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Justice & Safety Center at Eastern Kentucky University Annual Report 2007 - 2008 E A S T E R N K E N T U C K Y U N I V E R S I T Y J U S T I C E & S A F E T Y C E N T E R 1 0 Y E A R A N N I V E R S A R Y 1 9 9 8 - 2 0 0 8 Celebrating Ten Years of Service to the Public Safety Communities

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Page 1: Justice & Safety Center at Eastern Kentucky Annual Report ... · Justice & Safety Center The Justice & Safety Center at Eastern Kentucky University is a federally- funded research,

Justice & Safety Center

at

Eastern KentuckyUniversity

Annual Report

2007 - 2008EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSI

TY

JUSTICE & SAFETY CENTER

10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY

1998 -2008

Celebrating Ten Years of Service to the

Public Safety Communities

Page 2: Justice & Safety Center at Eastern Kentucky Annual Report ... · Justice & Safety Center The Justice & Safety Center at Eastern Kentucky University is a federally- funded research,

Ea

ste

rn K

en

tucky U

niv

ers

ity is a

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al O

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ort

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ffirm

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aste

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ivil

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pa

rtm

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t o

f E

du

ca

tio

n,

Ph

ilad

elp

hia

, P

A.

Just

ice

& S

afet

y C

ente

r 4

Dea

n’s

Mes

sag

e 6

Exec

uti

ve D

irec

tor’s

Mes

sag

e 8

East

ern

Ken

tuck

y U

niv

ersi

ty

10

Co

lleg

e o

f Ju

stic

e &

Saf

ety

11

Just

ice

& S

afet

y C

ente

r Fac

iliti

es

12

Cap

abili

ty S

tate

men

t 14

Pro

cess

16

Fin

anci

al R

epo

rt

18

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r Co

ntr

ibu

tio

n to

th

e Fi

rst

Resp

on

der

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mm

un

ity

20

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gra

ms

22

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m A

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trat

ion

an

d M

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t 46

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trea

ch

48

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r Tea

m

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rnal

Net

wo

rk

51

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gen

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52

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53

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ic P

artn

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54

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ip

56

Pub

licat

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s 58

Tabl

e of

Con

tent

s

23

Page 3: Justice & Safety Center at Eastern Kentucky Annual Report ... · Justice & Safety Center The Justice & Safety Center at Eastern Kentucky University is a federally- funded research,

The J

ustice &

Safe

ty C

ente

r at E

aste

rn K

entu

cky U

niv

ers

ity is a

federa

lly-

funded r

esearc

h, te

chnic

al assis

tance a

nd tra

inin

g c

ente

r.

Our

mis

sio

n is to s

upport

the e

ffort

s o

f public

safe

ty a

nd s

ecurity

agencie

s b

y

pro

vid

ing info

rmation a

nd a

ccess to tra

inin

g, te

chnolo

gy,

and b

est pra

ctices

for

the e

merg

ency r

esponse c

om

munity.

We a

re:

A

n independent, h

onest bro

ker

in testing a

nd

evalu

ating technolo

gie

s s

o that firs

t re

sponders

can m

ake info

rmed d

ecis

ions o

n e

quip

ment

sele

ction a

nd p

rocure

ment.

A

lia

ison b

etw

een fi

rst re

sponders

and

fe

dera

l agencie

s s

o that te

chnolo

gy a

nd

fu

ndin

g n

eeds a

re h

eard

, and p

roducts

and

tr

ain

ing a

re tailo

red to m

eet th

ose n

eeds.

C

om

mitte

d to w

ork

ing w

ith o

ther

str

ate

gic

part

ners

and s

ubje

ct m

atter

expert

s

fo

r colla

bora

tive p

roble

m-s

olv

ing in a

n e

ffort

to incre

ase e

fficie

ncy a

nd e

ffectiveness in

w

hic

h r

esponders

perf

orm

their d

uties.

O

utc

om

e d

riven, ensuring that em

erg

ency

re

sponders

receiv

e the tools

they n

eed a

s

ra

pid

ly a

s p

ossib

le, and that th

e info

rmation

is

easily

accessib

le.

Our

goal is

to incre

ase a

ware

ness o

f availa

ble

technolo

gie

s, fr

ee a

nd

rele

vant tr

ain

ing c

ours

es, and r

esourc

es n

ecessary

to m

ake im

port

ant and

info

rmed d

ecis

ions in e

merg

ency p

repare

dness. A

s w

e e

nte

r our

tenth

year, w

e a

re c

om

mitte

d to o

ffering q

ualit

y a

nd o

bje

ctivity in the s

erv

ices w

e

pro

vid

e, and incre

asin

g o

ur

national re

cognitio

n s

o that w

e m

ay b

etter

serv

e

the e

merg

ency r

esponse c

om

munity.

Just

ice

& S

afet

y C

ente

r

45

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Dea

n’s M

essa

ge

Dr.

Alle

n A

ult

Dea

n -

Colle

ge o

f Justice &

Safe

tyE

aste

rn K

entu

cky U

niv

ers

ity

I co

nsi

der

it a p

rivi

lege to s

erv

e a

s th

e D

ean o

f E

ast

ern

Kentu

cky

Univ

ers

ity’s

Colle

ge o

f Ju

stic

e &

Safe

ty.

Our

Colle

ge is

uniq

uely

posi

tioned to a

ddre

ss today’

s ju

stic

e, sa

fety

and s

ecu

rity

issu

es

thro

ugh the

com

bin

atio

n o

f degre

e p

rogra

ms

offere

d, and s

erv

ice a

nd r

ese

arc

h c

onduct

ed b

y our

facu

lty a

nd s

taff.

A g

reat so

urc

e o

f pride for

our

Colle

ge is

the J

ust

ice &

Safe

ty C

ente

r (J

SC

). F

or

ten y

ears

, th

e J

SC

has

ass

iste

d p

ublic

safe

ty a

nd s

ecu

rity

org

aniz

atio

ns

at th

e lo

cal,

state

and n

atio

nal l

eve

l thro

ugh tra

inin

g a

nd

tech

nic

al a

ssis

tance

, and b

y re

searc

hin

g, te

stin

g, deve

lopin

g a

nd e

valu

atin

g n

ew

pro

duct

s and tech

nolo

gie

s.

In a

dditio

n, th

e J

SC

has form

ed im

port

ant part

ners

hip

s w

ith local, s

tate

, national and inte

rnational

agencie

s to a

ddre

ss s

uch s

ignifi

cant is

sues a

s c

om

munity p

olic

ing, school critical in

cid

ent pla

nnin

g,

info

rmation s

haring, crim

e m

appin

g, hum

an r

ights

and h

om

ela

nd s

ecurity

.

The im

pact

of th

e J

SC

pro

ject

s and p

rogra

ms

is far

reach

ing. F

rom

tra

inin

g r

ura

l law

enfo

rcem

ent agenci

es

to s

upport

ing p

rogra

ms

for

the U

.S. D

epart

ment of H

om

ela

nd S

ecu

rity

Sci

ence

and T

ech

nolo

gy

Direct

ora

te,

their d

edic

atio

n to a

dva

nci

ng a

nd im

pro

ving the fi

eld

s of public

safe

ty a

nd s

ecu

rity

is u

ndenia

ble

.

Although the J

SC

has m

anaged m

illio

ns o

f dolla

rs in g

rant fu

ndin

g, I fe

el th

at th

eir m

ost valu

able

resourc

e is the d

edic

ate

d, in

telli

gent and innovative s

taff. T

hro

ugh their e

ffort

s, th

e J

SC

is r

ecogniz

ed a

s

one o

f th

e leadin

g u

niv

ers

ity-b

ased c

ente

rs focused o

n p

ublic

safe

ty a

nd s

ecurity

not ju

st in

the n

ation,

but aro

und the w

orld.

Thro

ugh its

various p

roje

cts

, pro

gra

ms a

nd p

art

ners

hip

s, th

e J

SC

pla

ys a

critical ro

le in m

akin

g o

ur

com

munitie

s b

etter

equip

ped to h

andle

the c

halle

nges faced b

y those w

ho w

ork

in law

enfo

rcem

ent and

public

safe

ty. I a

m h

onore

d to b

e involv

ed w

ith this

pre

stigio

us o

rganiz

ation a

nd a

m incre

dib

ly p

roud

that th

ey a

re a

part

of our

Colle

ge. I w

ould

lik

e to o

ffer

my c

ongra

tula

tions to the J

SC

for

ten y

ears

of

trem

endous w

ork

, and look forw

ard

to m

any m

ore

im

pre

ssiv

e a

nd e

xcitin

g p

roje

cts

and c

olla

bora

tions

led b

y the J

SC

.

67

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Exec

utiv

e D

irect

or’s

Mes

sage

Dr.

Pam

ela

A. C

ollin

sE

xecu

tive

- Dire

ctor

, Justice &

Safe

ty C

ente

rP

rofe

ssor

- S

afe

ty, S

ecurity

, and E

merg

ency M

anagem

ent

This

year

the J

ustice &

Safe

ty C

ente

r (J

SC

) begin

s its

tenth

year

of serv

ice to the e

merg

ency r

esponse

com

munity.

W

ork

ing w

ith the U

.S. D

epart

ment of Justice a

nd the U

.S. D

epart

ment of H

om

ela

nd

Security

JS

C h

as d

uring the p

ast te

n y

ears

im

ple

mente

d a

num

ber

of fe

dera

lly-f

unded p

roje

cts

and

pro

gra

ms inte

nded to im

pro

ve n

ational pre

vention, pre

pare

dness, re

sponse a

nd r

ecovery

fro

m “

all

hazard

s,”

inclu

din

g terr

orism

. T

his

has b

een a

ccom

plis

hed thro

ugh the p

rovis

ion o

f re

searc

h, tr

ain

ing,

technic

al assis

tance, and technolo

gy testing a

nd e

valu

ation to the p

ublic

safe

ty a

nd s

ecurity

com

munity.

The focus o

n o

ur

researc

h, te

sting a

nd e

valu

ation, tr

ain

ing a

nd info

rmation d

issem

ination h

as b

een to

pro

vid

e p

ractical solu

tions for

com

munitie

s, org

aniz

ations a

nd fi

rst re

sponders

. B

y tra

nsitio

nin

g these

solu

tions to g

overn

ment and industr

y, w

e h

ave b

een a

ble

to p

rovid

e the tools

and s

kill

s n

ecessary

for

com

munitie

s a

nd o

rganiz

ations to e

nhance their o

vera

ll pre

pare

dness fro

m e

xte

rnal th

reats

.

