Voice AND Data Interoperability
in North Carolina
North Carolina Emergency Management Conference
Sunset Beach, NC
Agenda
• Introductions
– Greg Hauser
– Mike Ozburn
• SIEC Overview
– Mission
– Status
– Current projects
• NC Connect
– FIRSTNET/Public Safety Broadband
Statewide Interoperability
Executive Committee (SIEC)
• Governance (SAFECOM Interoperability Continuum)
• Purpose
– Create a full-time and dedicated position of Statewide
Interoperability Coordinator (SWIC).
– Create a medium to promote and advise voice and data
interoperability issues within the state.
NC Statewide Communications
Interoperability Plan (SCIP)
• Created in 2008 and revised
yearly.
• Last revision was in March of 2014.
– Completion/Status of SCIP Goals and
Objectives
– VIPER status and evolution
(sites/infrastructure/points of contact)
– SIEC Membership Roster
– Assets and Capabilities (TICPs)
– Activities with bordering States
– Inclusion of data into the plan. (NC
Connect)
DPR Tactical Interop
Communications Plans (TICP)
• A tactical document for use by the Communications Unit
prior to, during and after and incident or event.
• An extensive listing of procedure, equipment and contact
information for the deployment and usage of
communications assets within the State.
• Includes:
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Mobile comms vehicles’ capabilities
Equipment Caches
Gateways
Request procedures
Communications Center contact info
North Carolina
Homeland Security
Domestic Preparedness Regions
As of 27 August 2009
Alleghany
Ashe
Watauga
Surry
Stokes
Madison
Haywood
Yancey
Yadkin
Buncombe
McDowell
Swain
Graham
Jackson
Forsyth
Guilford
Macon
Cherokee
Polk
Alamance Orange
Davie
Davidson
Iredell
Warren
Bertie
Nash
Edgecombe
Martin
Wake
Gaston
Mecklenburg
Pitt
Stanly
Johnston
Union
Harnett
Moore
Anson
Greene
Lenoir
Richmond
Hoke
Cumberland
Sampson
Jones
Onslow
Robeson
Bladen
Pender
DPR-East – Allen Smith - Allen.Smith@carteretcountync.gov
DPR-East
DPR-East
DPR-Central – Doug Logan - doug.logan@granvillecounty.org
DPR-Central
DPR-Central
DPR-West – Eric Wiseman – eric.wiseman@ncdps.gov
DPR-West
DPR-West
Craven
Pamlico
Duplin
Scotland
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Beaufort
Wayne
Montgomery
Clay
Washington
Tyrell
Wilson
Lee
Cabarrus
Gates
Hertford
Franklin
Durham
Rowan
Lincoln
Cleveland
Northampton
Vance
Granville
Chatham
Randolph
Catawba
Rutherford
Henderson
Alexander
Burke
Person
Halifax
Wilkes
Avery
Caldwell
Caswell
Rockingham
New
Hanover
Columbus
Brunswick
Carteret
Hyde
Dare
NC Connect and FirstNet
M IKE O ZBURN
Three Key Goals
1. FirstNet…what is it?
2. NC SLIGP Planning Effort…what’s going on?
3. NC Connect…why is it relevant?
Singular Focus
The First Responder Network Authority
shall hold the single public safety wireless license
and take all actions necessary to
ensure the building, deployment, and operation
of the nationwide public safety broadband network
January 30, 2014
© First Responder Network Authority
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Five Unique Coverage Categories
Unique Geography and Demographics Require
Multiple Solutions – Seamless Operation
Wilderness/
No Coverage
Rural
Suburban
January 22, 2014
Urban
© First Responder Network Authority
Dense
Urban
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Working Together
Working with the PSAC and the public safety community at large,
we will define what “public safety grade” means.
FirstNet Attribute
Defining Public Safety Grade
Coverage
“Where public safety needs it”
(Geographic)
Reliability
“You can count on it”
Resiliency
“Multiple back-up options”
Emergency Communications
“Your trusted resource”
Group Communications
“Essential to teamwork”
January 22, 2014
© First Responder Network Authority
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Purpose of SLIGP
“The SLIGP is designed as a formula-based, matching program
to assist States, in collaboration with regional, tribal, and local
jurisdictions, to perform activities related to planning for the
establishment of a nationwide public safety broadband network.”
•“NTIA will focus initially on planning, consulting, and
development activities in preparation for consultations with
FirstNet, including strategy and timeline development, meetings,
governance planning, and outreach and education efforts.”
•“The second phase will not begin until either after FirstNet has
consulted with the State-designated contact about the matters
listed in the Act, including coverage needs, user requirements,
and network hardening and resiliency requirements, and advises
NTIA it is ready for the commencement of data collection, or
when NTIA requests a revised budget from recipients for second
phase activities.”
