ncem identification, badging and credentialing (ibac) system

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NCEM Identification, Badging and Credentialing (IBAC) System

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Overview• What is IBAC?• The Components In Place• What can it do?• Integration• Use and Policies• Future

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What is IBAC?• A system that will fully integrate

identification cards, incident access badges, and credentials/qualifications

• Comprised of Salamander™ components, TERMS, and various credentialing systems

• Provides method for resource tracking and validation of qualifications

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What Resources to Track?• First responders (fire, law, EMS, rescue)• Secondary responders (EM, hospitals,

public health, NGOs & FBOs)• Tertiary players (lawyers, trade groups,

and other) WHY? All individually controlled at the

local and state levels with no interoperability … ASTM standard A Guide for Credentialing Access to an Incident or Event Site, NIMS, and Real ID Act

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The Components in Place• Salamander Resource Manager Web –

Web-based hard card identification• Salamander RapidTAG – Short-term

paper identification tags• Salamander Command – Electronic ICS

207 on steroids• Salamander InterTrax Exchange – Web

server to provide overarching view of multiple incidents and report creation

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What can it do?• Create permanent hard cards

containing qualifications• Check-in resources• Track resources/manage

incidents• Allows personal accountability

(PARs)• Create reports

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Integration Strategy

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Integration Phases

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Local Integration• Existing Salamander systems

can tie into state systems (configuration)

• Branch kits• New acquisitions can tie into

state system

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Use and Policies• Branch kits are available• MOA to tie into state system

(design, configuration, accounts)• Must meet state identification

policies• Existing state agency specific

contract (revert process)• HIPAA laws

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State Agency Specific Contract

• Resource Manager Web Print Key $75

• Command Work Center $42,995

• RapidTAG Work Center $14,995

• Mobile Express $4,895

• RapidTAG Evac $6,125

• Hard Card Printer $7,260

• Supplies

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Future• Automatic qualification

dumps (OEMS/OSFM/etc. to TERMS and Salamander)

• Near real-time visibility (NC SPARTA)

• Standardized identification policies and standards

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QUESTIONS?

GLENN WISBEYGLENN.WISBEY@NCDPS.GOV