These a

ccom

plis

hm

ents

inclu

de a

wid

e r

ange o

f both

essential and h

ighly

innovative p

roducts

such

as n

ational re

port

s, assessm

ents

, te

sting a

nd e

valu

ation, softw

are

tools

, te

chnolo

gy s

olu

tions, field

opera

tional guid

es, and r

esearc

h r

eport

s. T

he g

oals

of th

e C

ente

r are

in s

tep w

ith those e

sta

blis

hed b

y

the U

.S. D

epart

ment of H

om

ela

nd S

ecurity

.

Our

susta

inabili

ty a

nd s

uccess c

an b

e a

ttribute

d to o

ur

core

com

pete

ncy a

nd o

ur

unders

tandin

g o

f is

sues o

f concern

to s

mall

and r

ura

l em

erg

ency r

esponse p

rovid

ers

as w

ell

as o

ur

work

with the p

rivate

secto

r on s

uch issues a

s s

ecurity

and v

uln

era

bili

ty thre

at assessm

ents

, critical in

frastr

uctu

re p

rote

ction,

national pre

pare

dness a

nd technolo

gy s

olu

tions.

This

report

focuses o

n o

ur

accom

plis

hm

ents

and o

n-g

oin

g initia

tives d

uring fi

scal year

2007 -

2008.

JS

C’s

researc

h, serv

ices a

nd p

roducts

have p

layed, and c

ontinue to s

erv

e, a c

ritical ro

le in the o

vera

ll pre

pare

dness o

f th

e n

ation’s

firs

t re

sponders

to the thre

ats

facin

g their c

om

munitie

s.

As

we r

efle

ct o

n the la

st d

eca

de a

nd h

ow

we a

s a C

ente

r have

evo

lved a

nd e

xpanded d

uring this

tim

e, w

e

look

to the futu

re w

ith a

ntic

ipatio

n to w

hat is

yet to

com

e a

nd h

ow

we c

an c

ontin

ue to p

rom

ote

and r

ely

on

coopera

tion a

nd c

olla

bora

tion w

ithin

the p

ublic

safe

ty a

nd s

ecu

rity

com

munity

. W

e w

elc

om

e p

art

icip

atio

n

by

org

aniz

atio

ns

that sh

are

our

belie

f th

at our

natio

n’s

com

muniti

es,

many

of w

hic

h a

re s

mall

and o

ften in

ru

ral p

art

s of th

e c

ountr

y, r

epre

sent th

e foundatio

n u

pon w

hic

h w

e b

uild

a s

afe

r and b

etter-

pre

pare

d n

atio

n.

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At E

aste

rn K

entu

cky U

niv

ers

ity w

e p

lace the u

tmost

priority

on h

elp

ing s

tudents

succeed in the c

lassro

om

, outs

ide the c

lassro

om

and a

fter

gra

duation.

Easte

rn w

as founded in 1

906 a

s a

school fo

r te

achers

. T

here

were

seven faculty m

em

bers

, and in 1

909 the

firs

t gra

duating c

lass c

onsis

ted o

f 11

stu

dents

. O

ver

the

last centu

ry, E

KU

has g

row

n to a

full-

fledged u

niv

ers

ity

offering 1

68 d

egre

e p

rogra

ms a

nd s

erv

ing m

ore

than

16,0

00 s

tudents

a y

ear

pro

vid

ing a

ll of th

e o

pport

unitie

s

availa

ble

at la

rge s

tate

schools

without lo

sin

g the s

mall-

colle

ge feel.

With a

stu

dent-

faculty r

atio o

f ju

st 17-1

and a

n o

vera

ll fo

cus o

n s

tudent success, E

KU

is a

ble

to o

ffer

its

stu

dents

the p

ers

onal attention they n

eed to s

ucceed.

EK

U c

urr

ently c

onsis

ts o

f five c

olle

ges: A

rts &

Scie

nces,

Busin

ess &

Technolo

gy,

Education, H

ealth S

cie

nces,

and J

ustice &

Safe

ty. P

rofe

ssors

in these fi

ve c

olle

ges

not only

put te

achin

g fi

rst, m

ost hold

the h

ighest

possib

le d

egre

e in their fi

eld

. In

short

, stu

dents

learn

fr

om

respecte

d a

uth

ors

and r

ecogniz

ed e

xpert

s in their

respective fi

eld

s.

The c

am

pus, on 7

25 a

cre

s in R

ichm

ond, K

entu

cky,

has long b

een c

alle

d the “

Cam

pus B

eautifu

l.”

Gra

nd

arc

hitectu

re b

oth

old

and n

ew

min

gle

s w

ith n

atu

ral

beauty

, cre

ating a

n a

tmosphere

where

you’ll

feel at

ease, and m

aybe e

ven inspired.

East

ern

Ken

tuck

y U

nive

rsity

Col

lege

of J

ustic

e &

Saf

ety

The C

olle

ge o

f Justice &

Safe

ty b

egan a

s a

sin

gle

cours

e o

ffering to 4

9 s

tudents

in 1

966. S

ince that tim

e,

it h

as e

volv

ed to inclu

de m

ore

than 1

,600 s

tudents

, 48

full-

tim

e faculty a

nd 4

1 p

art

-tim

e faculty.

T

he C

olle

ge

offers

tw

o s

erv

ice c

ente

rs, fo

ur

associa

te d

egre

es,

seven b

achelo

r’s d

egre

es, th

ree m

aste

r’s d

egre

es a

nd

the d

esig

nation o

f bein

g a

Pro

gra

m o

f D

istinction in the

Com

monw

ealth o

f K

entu

cky a

nd o

ne o

f th

e fore

most

institu

tions o

f le

arn

ing a

nd r

esearc

h in the fi

eld

s o

f ju

stice a

nd s

afe

ty in the n

ation a

nd the w

orld.

Curr

ently,

under

the leaders

hip

of D

r. A

llen A

ult, D

ean

of th

e C

olle

ge o

f Justice &

Safe

ty, th

e C

olle

ge h

as

expanded into

a m

ulti-m

illio

n d

olla

r, m

any-d

iscip

lined

com

ple

x s

erv

ing s

tudents

locally

, nationally

and

inte

rnationally

thro

ugh tra

ditio

nal cam

pus-b

ased a

nd

onlin

e p

rogra

ms.

The thre

e d

epart

ments

housed in the C

olle

ge a

re

Corr

ectional and J

uvenile

Justice S

tudie

s, C

rim

inal

Justice a

nd P

olic

e S

tudie

s, and S

afe

ty, S

ecurity

and

Em

erg

ency M

anagem

ent (S

SE

M).

U

nderg

raduate

degre

e p

rogra

ms

are

offere

d in

Ass

ets

Pro

tect

ion a

nd

Secu

rity

, C

orr

ect

ional a

nd J

uve

nile

Just

ice S

tudie

s,

Crim

inal J

ust

ice, E

merg

ency

Medic

al C

are

, F

ire a

nd

Safe

ty E

ngin

eering T

ech

nolo

gy,

Hom

ela

nd S

ecu

rity

and

Polic

e S

tudie

s. G

raduate

degre

e p

rogra

ms

are

offere

d

in the a

reas

of S

SE

M, C

rim

inal J

ust

ice, and C

orr

ect

ional

and J

uve

nile

Just

ice S

tudie

s. In

additi

on to it

s aca

dem

ic

depart

ments

, th

e C

olle

ge h

ouse

s th

e J

ust

ice &

Safe

ty

Cente

r and the T

rain

ing R

eso

urc

e C

ente

r.

The g

oals

of th

e C

olle

ge o

f Justice &

Safe

ty’s

depart

ments

and c

ente

rs inclu

de e

nrichin

g the liv

es o

f th

e s

tudents

enro

lled in its

pro

gra

ms w

ith inspirin

g a

nd

rele

vant in

str

uction, and a

dvancin

g the s

tudie

s in the

field

s o

f ju

stice a

nd s

afe

ty b

y p

art

icip

ating in r

esearc

h

and s

chola

rship

.

In 1

997, th

e C

om

monw

ealth o

f K

entu

cky initia

ted

the o

pport

unity for

one p

rogra

m fro

m e

ach r

egio

nal

univ

ers

ity to b

e c

hosen a

s a

Pro

gra

m o

f D

istinction

pro

vid

ing m

ore

resourc

es to d

evelo

p g

reate

r national

pro

min

ence. In 1

998, th

e C

olle

ge o

f Justice &

Safe

ty

(then the C

olle

ge o

f Law

Enfo

rcem

ent)

was a

ward

ed

this

desig

nation.

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NIM

S Su

ppor

t Cen

ter

Thro

ugh fundin

g fro

m the F

edera

l Em

erg

ency

Managem

ent A

gency

(F

EM

A),

JS

C h

as

deve

loped a

Sim

ula

ted E

merg

ency

Opera

tions

Cente

r (S

EO

C)

in S

om

ers

et, K

entu

cky.

Modele

d a

fter

natio

nal a

nd

state

-leve

l em

erg

ency

opera

tions

cente

rs (

EO

Cs)

, th

e S

EO

C is

a fully

opera

tional f

aci

lity

with

support

sta

ff in

pla

ce to a

ssis

t F

EM

A a

nd fi

rst

resp

onders

in m

eetin

g their c

urr

ent and p

lanned e

xerc

ise a

nd tra

inin

g

needs.

The faci

lity

pro

vides:

· A

fully

equip

ped a

nd lin

ked infr

astr

uctu

re for

support

ing table

to

p, fu

nctional and full-

scale

exerc

ises, as w

ell

as technic

al

support

for

the u

se o

f m

odelin

g a

nd s

imula

tion tools

.

· A

Sim

ula

tion C

ell

or

White C

ell

capabili

ty to c

ontr

ol exerc

ises

and tra

inin

g e

vents

both

on s

ite a

nd r

em

ote

ly, and to inje

ct

actions a

nd s

cenarios to test pla

ns a

nd p

rocedure

s.

· A

realis

tic tra

inin

g e

nvironm

ent in

support

of re

quired incid

ent

com

mand s

yste

m (

ICS

) cours

es a

nd o

ther

train

ing r

equirem

ents

fo

r fe

dera

l, s

tate

, tr

ibal, local and n

on-g

overn

menta

l

org

aniz

ations.

· A

test

and e

valu

atio

n in

frast

ruct

ure

that pro

vides

independent,

obje

ctiv

e e

valu

atio

ns

of co

mm

erc

ial a

nd g

ove

rnm

enta

l pro

duct

s

th

at su

pport

inci

dent m

anagem

ent.

