Facility

FEMA IPAWS Operations Center (Mt. Weather VA)

FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) is operated from FEMA headquarters infrastructure including Mt. Weather Emergency Operations Center in Bluemont, Berryville VA (Virginia Blue Ridge). IPAWS is the internet-based CAP (Common Alerting Protocol) alert distribution system that routes emergency alerts to Monroe Electronics DASDEC and Sage ENDEC devices via internet connectivity. FEMA's IPAWS Open Platform for Emergency Networks (IPAWS-OPEN) is the XML alert aggregation platform that authenticated Monroe and Sage ENDECs connect to for alert receipt. Note: company_id points to Monroe Electronics as the primary hardware integrator with IPAWS; FEMA itself is not a supply_company. Source: https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/integrated-public-alert-warning-system