To: Georgia PSAP DirectorsGA-TERT Members / Team LeadersGECA and GEMA/HS Staff From: Mandy Ptak, GA-TERT Deputy State Coordinator RE: Pre-Alert Notice for Hurricane Idalia Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2023 Idalia is currently a Category 1 hurricane. Idalia is now forecast to make landfall along the Florida Big Bend tomorrow morning as a Category 3 or […]
Jonathan Jones
PRE-ALERT Notice for Hurricane Ian
To: Georgia PSAP Directors GA-TERT Members / Team Leaders GECA and GEMA/HS Staff From: Jonathan Jones, GA-TERT Deputy State Coordinator RE: Pre-Alert Notice for Hurricane Ian Date: […]
ALERT Notice for Hurricane Ida
To: Georgia PSAP Directors GA-TERT Members / Team Leaders GECA and GEMA/HS Staff From: Jonathan Jones, GA-TERT Deputy State Coordinator RE: Alert Notice for Hurricane Ida Date: Sunday, August 29, 2021 Hurricane Ida made landfall on the Louisiana coast as a category 4 earlier today, bringing catastropic storm […]
Revised IS-144.A: TERT Basic Course now online
In partnership with NJTI-TERT and members of the National TERT Committee, FEMA recently completed a revision of the IS144 – TERT Basic Course (IS-144.A). We are thrilled to share that one of our own from Georgia TERT, Amanda Maddox (Henry County), is featured in the online training (please see Experience of Telecommunicators 1 of 2 […]
GA TERT on Pre-Alert as Hurricane Delta Strengthens
Georgia TERT Answers the Call for Hurricane Sally Telecommunications Assistance in Alabama
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 20, 2020 Atlanta, Georgia – On Friday, September 18, 2020, the NJTI-TERT, LLC Committee Board was made aware of pending EMAC requests for 24 additional personnel to respond to Baldwin County 911 in Robertsdale, AL to support public-safety communications operations after Hurricane Sally caused major flooding on the Gulf Coast. […]
GA TERT on Pre-Alert as Hurricane Dorian Strengthens
PRE-ALERT NOTICE To: Georgia PSAP Directors GA-TERT Members / Team Leaders GECA and GEMA/HS Staff From: Jonathan Jones, GA-TERT Deputy State Coordinator RE: Pre-Alert Notice for Hurricane Dorian Date: Thursday, August 29, 2019 As Hurricane Dorian strengthens in the Atlantic, […]
New TERT Portal
To: Georgia PSAP Directors GA-TERT Members / Team Leaders From: Jonathan Jones, GA-TERT Deputy State Coordinator RE: New Georgia TERT Portal Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 The Georgia Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) has migrated to a new web-based portal to help manage participating agencies, new member applications, team […]
Georgia TERT Deploys New Technology
ATHENS, GEORGIA – On July 10, 2019, the Georgia Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) launched a new web portal that will help manage participating agencies, new member applications, team assignments, training, certifications, and more. The new portal, built by Morris Enterprises on the QuickBase platform allows agencies and potential members an easy, user-friendly application and […]
Georgia TERT sends telecommunicators to North Carolina
On Monday, September 17, 2018, the Georgia Telecommunicator Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) deployed a team of eight Communications Officers to Sampson County, North Carolina in response to an Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) request. Sampson County, NC was impacted by Hurricane Florence and the TERT team from Georgia will provide relief for their staff by […]