Just

ice

& S

afet

y C

ente

r Fac

ilitie

s

Hen

ry D

. Str

atto

n B

uild

ing

Thro

ugh the e

ffort

s o

f D

ean A

llen A

ult, th

e J

ustice &

Safe

ty C

ente

r m

oved into

a r

enovate

d 7

,000 s

quare

foot gym

nasiu

m in the

Str

atton B

uild

ing in M

arc

h 2

006. T

he facili

ty c

onta

ins full

access

contr

ol, s

urv

eill

ance c

am

era

s, and c

onsis

ts o

f sta

ff o

ffice s

pace,

reception a

rea, bre

ak/w

ork

room

, an a

dvanced c

onfe

rencin

g

cente

r, a

s w

ell

as a

1,0

00 s

quare

foot public

safe

ty a

nd s

ecurity

te

chnolo

gy labora

tory

. T

he la

bora

tory

serv

es a

s a

pre

para

tion

site b

efo

re technolo

gie

s a

re e

valu

ate

d in the fi

eld

.

JSC

Val

ley

Oak

This

year th

e J

ust

ice &

Safe

ty C

ente

r le

ase

d a

dditi

onal s

pace

at th

e

Valle

y O

ak

Tech

nolo

gy

Com

ple

x, lo

cate

d in

Som

ers

et, K

entu

cky.

T

his

loca

tion s

erv

es

as

a lo

gis

tics

cente

r fo

r all

Rura

l Dom

est

ic

Pre

pare

dness

Conso

rtiu

m (R

DP

C) train

ing d

eliv

ery

, and a

n o

ffice

lo

catio

n fo

r pro

gra

m s

taff

for all

the J

SC

pro

gra

ms.

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Cap

abili

ty S

tate

men

t

Form

ed in 1

998, th

e J

ustice a

nd S

afe

ty C

ente

r (J

SC

) at E

aste

rn K

entu

cky U

niv

ers

ity (

EK

U)

continues to

carr

y o

ut th

e C

olle

ge o

f Justice a

nd S

afe

ty’s

30-y

ear

his

tory

of pro

vid

ing e

ducation, re

searc

h, and s

erv

ice to

the p

ublic

safe

ty a

nd s

ecurity

com

munitie

s thro

ughout

the n

ation a

nd the w

orld. T

o a

chie

ve this

goal, the J

SC

has a

ssem

ble

d a

team

of fa

culty a

nd s

taff p

rofe

ssio

nals

dedic

ate

d to the a

dvancem

ent of th

e p

ublic

safe

ty a

nd

security

field

s.

The team

at JS

C inclu

des leaders

hip

, pro

gra

mm

atic,

technic

al, a

nd a

dm

inis

trative s

taff w

ith e

xte

nsiv

e

experience in the p

ublic

safe

ty a

nd s

ecurity

dis

cip

lines

as w

ell

as the m

ilita

ry. T

he J

SC

als

o c

alls

on the

experience a

nd e

xpert

ise o

f a c

are

fully

sele

cte

d g

roup

of subje

ct m

atter

expert

s w

ho a

re e

ngaged in these

are

as o

n a

day to d

ay b

asis

. Togeth

er, the J

SC

sta

ff

and s

ubje

ct m

atter

expert

s u

tiliz

e their e

xpert

ise a

nd

innovation to a

ssis

t th

e p

ublic

safe

ty a

nd s

ecurity

com

munitie

s in m

eeting c

ritical challe

nges in h

om

ela

nd

defe

nse a

nd d

isaste

r pre

pare

dness.

The J

SC

engages in n

um

ero

us federa

l pro

gra

ms

funded fro

m a

gencie

s s

uch a

s the U

.S. D

epart

ment

of H

om

ela

nd S

ecurity

, U

.S. D

epart

ment of Justice,

Federa

l E

merg

ency M

anagem

ent A

gency,

and the U

.S.

Depart

ment of D

efe

nse. M

ore

over,

the J

SC

has s

triv

ed

to w

ork

colla

bora

tively

with v

arious o

rganiz

ations a

nd

agencie

s to b

uild

upon the s

trength

s o

f each p

art

ner

and a

void

duplic

ative e

ffort

s. S

ince 1

998, th

e J

SC

has m

anaged m

ore

than $

120 m

illio

n d

olla

rs in g

rant

fundin

g fro

m these a

gencie

s.

Sin

ce its

inception, th

e J

SC

has e

sta

blis

hed its

elf

as a

leader

in c

onducting n

ational assessm

ents

and

surv

eys, te

chnolo

gy d

evelo

pm

ent and testing, pilo

t pro

gra

ms, and a

dvanced d

istr

ibute

d learn

ing. F

urt

her,

th

e J

SC

als

o p

rovid

es s

upport

for

such a

ctivitie

s

as m

ulti-ju

risdic

tional exerc

ise o

pport

unitie

s, virtu

al

exerc

ises, and s

imula

tion c

ell

capabili

ties. T

he J

SC

is

als

o a

str

ate

gic

part

ner

in p

rovid

ing a

ssis

tance in

develo

pm

ent of a n

ational syste

m o

f guid

elin

es, to

ols

, pro

tocols

, and s

tandard

s for

Federa

l agencie

s.

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INFO

RMATION

EVALUATION

REPORTS

NEEDS & REQUIREMENTS

CURRICULA/TO

OLS

JSC

Pro

cess

Nee

ds &

Req

uire

men

ts

Res

earc

h &

Dev

elop

men

t

Tech

nolo

gyTe

stin

g &

Eval

uatio

n

Trai

ning

&Te

chni

cal

Ass

ista

nce

The J

ustice &

Safe

ty C

ente

r pro

vid

es tim

ely

and

com

pre

hensiv

e a

cquis

itio

n a

nd a

naly

sis

of th

e p

ublic

safe

ty a

nd s

ecurity

com

munity in the follo

win

g a

reas:

Needs a

nd R

equirem

ents

:

The J

SC

dete

rmin

es the info

rmation, te

chnolo

gy,

and tra

inin

g n

eeds a

nd r

equirem

ents

of th

e fi

rst

responder

com

munity o

n a

direct le

vel, inclu

din

g

technolo

gy g

aps a

nd s

olu

tions. T

he c

olle

ction o

f needs a

nd r

equirem

ents

is a

chie

ved thro

ugh the

utiliz

ation o

f various m

eth

odolo

gie

s s

uch a

s s

urv

ey

researc

h, fo

cus/w

ork

ing g

roups, case s

tudie

s, and

conte

nt analy

sis

. T

his

pra

ctitioner-

driven p

hilo

sophy

ensure

s that all

JS

C s

erv

ices a

nd p

roducts

are

develo

ped w

ith the e

nd u

ser

in m

ind. F

urt

her,

by e

xam

inin

g b

est pra

ctices, conducting n

ational

assessm

ents

and s

urv

eys, and d

evelo

pin

g d

ata

bases

of le

ssons learn

ed, th

e J

SC

adds to the c

urr

ent body

of know

ledge o

n v

arious p

ublic

safe

ty a

nd s

ecurity

is

sues a

nd technolo

gie

s.

Researc

h a

nd D

evelo

pm

ent:

Once n

eeds a

nd r

equirem

ents

are

identified

and v

etted b

y p

ractitioners

, th

e J

SC

utiliz

es the

info

rmation to g

uid

e furt

her

in-d

epth

researc

h to

info

rm the futu

re d

evelo

pm

ent of te

chnolo

gie

s.

Once r

esearc

h is c

om

ple

ted, periodic

and

specia

lized r

eport

s targ

eting s

pecifi

c topic

s a

nd/

or

audie

nces a

re d

evelo

ped a

nd a

re d

istr

ibute

d to

pro

gra

m leaders

, sta

kehold

ers

, and federa

l part

ners

fo

r use in d

ecis

ion-m

akin

g. T

hese r

eport

s a

lso

define functional and o

pera

tional re

quirem

ents

of te

chnolo

gy s

olu

tions that are

develo

ped to

fulfi

ll id

entified fi

rst re

sponder

technolo

gic

al gaps.

The g

oal of pro

duct develo

pm

ent is

to d

evelo

p

pro

toty

pe a

nd fi

nal solu

tion technolo

gie

s that help

firs

t re

sponders

perf

orm

their r

esponsib

ilities m

ore

safe

ly a

nd e

fficie

ntly.

E

xam

ple

s o

f th

e technolo

gie

s

develo

ped b

y the J

SC

inclu

de, but are

not lim

ited to,

pro

cedura

l “a

nyw

here

/anytim

e”

learn

ing tools

, risk

and v

uln

era

bili

ty a

ssessm

ent to

ols

, critical in

cid

ent

pla

nnin

g tools

, in

telli

gent vid

eo a

nd a

dvanced r

ura

l surv

eill

ance s

yste

ms, in

cid

ent re

sourc

e m

anagem

ent

tools

, and u

nm

anned a

erial vehic

les. A

ll te

chnolo

gie

s d

evelo

ped b

y the J

SC

are

subsequently

teste

d a

nd e

valu

ate

d for

their e

fficie

ncy for

the e

nd-

user

during the testing a

nd e

valu

ation p

rocess.

Technolo

gy T

esting a

nd E

valu

ation:

Once s

pecifi

c info

rmation, pro

ducts

and/o

r te

chnolo

gie

s h

ave b

een d

evelo

ped, th

e J

SC

perf

orm

s

obje

ctive testing a

nd e

valu

ation to e

nsure

that th

e

info

rmation, pro

duct and/o

r te

chnolo

gy is functionally

sound a

nd e

ffective. In a

dditio

n to d

efined n

eeds a

nd

requirem

ents

, th

e J

SC

als

o tests

and e

valu

ate

s the

develo

ped info

rmation, pro

duct and/o

r te

chnolo

gy

in term

s o

f fu

nctionalit

y, u

sabili

ty, confo

rmance,

com

patibili

ty/inte

ropera

bili

ty, and u

ser

experience.

The type o

f te

sting a

nd e

valu

ation r

anges fro

m fi

eld

te

sting d

irectly w

ith fi

rst re

sponders

to

independent

labora

tory

testing a

gain

st defined s

tandard

s a

nd

guid

elin

es. A

ll te

sting is p

erf

orm

ed in a

ccord

ance w

ith

the info

rmation identified in the p

revio

us s

tages.

Tra

inin

g a

nd T

echnic

al A

ssis

tance:

The J

SC

develo

ps s

pecifi

c p

rogra

mm

atic p

roducts

to

pro

vid

e the n

ecessary

technic

al assis

tance to the

Nation’s

firs

t re

sponders

. T

rain

ing a

nd technic

al

assis

tance is p

rovid

ed thro

ugh v

arious form

s a

nd

mediu

ms. T

hese inclu

de, but are

not lim

ited to, th

e

public

ation o

f national new

sle

tters

, re

port

s, attendance

at national, r

egio

nal, s

tate

, and local events

, and the

develo

pm

ent and d

istr

ibution o

f uniq

ue tra

inin

g a

nd

job a

ids. B

y m

ain

tain

ing c

ontinuous inte

raction a

nd

com

munic

ation w

ith the fi

rst re

sponder

com

munity

thro

ugh these m

ediu

ms, th

e J

SC

can h

elp

to identify

and d

efine the n

eeds a

nd r

equirem

ents

of th

e fi

rst

responder

com

munity.

