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Smokey Bear is a character in the longest running public service campaign in United
States history. Smokey Bear's message "Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires" was created in 1944
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1995
On April 19, 1995 the Alfred P. Murrah
Federal Building was bombed in an office complex in downtown Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. The attack claimed 168 lives and left over 800 injured. Assistance responded from all over the nation.
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The InterAgency
Board for
Equipment
Standardization and
Interoperability
(IAB)
THE ORIGINS
Sanctioned by the Attorney General of the United States, the InterAgency
Board for Equipment Standardization and Interoperability (IAB) was founded by the
Department of Defense's Consequence Management Program Integration Office and the
Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Weapons of Mass Destruction
Countermeasures on October 13, 1998. With the participation of various local, state, and federal government organizations, the IAB formulated its mission statement, organized the board into four SubGroups and two committees, developed a Charter, and identified the IAB Process and Strategic Objectives.
THE MISSION OF THE IAB
The InterAgency Board (IAB) for Equipment Standardization and
Interoperability is designed to establish and coordinate local, state, and federal standardization, interoperability, compatibility, and responder health and safety to prepare for, train and respond to, mitigate, and recover from any incident by identifying requirements for an all-hazards incident response with a special emphasis on Chemical,
Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive (CBRNE) issues.
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In March of 2001, the creation of the Office for State and Local Domestic
Preparedness Support
Through OSLDPS, the Office of Justice Program (OJP) has established a new program office whose primary goal is building capabilities at the state and local levels through a coordinated program of equipment support; training, from the awareness level to the incident command level; exercise planning and support; and specialized technical assistance.
same year
Streamlines name to Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP) in the
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During fall of 2002, in an effort to coordinate the various federal initiatives, the SAFECOM program was established by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and approved by the President’s Management Council
(PMC) as a high priority E-Gov initiative. More specifically, SAFECOM is a communications program within the Office for Interoperability and
Compatibility (OIC) that provides research, development, testing and evaluation, guidance, tools, and templates on communications-related issues to local, tribal, state, and Federal emergency response agencies working to improve emergency response through more effective and efficient interoperable wireless communications.
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September 11, 2001
On that morning, nineteen terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the World Trade Center in New York City resulting in the collapse of both buildings. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the
Pentagon. Again, assistance responded from all over the nation.
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HSPD-5
…enhance the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents by establishing a single, comprehensive national incident management system…
HSPD-8
…establish policies to strengthen the preparedness of the United States to prevent and respond to threatened or actual domestic terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies by requiring a national domestic all-hazards preparedness goal, establishing mechanisms for improved delivery of Federal preparedness assistance to State and local governments, and outlining actions to strengthen preparedness capabilities of
Federal, State, and local entities…
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Federal Government establishes the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)
FY 2003 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Grant Program I
This program provided financial assistance directly to seven selected urban areas to address the unique equipment, training, planning and exercise needs of large high threat urban areas, and to assist them in building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from threats or acts of terrorism.
Program will eventually grow to encompass more than 75 metropolitan areas throughout the United States.
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ODP Creates the Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program
(ICTAP)
The ODP Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program
(ICTAP) provides a comprehensive approach to assist with defining requirements, providing recommendations to enhance communications interoperability architectures, helping with implementation and integration efforts of communications equipment, and the test and evaluation of the communications solution through a series of scenario-based communications exercises.
ICTAP continues to advise DHS (ODP) on all manner of communications related proposals and issues.
Who are they? Consultants from groups including: SPAWAR San
Diego, SEARCH, SAIC, Lafeyette Group, Invertix, ATI, etc.
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The Department of Homeland Security, within FEMA, develops a comprehensive nationwide framework for incident management that enables responders at all levels to work together more effectively to manage incidents no matter what the cause, size or complexity. The National Incident Management
System (NIMS) incorporates best practices currently in use by incident managers at all levels. It was developed through extensive outreach to state, local and tribal officials, the emergency response community and the private sector.
The NIMS is managed and maintained by the NIMS Integration Center (NIC), which was established by the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide strategic direction for and oversight of the system, including continuous refinement of the system and its components over the long term.
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2005 UASI Grants require a region to have a Tactical Interoperable
Communications Plan (TICP)
With input and assistance from ICTAP, the TICP guidance and template are drafted for use by (and required of) participants in the FY2005 Homeland Security
Grant Program (HSGP). It was created by DHS - ODP in coordination with the
SAFECOM program of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate’s Office for
Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) and input from ICTAP.
The intent of the TICPs is to model a region’s communications plan along the SAFECOM developed framework called the Interoperability Continuum - a graphic depiction of the five critical elements of success—governance, standard operating procedures, technology, training & exercises, and usage of equipment— all of which must be addressed to develop robust interoperability solutions.
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In fall of 2005, DHS releases a proposed Target Capabilities List (TCL) and
Universal Task List (UTL) –components of which pertain to communications. The entire process (for all disciplines) is rushed and the outcry from the public safety community falls somewhere between ‘ignore it’ and ‘fix it!’ DHS returns and continues the refinement process.
As part of this, is a proposed plan to create exercises for the evaluation of the TICPs.
Components of ODP become the Office of Grants and Training (G&T)
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G&T Information Bulletin
No. 205 March 23, 2006
With assistance from ICTAP, DHS begins process for evaluating TICP exercises.
Included in the guidance is information pertaining the need for some kind of COML: “…
In accordance with NIMS standards, the FY 2005 HSGP guidance requires grantees to designate and train a COML to support TICP execution. Currently, the NIMS COML training curriculum is incomplete; therefore, the requirement that a COML receive NIMScompliant training has been temporarily waived. Grantees are still responsible for designating a COML for their TICP, and the attached “COML Core Competencies” document identifies 19 required core competencies for jurisdictions to reference in developing, equipping, and training a TICP COML. Each jurisdiction’s designated COML will be required to follow up with the relevant NIMS certification training when it becomes available.
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December of 2006 – the TICP scorecard results are published and there are few surprises:
Governance is perhaps the largest issue
Interoperable communications is a ‘people’ problem that technology can help, but won’t solve – ‘people’ are needed to solve the ‘people’ problem… (i.e. COMLs)
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