Source: SLIGP_ffo_02062013.pdf (available on request)
Key Take-Aways
1. The SLIGP effort is NOT the same as the
FirstNet effort
2. SLIGP supports NC’s effort to get ready for a
FirstNet decision
3. SLIGP is about aligning supply and demand
4. NC Connect = How we will elevate FirstNet
Key Take-Aways
1. The SLIGP effort is NOT the same as the FirstNet effort
– FirstNet is the Network Operator
– PROPOSED
SLIGP is the
program toOutreach
help the &
“customer”
ready
Consultation,
State Planget
Process
Preparation
Initial Consultation
Prelim. Design Review
(PDR)
RFI
www
.firstnet. govDraft & Issue RFPs
Response
Evaluate RFP Responses
Intermediate Design Review
(IDR)
Draft State Plan
Review
Final State
Plan Review
Final State
Plan
RFP Results
Technical
Review
APCO/NPSTC
hardening
recs. (PS
Grade)
Develop
Asset
Tool
FirstNet
Coverage
Baseline
Update Design &
Send to State
State Provides
Checklist
Materials
State Review /
Feedback of
Coverage Baseline
IDR State Outreach /
Vetting Process
Initial Consultation
Meeting
PDR Meeting
Develop Asset
Data Collection
Plan
Consultation
Send Initial
Consultation
Checklist
(Process, Users,
Coverage, Outreach)
User Req. / Business Case
OEC’s Mobile Data
Survey Tool (MDST)
(Voluntary)
Federal Assets and
Coverage/User
feedback
Collect State
Infrastructure
SLIGP
Ph. 2
Coordinated
Outreach
Plan
State
Feedback on
User
Baseline
PSAC Inputs
on
Operational
Topics
(Coverage, Data
Collection, PS Grade)
Further Collection
of Operations and
Other Data
Develop Ops Baseline
Sections of State Plan
(Security, Priority &
Training)
Refine Plan &
Send to State
Draft State Plan
Outreach /
Vetting Process
Draft State Plan
Review Meeting
IDR Meeting (Assets,
Coverage, Priority, Security,
Training)
Review
Priority,
Security &
Training Plans
(Complete DRAFT
Plan)
Review and
Update IDR
Results
Final State
Review
Finalize State Plan
Cost &
User
Fees
Final State Plan
Review Meeting
w/ SPOC & Gov. Office
Final State
Plan
Presented
to Governor
Next Steps
Task Orders
Change Orders
Revised Plans
Meetings with State
Finalize Ops Sections
of State Plan (Security,
Priority, Training)
Legend:
FirstNet
Research/Planning
(FCC/NPSTC Reqts)
Stakeholder
(State / Local / Tribal / Fed)
Update Business
Case from Initial
Consultation Mtg
Update Business
Case from
Operational Reqts
Update Business
Case from IDR
feedback
Joint Stakeholder /
FirstNet
FirstNet
Partners
(NTIA / DHS / PS Orgs)
NTIA Approval
PSAC
Tribal Working Group
NTIA SLIGP Monitoring/Support
ECPC Federal Agency Inputs
Key Take-Aways
2.
SLIGP supports NC’s effort to get ready for a FirstNet decision
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Established a governance structure to consult with FirstNet
Developed procedures to ensure local and tribal representation and
participation in the consultation process with FirstNet
Created a process for education and outreach, through program
development or through other efforts, among local and tribal officials,
public safety users, and other stakeholders about the nationwide public
safety broadband network;
Developed a standard Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to facilitate
the use of existing infrastructure with private sector entities that have
been chosen by FirstNet to build, operate and maintain the network on
public safety infrastructure, or identified the legal barriers to creating a
standard MOA and describe potential remedies
Developed staffing plans that include local and tribal representation to
participate in the public safety governance structure and to prepare for
data collection activities in consultation with FirstNet
Prepared a comprehensive plan as part of existing Statewide
Communications Interoperability Plan (SCIP), or a plan complementary
to and similar in concept to their SCIP, describing the public safety
needs that they expect FirstNet to address in its design of the
nationwide public safety broadband network, as well as how they
intend to satisfy each of the elements enumerated above, including
milestones that demonstrate their progress.
Key Take-Aways
2. SLIGP supports NC’s effort to get ready for a FirstNet
decision
✔ Established a governance structure to consult with FirstNet
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 Developed procedures to ensure local and tribal representation and
participation in the consultation process with FirstNet
 Created a process for education and outreach, through program development
or through other efforts, among local and tribal officials, public safety users, and
other stakeholders about the nationwide public safety broadband network;
 Developed a standard Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to facilitate the use
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of existing infrastructure with private sector entities that have been chosen by
FirstNet to build, operate and maintain the network on public safety
infrastructure, or identified the legal barriers to creating a standard MOA and
describe potential remedies
✔ Developed staffing plans that include local and tribal representation to
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participate in the public safety governance structure and to prepare for data
collection activities in consultation with FirstNet
 Prepared a comprehensive plan as part of existing Statewide Communications
Interoperability Plan (SCIP), or a plan complementary to and similar in concept
to their SCIP, describing the public safety needs that they expect FirstNet to
address in its design of the nationwide public safety broadband network, as well
as how they intend to satisfy each of the elements enumerated above, including
milestones that demonstrate their progress.
Key Take-Aways
3. SLIGP is about aligning supply and demand
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Ultimate decision is about whether FirstNet meets State needs
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Critical near-term work will be in understanding the needs
Offer &
Decision
• Who are the users?
• What are the key “data” applications to be supported?
• What will governance look like in this service model?
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Asset inventories and network analysis cannot begin until 2Q15
Governance
4Q14
Coverage &
Service
Analysis
Asset
Inventory
Needs
Assessment
Needs
Assessment
Needs
Assessment
Needs
Assessment
Needs
Assessment
Education &
Engagement
Education &
Engagement
Education &
Engagement
Education &
Engagement
Education &
Engagement
Education &
Engagement
Governance
Governance
Governance
Governance
Governance
Governance
2Q15
3Q15
4Q15
1Q16
2Q16
1Q15
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• Rural electrification
• Roads
• Research Triangle Park
21st Century: building to “people”
• Broadband Networks
• Low-Cost Cloud Computing
• Personal Service “Park”
NC: Now Connected
21st Century Technology Infrastructure
1.5 million
2.2 million
5 Apps
2,600 miles
100% K-12
22% WiFi
TECH
Towns
80% 18-29
68% 30-49
72% 50-64
5 million
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