F

urt

her, the J

SC

deliv

ers

on-s

ite a

nd o

nlin

e tra

inin

g c

ours

es b

y levera

gin

g

traditio

nal as w

ell

as d

ista

nce learn

ing m

eth

ods

and technolo

gie

s inclu

din

g Instr

ucto

r-Led T

rain

ing

(ILT

), Inte

ractive V

ideo T

ele

-tra

inin

g (

IVT

), V

ideo

Tele

confe

rencin

g (

VT

C),

Ele

ctr

onic

Perf

orm

ance

Support

Syste

ms (

EP

SS

), C

om

pute

r-B

ased T

rain

ing

(CB

T),

and W

eb-B

ased T

rain

ing (

WB

T).

U

sin

g these

meth

ods, tr

ain

ing p

rogra

ms c

an b

e d

eliv

ere

d r

apid

ly

acro

ss a

n e

xpansiv

e g

eogra

phic

are

a a

nd a

t a low

er

cost per

stu

dent.

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JSC

Fin

anci

al R

epor

t

30

,00

0,0

00

35

,00

0,0

00

25

,00

0,0

00

20

,00

0,0

00

15

,00

0,0

00

10

,00

0,0

00

5,0

00

,00

0 0

Tota

ls B

y Fu

nd

ing

Ag

ency

DO

JD

HS

DO

DD

OS

Stat

e/P

riva

te

FY0

4FY

05

FY0

6FY

07

FY0

8

Sin

ce its

inception in 1

998, JS

C h

as r

eceiv

ed m

ore

than

$121 m

illio

n in g

rant fu

ndin

g. In its

firs

t year,

JS

C b

egan

with $

1.2

mill

ion, and h

as r

eceiv

ed o

ver

$20 m

illio

n in

the 2

007-0

8 fi

scal year.

The J

SC

has p

endin

g p

roposals

to

talin

g o

ver

$16.2

mill

ion for

the 2

008-0

9 fi

scal year.

Annual fu

ndin

g s

upport

s the thre

e p

rim

ary

pro

gra

ms a

t th

e J

SC

:

Nat

iona

l Inc

iden

t Man

agem

ent S

yste

m S

uppo

rtC

ente

r (N

IMS

SC):

Coopera

tive A

gre

em

ent w

ith the

Federa

l E

merg

ency M

anagem

ent A

gency (

FE

MA

) In

cid

ent M

anagem

ent S

yste

ms D

ivis

ion –

EK

U J

SC

serv

es a

s the P

rim

e/F

iducia

ry

Rur

al D

omes

tic P

repa

redn

ess

Con

sort

ium

(RD

PC):

Aw

ard

fro

m the U

.S. D

epart

ment of H

om

ela

nd S

ecurity

(D

HS

) F

edera

l E

merg

ency M

anagem

ent A

gency (

FE

MA

) T

rain

ing a

nd E

xerc

ises Inte

gra

tion S

ecre

tariat (T

EI)

EK

U J

SC

serv

es a

s the P

rim

e/F

iducia

ry

DH

S Fi

rst R

espo

nder

Tec

hnol

ogie

s Pr

ogra

m

(R-T

ech)

: EK

U J

SC

is c

urr

ently a

subcontr

acto

r to

G&

H

Inte

rnational S

erv

ices w

ho r

eceiv

es fundin

g fro

m the D

HS

S

cie

nce a

nd T

echnolo

gy D

irecto

rate

for

this

aw

ard

.

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This

year, the J

SC

has a

chie

ved a

num

ber

of m

ilesto

nes that

dem

onstr

ate

a s

ignifi

cant contr

ibution to the fi

rst re

sponder

com

munity.

F

or

ten y

ears

, JS

C’s

mis

sio

n h

as b

een to c

onduct

researc

h a

nd e

valu

ation, te

sting a

nd p

roto

type d

evelo

pm

ent,

and to p

rovid

e tra

inin

g a

nd technic

al assis

tance to fi

rst

responders

. In

keepin

g w

ith o

ur

mis

sio

n to p

rovid

e tra

inin

g

and technic

al assis

tance, E

KU

and the m

em

ber

institu

tions o

f th

e R

ura

l D

om

estic P

repare

dness C

onsort

ium

(R

DP

C)

have

develo

ped s

evera

l pro

gra

ms that w

ill b

e o

ffere

d a

t no c

ost to

em

erg

ency r

esponders

aro

und the n

ation. T

he c

urr

iculu

m

ranges fro

m tra

inin

g o

n e

vent security

pla

nnin

g for

public

safe

ty, to

port

and v

essel security

for

maritim

e o

fficic

al, to

railw

ay incid

ent re

sponse. In r

esponse to r

ecent tr

agic

events

at our

nation’s

schools

, a v

irtu

al tr

ain

ing c

ours

e o

n m

anagin

g

school-based incid

ents

will

be d

eliv

ere

d liv

e v

ia W

ebcast and

facili

tate

d b

y a

panel of expert

s in s

chool crises.

Rese

arc

h a

nd e

valu

atio

n is

pro

vided thro

ugh a

num

ber

of

report

s, in

cludin

g a

needs

ass

ess

ment, a

nd o

nlin

e tools

were

deve

loped that w

ill m

ake

eve

ryth

ing fro

m c

om

paring a

vaila

ble

te

chnolo

gy

to r

egis

tering for

cert

ifica

tion a

nd tra

inin

g o

r obta

inin

g

advi

ce m

uch

easi

er.

We a

chie

ved o

ur

mis

sion in

test

ing a

nd p

roto

type d

eve

lopm

ent,

and a

n o

pera

tional t

est

ing a

nd e

valu

atio

n p

rogra

m b

egan w

ith

the fi

rst pro

duct

to s

ucc

ess

fully

com

ple

te the T

ech

Solu

tions

Pro

gra

m, a D

HS

pro

gra

m s

upport

ed b

y th

e J

SC

. To

ensu

re

timely

and r

ele

vant in

form

atio

n is

ava

ilable

to a

ll fir

st r

esp

onder

dis

ciplin

es,

the p

ublic

atio

n o

f th

e R

-Tech

New

sletter

for

the D

HS

S

cience

and T

ech

nolo

gy

Direct

ora

te (

S&

T)

was

launch

ed in

April.

As

part

of th

e N

IMS

Support

Cente

r P

rogra

m, a “

no-c

ost

” re

sourc

e m

anagem

ent to

ol w

as

deve

loped to a

ssis

t em

erg

ency

m

anagers

and fi

rst re

sponders

to in

vento

ry r

eso

urc

es,

incl

udin

g

FE

MA

typ

ed r

eso

urc

es.

T

he N

IMS

Support

ing T

ech

nolo

gy

Eva

luatio

n P

rogra

m (

NIM

S S

TE

P)

pro

gra

m p

rovi

des

first

re

sponders

with

an o

bje

ctiv

e e

valu

atio

n o

f in

cident m

anagem

ent

pro

duct

s to

ass

ist th

em

in p

urc

hasi

ng d

eci

sions.

F

urt

herm

ore

, JS

C d

eve

loped v

arious

smart

pra

ctic

e d

ocu

ments

and jo

b

aid

s fo

r th

e fi

rst re

sponder

com

munity

, su

ch a

s th

e E

merg

ency

R

esp

onder

Fie

ld O

pera

tions

Guid

e (

ER

FO

G)

and B

asi

c

Guid

ance

for

Public

Info

rmatio

n O

ffice

rs (

PIO

s) a

mong o

thers

.

JSC

has

identifi

ed a

nd e

xam

ined “

best

pra

ctic

es,

” and

conduct

ed n

atio

nal a

ssess

ments

, su

rveys

, and focu

s gro

ups.

In

deve

lopin

g test

beds,

pilo

t pro

gra

ms

and a

dva

nce

d d

istr

ibute

d

learn

ing, th

e J

SC

has

est

ablis

hed it

self

as

a le

ader

in these

are

as.

JS

C h

as

strive

d to w

ork

colla

bora

tively

with

various

org

aniz

atio

ns

and a

genci

es

in o

rder

to b

eco

me a

forc

e m

ulti

plie

r fo

r th

e d

eve

lopm

ent of te

chnolo

gy

tools

.

Our

Con

tribu

tion

to

the

Firs

t Res

pond

erC

omm

unity

2021

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In 2

004, th

e U

.S. D

epart

ment of H

om

ela

nd S

ecurity

(D

HS

) re

leased the N

ational In

cid

ent M

anagem

ent

Syste

m (

NIM

S)

to p

rovid

e a

consis

tent nationw

ide

tem

pla

te to e

nable

govern

ments

and r

esponders

to

work

togeth

er

effectively

and e

fficie

ntly to m

anage

incid

ents

and p

lanned e

vents

.

To s

upport

NIM

S im

ple

menta

tion, D

HS

esta

blis

hed the

NIM

S S

upport

Cente

r (N

IMS

SC

) in

2005 –

a p

rogra

m

that opera

tes u

nder

a C

oopera

tive A

gre

em

ent betw

een

the F

edera

l E

merg

ency M

anagem

ent A

gency (

FE

MA

) and the J

ustice &

Safe

ty C

ente

r (J

SC

). T

he J

SC

pro

vid

es d

irect support

to the Incid

ent M

anagem

ent

Syste

ms Inte

gra

tion (

IMS

I) D

ivis

ion o

f F

EM

A’s

National

Pre

pare

dness D

irecto

rate

(N

PD

).

The J

SC

serv

es

as

FE

MA

’s le

adin

g tech

nic

al a

nd s

yste

m

engin

eerin

g te

am

, supportin

g N

IMS

imple

menta

tion a

nd

solv

ing e

merg

ency

managem

ent a

nd fi

rst re

sponder

com

munity

mis

sion-c

ritic

al p

roble

ms

thro

ugh in

nova

tive

applic

atio

ns

of t

ech

nolo

gy

and d

om

ain

know

ledge.

Work

ing in

colla

bora

tion w

ith s

trate

gic

partners

, JS

C

imp

lem

en

ts t

asks f

ocu

se

d o

n a

ch

ievin

g t

he

fo

llow

ing

pro

gra

m g

oa

ls:

to d

eve

lop

ne

w r

esp

on

de

r to

ols

, e

nh

an

ce

te

ch

no

log

y in

teg

ratio

n a

nd

in

tero

pe

rab

ility

, a

nd

pro

vid

e t

ech

nic

al a

ssis

tan

ce

an

d s

up

po

rt t

o t

he

incid

en

t m

an

ag

em

en

t a

nd

re

sp

on

se

co

mm

un

ity.

