local, tribal, territorial)

• Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)

• Organizations within the 16 U.S. critical infrastructure sectors