Nat

iona

l Inc

iden

t Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

Supp

ort C

ente

r

Prod

ucts

and

Ser

vice

s

Th

e N

IMS

SC

pro

vid

es p

rod

ucts

an

d s

erv

ice

s in

th

e

follo

win

g a

rea

s:

Syst

ems

Dev

elop

men

t:

• N

IMS

IR

IS -

In

cid

en

t R

eso

urc

e I

nve

nto

ry S

yste

m•

NIM

S I

mp

lem

en

tatio

n A

na

lysis

an

d N

IMS

CA

ST

• E

SS

- E

xe

rcis

e S

imu

latio

n S

yste

m

Stan

dard

s, T

est a

nd E

valu

atio

n:•

NIM

S S

tan

da

rds

• N

IMS

ST

EP

- N

IMS

Su

pp

ort

ing

Te

ch

no

log

y

Eva

lua

tio

n P

rog

ram

Tech

nica

l Ass

ista

nce

and

Inci

dent

Man

agem

ent

Supp

ort:

• F

acili

ty a

nd

Exce

rcis

e S

up

po

rt•

NIM

S G

uid

es a

nd

Jo

b A

ids

• N

IMS

Sm

art

Pra

ctice

s a

nd

Vid

eo

Pro

du

cts

Prog

ram

s

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NIM

S Su

ppor

t Cen

ter -

Eng

agem

ent,

Stan

dard

s and

Gap

Ana

lysi

s

The N

IMS

Support

Cente

r (N

IMS

SC

) re

lies o

n v

arious

meth

ods to identify

needs a

nd to e

ngage e

merg

ency

managem

ent and r

esponse s

takehold

ers

regard

ing

pro

gra

m a

ctivitie

s. T

he thre

e p

rim

ary

meth

ods o

f engagin

g r

esponders

is thro

ugh the N

IMS

Inbox,

pra

ctitioner

work

ing g

roups, and c

oord

ination w

ith

federa

l part

ners

and s

tate

coord

inato

rs.

NIM

S Inbox -

The Inbox A

naly

st pro

vid

es a

ssis

tance

• to

sta

kehold

ers

regard

ing N

IMS

im

ple

menta

tion. In

the c

ours

e o

f answ

ering q

uestions a

nd c

oord

inating

responses a

mong the a

ppro

priate

FE

MA

pers

onnel,

the A

naly

st id

entifies g

aps a

nd n

eeds that exis

t in

the fi

eld

regard

ing N

IMS

im

ple

menta

tion. T

he

NIM

S Inbox is a

lso a

meth

od for

identify

ing lessons

learn

ed a

nd s

mart

pra

ctices.

Pra

ctitioner

Work

ing G

roups -

Pra

ctitioner

work

ing

• gro

ups a

re g

enera

lly e

sta

blis

hed for

each task a

rea

to e

nsure

that serv

ices a

nd p

roducts

are

develo

ped

appro

priate

ly a

nd w

ith the e

nd u

ser

in m

ind.

Federa

l P

art

ners

and S

tate

Coord

inato

rs -

The

• N

IMS

Support

Cente

r le

vera

ges o

ngoin

g

com

munic

ations a

nd m

eetings w

ith F

EM

A r

egio

n

and s

tate

NIM

S c

oord

inato

rs to identify

issues a

nd

concern

s, and to info

rm them

about new

pro

ducts

and s

erv

ices. T

he s

tate

NIM

S c

oord

inato

rs s

erv

e

as lia

isons w

ith v

arious tribal, local, a

nd p

rivate

secto

r sta

kehold

ers

within

their r

espective s

tate

s.

The N

IMS

Support

Cente

r als

o w

ork

s c

losely

with

oth

er

federa

l part

ners

that have e

xpert

ise a

nd

com

mon m

issio

ns o

r purp

oses to e

nsure

activitie

s

are

coord

inate

d a

nd to levera

ge e

xis

ting o

utr

each

mechanis

ms.

Once N

IMS

sta

ndard

s a

nd m

etr

ics a

re e

sta

blis

hed

for

each fi

scal year, the N

IMS

Support

Cente

r re

lies

on the N

IMS

Com

plia

nce A

ssis

tance S

upport

Tool

(NIM

SC

AS

T)

and d

ata

subm

itte

d b

y a

ll of th

e s

tate

s to

dete

rmin

e w

hat gaps e

xis

t.

Standards

A fu

ndam

enta

l res

pon

sib

ility

of t

he In

cid

ent M

anag

emen

t Sy

stem

s In

teg

rati

on (I

MSI

) Div

isio

n is

to id

enti

fy s

tand

ard

s th

at w

ill h

elp

em

erg

ency

man

ager

s an

d re

spon

der

s or

gan

ize

effe

ctiv

e re

spon

ses

to in

cid

ents

and

pla

nned

eve

nts.

In s

up

po

rt o

f th

at m

and

ate,

IMSI

mai

nta

ins

a Re

com

men

ded

Sta

nd

ard

s Li

st (R

SL) t

hat

des

crib

es

volu

nta

ry c

on

sen

sus

stan

dar

ds

that

su

pp

ort

th

e im

ple

men

tati

on

of t

he

Nat

ion

al In

cid

ent

Man

agem

ent

Syst

em (N

IMS)

. Sta

nd

ard

s ar

e p

lace

d o

n t

he

RSL

on

ly a

fter

a

tho

rou

gh

eva

luat

ion

ag

ain

st N

IMS

crit

eria

an

d re

view

by

pra

ctit

ion

ers

wh

o e

xam

ine

ho

w t

he

ado

pti

on

of s

tan

dar

ds

wo

uld

ben

efit

NIM

S im

ple

men

tati

on

.

IMSI

als

o m

onit

ors

stan

dar

ds

dev

elop

men

t eff

orts

an

d

pro

vid

es a

ssis

tan

ce to

pra

ctit

ion

ers

thro

ugh

the

doc

umen

tati

on o

f cas

e st

udie

s an

d s

mar

t pra

ctic

es. T

hes

e ac

tivi

ties

resu

lt in

two

per

iod

ical

s, N

IMS

Stan

dard

s Q

uart

erly

Br

ief a

nd

NIM

S St

anda

rds

Case

Stu

dy, w

hic

h a

re a

vaila

ble

for

dow

nlo

ad o

n F

EMA

’s N

IMS

web

site

. In

200

8, s

mar

t pra

ctic

es

wer

e d

ocum

ente

d in

the

follo

win

g lo

cati

ons:

E

mer

gen

cy D

isp

atch

to E

nh

ance

Reg

ion

al R

esp

on

se

E

mer

gen

cy a

nd

Tra

ffic

Man

agem

ent

Org

aniz

atio

ns

S

tan

dar

ds

to Im

pro

ve In

tero

per

abili

ty

For m

ore

info

rmat

ion

ab

ou

t th

e RS

L an

d a

dd

itio

nal

g

uid

ance

mat

eria

ls, v

isit

FEM

A’s

web

site

at:

ww

w.f

ema.

go

v/em

erg

ency

/nim

s/st

and

ard

s.sh

tm.

NIM

S R

eco

mm

end

ed S

tan

dar

ds

List

Pre

par

edn

ess

and

Inci

den

t M

anag

emen

t

The

follo

win

g t

wo

sta

nd

ard

s su

pp

ort

th

e p

rep

ared

nes

s an

din

cid

ent

man

agem

ent

com

po

nen

ts o

f NIM

S:

Co

mm

un

icat

ion

s an

d In

form

atio

n M

anag

emen

t

To d

ate,

IMSI

eva

luat

ed te

chn

ical

sta

nd

ard

s th

at h

elp

est

ablis

h

inte

rfac

es a

mo

ng

dis

par

ate

com

mu

nic

atio

ns

and

dat

a m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

s, in

clu

din

g:

Em

erg

ency

Ser

vice

s

NIM

SNIM

S d

Oct

ob

er 2

008

Nat

iona

l Pre

pare

dnes

s Dire

ctor

ate

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NIM

S In

cide

nt R

esou

rce

Inve

ntor

y S

yste

m (I

RIS

)IR

ISTh

e In

cid

ent

Man

agem

ent

Syst

ems

Inte

gra

tio

n (

IMSI

) D

ivis

ion

has

dev

elo

ped

an

d p

ost

ed o

n t

he

FEM

A w

ebsi

te a

“no

co

st” r

eso

urc

e in

ven

tory

to

ol –

th

e N

atio

nal

Inci

den

t M

anag

emen

t Sy

stem

-In

cid

ent

Res

ou

rce

Inve

nto

ry

Syst

em (

NIM

S IR

IS).

NIM

S IR

IS a

llow

s em

erg

ency

man

agem

ent/

resp

on

se

off

icia

ls t

o e

nte

r ty

ped

res

ou

rces

into

a

com

mo

n d

atab

ase,

an

d t

o s

earc

h

for/

iden

tify

sp

ecif

ic r

eso

urc

es fo

r in

cid

ent

op

erat

ion

s an

d m

utu

al a

id p

urp

ose

s.

NIM

S IR

IS fe

atu

res

the

cap

abili

ty fo

r u

sers

to

in

ven

tory

res

ou

rces

, an

d s

har

e re

sou

rce

info

rmat

ion

wit

h o

ther

ag

enci

es a

nd

d

epar

tmen

ts a

nd

nei

gh

bo

rin

g ju

risd

icti

on

s.

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ou

rces

may

be

iden

tifi

ed b

ased

up

on

m

issi

on

req

uir

emen

ts, t

he

cap

abili

ty o

f re

sou

rces

, an

d d

esir

ed r

esp

on

se t

imes

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rth

erm

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, use

rs a

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ble

to

def

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no

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ou

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usi

ng

NIM

S IR

IS.

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re v

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on

s w

ill p

rovi

de

add

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nal

fu

nct

ion

alit

y re

qu

este

d b

y th

e fi

eld

, wh

ich

m

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clu

de

the

add

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n o

f dat

a fi

eld

s fo

r cr

eden

tial

ed p

erso

nn

el, a

Geo

gra

ph

ic

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rmat

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tem

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wer

, an

en

terp

rise

ed

itio

n, a

nd

th

e ca

pab

ility

to

re

qu

est,

mo

bili

ze a

nd

tra

ck r

eso

urc

es.

NIM

S IR

IS 2

.1 is

th

e la

test

ver

sio

n o

f th

e to

ol a

nd

is

po

sted

at

htt

p:/

/ww

w.f

ema.

go

v/em

erg

ency

/ n

ims/

rm/i

ris.

shtm

for

free

do

wn

load

. Th

is v

ersi

on

al

low

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to

bac

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p t

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r N

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a an

d

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d s

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ult

iple

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sim

ult

aneo

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pro

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n in

teg

rate

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elp

fun

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n w

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ti

ps

for

ente

rin

g d

ata,

as

wel

l as

gen

eral

usa

bili

ty

imp

rove

men

ts.

The

web

site

ab

ove

pro

vid

es

info

rmat

ion

an

d d

ow

nlo

ads

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up

gra

din

g a

sy

stem

wit

h a

n o

lder

ver

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n o

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S IR

IS.

Feed

bac

k an

d t

ech

nic

al s

up

po

rt r

equ

ests

can

be

mad

e to

: IR

IS@

NIM

SS

C.N

ET.

NIM

S IR

IS:

Ass

ists

co

mm

un

itie

s in

inve

nto

ryin

g a

nd

t

ypin

g re

sou

rces

in a

cco

rdan

ce w

ith

NIM

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p

roto

cols

an

d p

rovi

des

qu

ick

acce

ss to

re

sou

rces

to s

up

po

rt e

mer

gen

cy re

spo

nse

o

per

atio

ns.

man

agem

ent

too

l is

avai

lab

le to

su

pp

ort

re

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op

erat

ion

s.

mo

bili

ze a

nd

dis

pat

ch a

typ

ed re

sou

rce.

NIM

S

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Imem

ent

tion

nys

is

nd N

IMS

S

Key

resp

on

sib

iliti

es o

f th

e In

cid

ent

Man

agem

ent

Syst

ems

Inte

gra

tio

n (I

MSI

) D

ivis

ion

are

to m

on

ito

r NIM

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ple

men

tati

on

n

atio

nw

ide

and

pro

vid

e te

chn

ical

ass

ista

nce

w

her

e ap

pro

pri

ate.

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th

is e

nd,

IMSI

co

nd

uct

s an

alys

is o

f NIM

S-re

late

d d

ata

and

rep

ort

s o

n

pro

gre

ss e

ach

fisc

al y

ear.

IMSI

relie

s on

var

ious

dat

a se

ts w

hen

dete

rmin

ing

the

stat

us o

f NIM

S im

ple

men

tatio

n. M

ost n

otab

ly,

the

NIM

S C

omp

lianc

e A

ssis

tanc

e Su

pp

ort T

ool

(NIM

SCA

ST) i

s us

ed b

y a

maj

ority

of s

tate

s an

d te

rrito

ries

to re

por

t on

NIM

S im

ple

men

tatio

n.

The

resu

lts

are

com

pile

d in

to a

tw

o-v

olu

me

rep

ort

eac

h y

ear.

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exec

uti

ve s

um

mar

y co

nta

ins

an o

verv

iew

of t

he

ob

ject

ive

and

sc

op

e o

f th

e an

alys

is, t

he

met

ho

do

log

y an

d

limit

atio

ns

of t

he

dat

a, a

nd

th

e re

sult

s fr

om

n

atio

nal

an

d re

gio

nal

per

spec

tive

s. Fi

nd

ing

s fo

r in

div

idu

al s

tate

s an

d te

rrit

ori

es a

re

pre

sen

ted

in t

he

seco

nd

vo

lum

e.

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alys

ts a

lso

co

nd

uct

lon

git

ud

inal

an

alys

is o

f N

IMS

imp

lem

enta

tio

n a

cro

ss fi

scal

yea

rs to

id

enti

fy t

ren

ds

and

det

erm

ine

the

leve

l of

pro

gre

ss a

nd

imp

rove

men

t ov

er t

ime.

Th

e an

nu

al re

po

rt c

on

tain

s re

sult

s o

f th

e lo

ng

itu

din

al a

nal

ysis

.

NIM

S C

om

plia

nce

Ass

ista

nce

Su

pp

ort

To

ol (

NIM

SCA

ST)

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SCA

ST is

a s

elf-

asse

ssm

ent

inst

rum

ent

that

allo

ws

gov

ern

men

tal,

no

n-g

over

nm

enta

l an

d p

riva

te s

ecto

r o

rgan

izat

ion

s to

rep

ort

th

eir p

rog

ress

on

NIM

S im

ple

men

tati

on

. Sp

ecifi

cally

, NIM

SCA

ST:

no

t re

qu

ire

the

pu

rch

ase

or i

nst

alla

tio

n o

f so

ftw

are.

corr

ecti

ve a

ctio

n o

n g

aps

and

are

as fo

r im

pro

vem

ent.

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rly

all o

f th

e st

ates

an

d te

rrit

ori

es u

sed

NIM

SCA

ST in

200

8 fo

r sel

f-as

sess

men

t p

urp

ose

s. Lo

cal j

uri

sdic

tio

ns

and

ag

enci

es

than

18,

000

reg

iste

red

use

rs in

200

8.

NIM

SCA

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ontin

ues

to a

dva

nce

thro

ugh

the

dev

elop

men

t of

user

-sp

ecifi

c co

nten

t and

func

tiona

lity.

For m

ore

info

rmat

ion,

vi

sit:

htt

p:/

/ww

w.f

ema.

gov

/nim

scas

t.

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S S

uppo

rtin

gTe

chno

logy

Eva

luat

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Pro

gram

(STE

P)

SI

S

The

Inci

den

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agem

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yste

ms

Inte

gra

tion

(IM

SI) d

ivis

ion

h

as d

evel

oped

a p

rog

ram

to a

ssis

t th

e em

erg

ency

m

anag

emen

t/re

spon

se c

omm

unit

y id

enti

fy p

rod

ucts

that

co

mp

ly w

ith

Nat

ion

al In

cid

ent M

anag

emen

t Sys

tem

(NIM

S)

stan

dar

ds

and

are

con

sist

ent w

ith

NIM

S co

nce

pts

an

d p

rin

cip

les.

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m, c

alle

d th

e N

IMS

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por

tin

gTe

chn

olog

y Ev

alua

tion

Pro

gra

m (N

IMS

STEP

), p

rovi

des

in

dep

end

ent,

thir

d p

arty

eva

luat

ion

of s

upp

orti

ng

tech

nol

ogie

s.

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uat

ion

act

ivit

ies

are

des

ign

ed to

hel

p e

xpan

d te

chn

olo

gy

solu

tio

ns,

and

pro

vid

e th

e em

erg

ency

man

agem

ent/

resp

on

se

com

mu

nit

y w

ith

an

ob

ject

ive

pro

cess

to a

ssis

t in

th

ep

urc

has

ing

of i

nci

den

t m

anag

emen

t p

rod

uct

s. T

he

pro

gra

m

has

th

ree

pri

mar

y o

bje

ctiv

es in

Fis

cal Y

ear 2

009:

c

on

cep

ts a

nd

pri

nci

ple

s.

t

he

Ad

van

cem

ent

of S

tru

ctu

red

Info

rmat

ion

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nd

ard

s

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ata

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ang

e La

ng

uag

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tio

n E

lem

ent

(ED

XL-

DE)

or E

DX

L-D

E) w

ill b

e g

iven

pri

ori

ty.

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ord

ing

to N

IMS,

sys

tem

s o

per

atin

g in

an

inci

den

t man

agem

ent e

nvir

on

men

t mu

st b

e ab

le to

wo

rk to

get

her

an

d n

ot i

nte

rfer

e w

ith

on

e an

oth

er.

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rop

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ility

an

d c

om

pat

ibili

ty a

re a

chie

ved

thro

ug

h th

e u

se

of t

oo

ls s

uch

as

com

mo

n c

om

mu

nic

atio

ns

and

dat

a st

and

ard

s.

man

agem

ent/

resp

on

se a

sses

s p

rod

uct

s in

a re

alis

tic

envi

ron

men

t an

d p

rovi

de

feed

bac

k b

ased

on

gu

idel

ines

as

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dit

ion

ally

, NIM

S ST

EP a

sses

smen

ts p

rovi

de

ven

do

rs w

ith

an

in

dep

end

ent

pro

cess

for i

den

tify

ing

gap

s an

d m

akin

g

imp

rove

men

ts to

th

eir p

rod

uct

s.

NIM

S ST

EP e

valu

atio

n a

ctiv

itie

s ar

e co

nd

uct

ed a

t th

e N

IMS

is e

qu

ipp

ed to

eva

luat

e p

rod

uct

s th

at s

up

po

rt e

mer

gen

cy

man

ager

s/re

spo

nd

ers

in d

ecis

ion

-mak

ing

pri

or t

o a

nd

du

rin

g

an in

cid

ent,

such

as

aler

t an

d w

arn

ing,

co

mm

and

an

d c

on

tro

l, an

d re

sou

rce

man

agem

ent

app

licat

ion

s.

For m

ore

info

rmat

ion

an

d to

ap

ply

for a

n e

valu

atio

n, p

leas

e vi

sit:

ww

w.n

imss

tep

.org

Resu

lts

fro

m e

ach

eva

luat

ion

may

be

acce

ssed

on

th

e fo

llow

ing

web

site

s:h

ttp

s://

ww

w.rk

b.u

s/

htt

ps:

//sa

ver.f

ema.

gov

The

follo

win

g N

IMS

Cri

teri

a ar

e ap

plie

dd

uri

ng

eac

h e

valu

atio

n:

E

mer

gen

cy S

up

po

rt

Sc

alab

ility

Re

sou

rce

Man

agem

ent

imp

lem

enta

tio

n c

rite

ria,

incl

ud

ing

th

e ti

me

and

tr

ain

ing

imp

acts

on

go

vern

men

tal e

nti

ties

.

Nat

iona

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pare

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s Dire

ctor

ate

Eer

cie

Sim

ulat

ion

Sy

tem

SS

The

NIM

S Su

pp

ort

Cen

ter

(NIM

S SC

) co

ntr

ibu

tes

trai

nin

g t

oo

ls t

o F

EMA

's E

mer

gen

cy M

anag

emen

t In

stit

ute

(EM

I) a

nd

oth

er t

rain

ing

pro

gra

ms

acro

ss t

he

nat

ion

to

ad

d r

ealis

m a

nd

to

st

ren

gth

en t

he

trai

nin

g e

xper

ien

ce.

Am

on

g

tho

se t

oo

ls is

th

e Ex

erci

se S

imu

lati

on

Sys

tem

(E

SS)

– a

web

-bas

ed s

yste

m t

hat

des

crib

es a

n

oti

on

al s

tate

an

d c

ity

to s

up

po

rt e

xerc

ises

an

d

trai

nin

g e

ven

ts.

The

ESS

pro

vid

es e

xerc

ise

dev

elo

per

s, c

on

tro

llers

an

d p

laye

rs w

ith

a c

on

solid

atio

n o

f co

mm

un

ity

info

rmat

ion

th

at w

ou

ld b

e av

aila

ble

th

rou

gh

va

rio

us

real

wo

rld

so

urc

es.

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mp

on

ents

of

the

syst

em in

clu

de

emer

gen

cy r

esp

on

se p

lan

s,

infr

astr

uct

ure

, res

ou

rce

lists

an

d m

aps.

The

com

mu

nit

y in

form

atio

n is

pre

sen

ted

in m

ult

iple

form

ats,

such

as

text

, tab

les,

org

aniz

atio

nal

ch

arts

, an

d s

tati

c an

d in

tera

ctiv

e G

eog

rap

hic

al

Info

rmat

ion

Sys

tem

-bas

ed m

aps

gen

erat

ed b

y A

rcG

IS a

nd

Arc

Info

so

ftw

are.

Th

e ES

S p

rovi

des

u

sers

wit

h li

nks

to s

up

po

rtin

g c

on

ten

t an

d

geo

gra

ph

ical

dat

a.

Dev

elo

pm

ent

is u

nd

er w

ay to

exp

and

th

e ca

pab

iliti

es o

f th

e ES

S, to

incl

ud

e en

han

ced

re

sou

rce

man

agem

ent.

The

ESS

was

dev

elo

ped

in p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith

EM

I. Th

e ES

S is

ava

ilab

le fo

r gen

eral

use

by

the

emer

gen

cy m

anag

emen

t/re

spo

nse

co

mm

un

ity

to

sup

po

rt e

xerc

ises

an

d t

rain

ing

eve

nts

. Ple

ase

con

tact

th

e N

IMS

SC fo

r acc

ess

to t

he

syst

em a

t: FE

MA

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an

o

i

The

Inci

den

t M

anag

emen

t Sy

stem

s In

teg

rati

on

(IM

SI) D

ivis

ion

faci

litat

es t

he

dev

elo

pm

ent

of

vari

ou

s g

uid

ance

do

cum

ents

an

d jo

b a

ids

to

assi

st e

mer

gen

cy m

anag

ers

and

resp

on

der

s im

ple

men

t th

e N

atio

nal

Inci

den

t M

anag

emen

t Sy

stem

(NIM

S). I

n 2

007

and

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8, t

he

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pp

ort

Cen

ter c

onv

ened

pra

ctit

ion

er g

rou

ps

and

pro

vid

ed s

up

po

rt to

IMSI

in t

he

dev

elo

pm

ent

of t

he

follo

win

g d

ocu

men

ts.

NIM

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asic

Gu

idan

ce fo

r P

ub

lic In

form

atio

n

Off

icer

s (P

IOs)

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co

ord

inat

ed w

ith

fed

eral

, sta

te,

trib

al a

nd

loca

l pu

blic

info

rmat

ion

pro

fess

ion

als

to d

evel

op

FEM

A 5

17–N

IMS

Bas

ic G

uid

ance

for

Pub

lic In

form

atio

n O

ffic

ers

(PIO

s). T

he

do

cum

ent

pro

vid

es fu

nd

amen

tal g

uid

ance

for a

ny

per

son

o

r gro

up

del

egat

ed P

IO re

spo

nsi

bili

ties

du

rin

g

an in

cid

ent

or p

lan

ned

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nt

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en in

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ing

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ry. I

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acti

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r PIO

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ng

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e p

rep

ared

nes

s, d

isas

ter/

emer

gen

cy re

spo

nse

an

d re

cove

ry

stag

es o

f in

cid

ent

man

agem

ent.

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er

imp

ort

ant

top

ics

for P

IOs

add

ress

ed in

th

e d

ocu

men

t ar

e:

emer

gen

cy a

nd

pre

par

edn

ess

info

rmat

ion

to

th

e p

ub

lic, s

uch

as

web

sit

es a

nd

blo

gs.

org

aniz

atio

ns

at v

ario

us

stag

es o

f an

es

cala

tin

g in

cid

ent.

cou

rses

for P

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cces

s an

d d

ow

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ad t

he

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asic

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uid

ance

for P

ub

lic In

form

atio

n O

ffic

ers

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s)

do

cum

ent

on

line,

vis

it: h

ttp

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a.g

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ort

s

Mo

del

ed a

fter

bes

t p

ract

ices

fro

m t

he

field

, th

e

des

ign

ed to

ass

ist

emer

gen

cy re

spo

nse

per

son

nel

in

th

e u

se o

f th

e u

se o

f th

e In

cid

ent

Co

mm

and

Sy

stem

(IC

S) d

uri

ng

inci

den

t o

per

atio

ns.

The

do

cum

ent

pro

vid

es in

form

atio

n a

pp

licab

le to

all

dis

cip

lines

wh

en im

ple

men

tin

g IC

S, in

clu

din

g

spec

ific

job

des

crip

tio

ns,

chec

klis

ts a

nd

o

rgan

izat

ion

al c

har

ts t

hat

hav

e p

rove

n v

alu

able

in

pas

t re

spo

nse

op

erat

ion

s. Th

is d

ocu

men

t fo

llow

s th

e g

uid

elin

es s

et o

ut

by

NIM

S fo

r th

e u

se o

f pla

in

A c

om

pan

ion

do

cum

ent

to t

he

Gu

ide

is t

he

ICS

Form

s B

oo

klet

. Th

is b

oo

klet

is d

esig

ned

to a

ssis

t em

erg

ency

resp

on

se p

erso

nn

el in

th

e u

se o

f IC

S an

d c

orr

esp

on

din

g d

ocu

men

tati

on

du

rin

g in

cid

ent

op

erat

ion

s. Th

e IC

S fo

rms

in t

he

bo

okl

et a

re

inte

nd

ed fo

r use

as

too

ls fo

r th

e cr

eati

on

of

Inci

den

t A

ctio

n P

lan

s, an

d fo

r su

pp

ort

an

d

do

cum

enta

tio

n o

f IC

S ac

tivi

ties

. On

ce t

hes

e d

ocu

men

ts a

re re

leas

ed, I

MSI

will

sen

d a

no

tice

to

the

field

wit

h in

stru

ctio

ns

for o

bta

inin

g c

op

ies.

IS

Oct

ob

er 2

008

Nat

iona

l Pre

pare

dnes

s Dire

ctor

ate

Sm

art P

ract

ice

an

i

eo P

rouc

t

The

Nat

ion

al In

cid

ent

Man

agem

ent

Syst

em

(NIM

S) d

ocu

men

t –

FEM

A 5

01 –

cal

ls fo

r th

e d

evel

op

men

t o

f “a

rep

osi

tory

for

rep

ort

s an

d

less

on

s le

arn

ed f

rom

act

ual

inci

den

ts,

trai

nin

g, a

nd

exe

rcis

es, a

s w

ell a

s fo

r b

est

pra

ctic

es, m

od

el s

tru

ctu

res,

an

d p

roce

sses

for

NIM

S−re

late

d f

un

ctio

ns.

” To

th

is e

nd

, th

e In

cid

ent

Man

agem

ent

Syst

ems

Inte

gra

tio

n

(IM

SI)

Div

isio

n is

wo

rkin

g t

o id

enti

fy a

nd

fa

cilit

ate

the

exch

ang

e o

f sm

art

pra

ctic

es

acro

ss a

ll fo

ur

com

po

nen

ts o

f N

IMS.

On

ce s

mar

t p

ract

ices

an

d le

sso

ns

lear

ned

are

id

enti

fied

by

IMSI

, pro

gra

m s

taff

fro

m t

he

NIM

S Su

pp

ort

Cen

ter

will

co

nta

ct t

he

resp

ecti

ve o

rgan

izat

ion

to

dis

cuss

th

e p

oss

ibili

ty o

f a

case

stu

dy

and

/or

vid

eo. F

or

smar

t p

ract

ice

vid

eos,

pro

gra

m s

taff

will

co

ord

inat

e w

ith

th

e o

rgan

izat

ion

to

arr

ang

e fo

r n

eces

sary

inte

rvie

ws

and

ven

ues

for

vid

eo p

rod

uct

ion

. On

ce c

om

ple

te, e

ach

sm

art

pra

ctic

e vi

deo

will

be

thre

e to

fiv

e m

inu

tes

in

len

gth

an

d p

ost

ed t

o t

he

NIM

S w

ebsi

te.

Ple

ase

sub

mit

all

reco

mm

end

ed p

ract

ices

an

d le

sso

ns

lear

ned

to

th

e N

IMS

Inb

ox

(see

em

ail a

dd

ress

bel

ow

).

In a

dd

itio

n t

o s

mar

t p

ract

ices

an

d le

sso

ns

lear

ned

, IM

SI is

usi

ng

web

-bas

ed v

ideo

p

rod

uct

s to

del

iver

tra

inin

g. I

n 2

008,

IMSI

re

leas

ed a

new

DV

D t

rain

ing

co

urs

e o

n

the

NIM

S In

cid

ent

Co

mm

and

Sys

tem

(IC

S) fo

r m

ult

i-d

isci

plin

e em

erg

ency

res

po

nd

ers.

Th

e co

urs

e –

NIM

S IC

S Si

mu

lati

on

Exe

rcis

e Pr

og

ram

fo

r M

ult

i-D

isci

plin

e Em

erg

ency

Res

po

nd

ers

– p

rovi

des

an

op

po

rtu

nit

y fo

r fi

rst

resp

on

der

s to

p

ract

ice

wh

at t

hey

hav

e le

arn

ed in

NIM

S IC

S tr

ain

ing

th

rou

gh

th

e u

se o

f va

rio

us

scen

ario

s. It

is

also

des

ign

ed a

s a

trai

n-t

he-

trai

ner

co

urs

e fo

r N

IMS

ICS

inst

ruct

ors

.

Dev

elo

ped

by

the

Mar

ylan

d F

ire

and

Res

cue

Inst

itu

te a

t th

e U

niv

ersi

ty o

f M

aryl

and

, th

e co

urs

e h

as b

een

ava

ilab

le t

o r

esp

on

der

s in

a c

lass

roo

m

sett

ing

on

ly. R

ealiz

ing

th

at t

ime

and

per

son

nel

co

nst

rain

ts w

ere

limit

ing

acc

ess

to t

he

cou

rse,

IM

SI h

as n

ow

pro

du

ced

th

e co

urs

e o

n D

VD

for

bro

ad d

istr

ibu

tio

n. A

web

-bas

ed v

ersi

on

of

the

cou

rse

will

als

o b

e av

aila

ble

so

on

.

The

cou

rse

DV

Ds

are

avai

lab

le b

y re

qu

est

thro

ug

h

the

NIM

S In

bo

x, F

EM

A-N

IMS

@d

hs.

go

v.

IS

Ima

ge

Ima

ge

Ima

ge

Oct

ob

er 2

008

Nat

iona

l Pre

pare

dnes

s Dire

ctor

ate

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ciity

nd

er

cise

Su

ort

STh

e In

cid

ent

Man

agem

ent

Syst

ems

Inte

gra

tio

n (I

MSI

) Div

isio

n h

as e

stab

lish

ed t

he

NIM

S Su

pp

ort

Cen

ter

(NIM

S SC

) in

So

mer

set,

Ken

tuck

y, t

o h

elp

ad

dre

ss t

he

exer

cise

, tes

t an

d

eval

uat

ion

req

uir

emen

ts o

f th

e em

erg

ency

re

spo

nse

co

mm

un

ity.

The

NIM

S SC

faci

lity

incl

ud

es a

Sim

ula

ted

Em

erg

ency

Op

erat

ion

s C

ente

r (SE

OC

), Si

mu

lati

on

Cel

l (SI

MC

ELL)

, an

d s

enio

r exe

cuti

ve

or p

olic

y d

ecis

ion

roo

m.

The

SEO

C is

a s

tate

-of-

the-

art

faci

lity

cap

able

of

pro

vid

ing

exe

rcis

e an

d re

al-w

orl

d s

up

po

rt to

lo

cal,

stat

e, re

gio

nal

an

d fe

der

al e

nti

ties

re

spo

nsi

ble

for e

mer

gen

cy m

anag

emen

t. Th

e SE

OC

can

rep

licat

e a

vari

ety

of i

nci

den

ts, t

hro

ug

h

the

use

of s

imu

lati

on

mo

del

ing,

an

d is

cap

able

of

pre

sen

tin

g lo

cal,

mu

lti-

juri

sdic

tio

nal

or n

atio

nal

sc

enar

ios

in re

al-t

ime

du

rin

g e

xerc

ises

. Th

e SI

MC

ELL

allo

ws

con

tro

llers

an

d e

valu

ato

rs to

m

on

ito

r th

e ex

erci

se a

nd

resp

on

d to

req

ues

ts

fro

m p

arti

cip

ants

. Vid

eo, w

eb a

nd

tele

ph

on

e co

nfe

ren

cin

g c

apab

iliti

es a

re a

vaila

ble

in t

he

exec

uti

ve d

ecis

ion

-mak

ing

roo

m a

nd

in b

reak

o

ut

area

s, am

on

g o

ther

s.

The

NIM

S SC

has

th

e ca

pab

ility

to s

up

po

rt e

xerc

ises

o

n s

ite

as w

ell a

s re

mo

tely

by

pro

vid

ing

ad

dit

ion

al

pla

yer l

ocat

ion

s or

a c

ontr

ol c

ell. T

he

faci

lity

is

con

du

cive

to s

imu

lati

ng

EO

Cs

at m

any

leve

ls o

f g

over

nm

ent t

hro

ug

h it

s fle

xib

le d

esig

n, w

hic

h in

clu

de:

com

man

d p

osi

tio

ns,

log

isti

cs fu

nct

ion

s,

sen

ior e

xecu

tive

s.

Ad

dit

ion

ally

, su

bje

ct m

atte

r ex

per

ts r

epre

sen

tin

g

vari

ou

s em

erg

ency

res

po

nse

dis

cip

lines

are

ava

ilab

le

to s

erve

as

con

tro

llers

an

d e

valu

ato

rs d

uri

ng

exe

rcis

e ev

ents

an

d t

o fa

cilit

ate

afte

r ac

tio

n r

evie

ws.

Test

an

d E

valu

atio

n In

fras

tru

ctu

re

The

NIM

S SC

faci

lity

supp

orts

a ri

gid

Test

and

Eva

luat

ion

(T&

E) p

roce

ss, a

nd is

cur

rent

ly e

quip

ped

to e

valu

ate

hard

war

e an

d so

ftw

are

that

sup

port

inci

dent

man

agem

ent

and

resp

onse

ope

ratio

ns. T

he T

&E

netw

ork

is in

depe

nden

t fr

om th

e fa

cilit

y’s

arch

itect

ure,

has

inte

rnet

con

nect

ivity

, an

d is

flex

ible

and

sca

labl

e to

mee

t fun

ctio

nal, o

pera

tiona

l an

d in

tero

pera

bilit

y ev

alua

tion

need

s. Fu

rthe

rmor

e, th

e SE

OC

and

SIM

CELL

pro

vide

test

eng

inee

rs a

nd s

ubje

ct

mat

ter e

xper

ts w

ith a

n op

port

unity

to te

st p

rodu

cts

usin

g re

al w

orld

sce

nario

s.

IS

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iona

l Pre

pare

dnes

s Dire

ctor

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As p

art

of its d

edic

ation to the e

nhancem

ent of public

safe

ty a

nd s

ecurity

technolo

gie

s, th

e J

ustice &

Safe

ty

Cente

r pro

vid

es s

upport

to the U

.S. D

epart

ment of

Hom

ela

nd S

ecurity

(D

HS

) F

irst R

esponder

Technolo

gie

s

(R-T

ech)

pro

gra

m. T

he R

-Tech p

rogra

m is a

dm

inis

tere

d

by the D

HS

Scie

nce &

Technolo

gy D

irecto

rate

(S

&T

) and

focuses o

n c

onnecting fi

rst re

sponders

to technolo

gie

s

whic

h w

ill m

ake their jobs e

asie

r, m

ore

effi

cie

nt, a

nd s

afe

r.

The J

ustice &

Safe

ty C

ente

r curr

ently s

upport

s v

arious

com

ponents

undern

eath

the R

-Tech p

rogra

m u

mbre

lla,

whic

h inclu

de D

HS

Tech C

learinghouse, TechS

olu

tions,

Test and E

valu

ation, R

-Tech N

ew

sle

tter,

and the R

-Tech

User

Work

ing G

roup (

UW

G).

DH

S Fi

rst R

espo

nder

Te

chno

logi

es P

rogr

am(R

-Tec

h)

The R

-Tech p

rogra

m is c

urr

ently d

evelo

pin

g the

DH

S T

ech C

learinghouse, w

hic

h is a

Web-b

ased

centr

al re

sourc

e that serv

es a

s a

“one-s

top-s

hop”

to

dis

sem

inate

info

rmation to federa

l, tribal, s

tate

, and local

firs

t re

sponder

depart

ments

and a

gencie

s. B

y b

uild

ing

and m

ain

tain

ing a

data

base o

f tim

ely

and r

ele

vant

info

rmation, th

e D

HS

Tech C

learinghouse w

ill b

ecom

e

a v

alu

able

and c

ritical re

sourc

e to the fi

rst re

sponder

com

munity.

T

he D

HS

Tech C

learinghouse W

ebsite w

ill

offi

cia

lly b

e launched in 2

008.

The c

ontinually

incre

asin

g a

mount of critical in

form

ation

colle

cte

d a

nd m

ain

tain

ed b

y the r

esearc

h team

for

the

DH

S T

ech C

learinghouse is m

anaged b

y the Info

rmation

Managem

ent P

rocess P

lan (

IMP

P).

T

he IM

PP

pre

sents

th

e p

olic

ies a

nd p

rocedure

s for

identify

ing, colle

cting,

and m

ain

tain

ing info

rmation thro

ughout th

e e

ntire

life

cycle

of th

e D

HS

Tech C

learinghouse. A

dditio

nally

, th

e

pla

n c

overs

the q

ualit

y a

ssura

nce a

nd q

ualit

y c

ontr

ol

pro

cesses that help

to e

nsure

that all

info

rmation

conta

ined w

ithin

the D

HS

Tech C

learinghouse is r

ele

vant

and u

sefu

l to

firs

t re

sponders

. T

his

pla

n is c

onsid

ere

d

a foundation d

ocum

ent th

at is

essential to

the D

HS

Tech C

learinghouse to e

nsure

it re

main

s a

critical and

valu

able

resourc

e to the fi

rst re

sponder

com

munity.

Tech

Cle

arin

ghou

se

and

the

Info

rmat

ion

Man

agem

ent P

roce

ss

Plan

(IM

PP)

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R-T

ech

Com

preh

ensi

vean

d O

pera

tiona

l Tes

ting

and

Eval

uatio

n

Th

rou

gh

th

e H

om

ela

nd

Se

cu

rity

Act

of

20

02

, th

e U

.S.

De

pa

rtm

en

t o

f H

om

ela

nd

Se

cu

rity

(D

HS

) S

cie

nce

& T

ech

no

log

y D

ire

cto

rate

(S

&T

) is

re

sp

on

sib

le f

or

en

su

rin

g t

he

pe

rfo

rma

nce

of

tech

no

log

y t

oo

ls a

nd

pro

du

cts

acq

uire

d b

y t

he

firs

t re

sp

on

de

r co

mm

un

ity,

wh

eth

er

de

ve

lop

ed

by

DH

S S

&T

or

co

mm

erc

ially

. To

acco

mp

lish

th

is,

the

Ju

stice

& S

afe

ty C

en

ter

is s

up

po

rtin

g D

HS

in

th

e

esta

blis

hm

en

t o

f a

Te

st

an

d E

va

lua

tio

n P

rog

ram

th

at

will

en

ab

le t

he

ob

jective

asse

ssm

en

t o

f a

ll to

ols

an

d p

rod

ucts

fo

r sa

fety

, re

liab

ility

, fu

nctio

na

lity,

u

sa

bili

ty,

effe

ctive

ne

ss,

an

d c

om

pa

tib

ility

. T

his

ca

pa

bili

ty w

ill a

ssis

t th

e fi

rst

resp

on

de

r co

mm

un

ity

in o

bta

inin

g s

afe

ty a

nd

effi

ca

cy in

form

atio

n f

or

pro

du

cts

pro

cu

red

usin

g D

HS

gra

nts

an

d o

the

r re

so

urc

es.

In a

dd

itio

n,

the

co

nd

uctio

n o

f fie

ld

op

era

tio

na

l te

stin

g o

f te

ch

no

log

ies w

ith

se

lecte

d

firs

t re

sp

on

de

r a

ge

ncie

s w

ill e

na

ble

DH

S t

o r

ece

ive

p

erf

orm

an

ce

in

form

atio

n d

ire

ctly f

rom

th

e e

nd

u

se

rs,

an

d w

ill a

llow

fo

r th

e q

ua

ntifica

tio

n o

f co

sts

a

nd

be

ne

fits

ag

ain

st

imp

rove

d p

erf

orm

an

ce

fo

r th

e

firs

t re

sp

on

de

r co

mm

un

ity.

W

hile

th

is p

rog

ram

wa

s

orig

ina

lly d

esig

ne

d t

o e

xclu

siv

ely

te

st

tech

no

log

ies

de

ve

lop

ed

th

rou

gh

th

e T

ech

So

lutio

ns p

rog

ram

, it

ha

s b

ee

n e

xp

an

de

d t

o in

clu

de

oth

er

firs

t re

sp

on

de

r te

ch

no

log

y d

eve

lop

me

nts

.

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The T

echS

olu

tions p

rogra

m w

as e

sta

blis

hed b

y

the U

.S. D

epart

ment of H

om

ela

nd S

ecurity

(D

HS

) S

cie

nce &

Technolo

gy D

irecto

rate

(S

&T

) to

pro

vid

e

info

rmation, re

sourc

es, and technolo

gy s

olu

tions

that addre

ss m

issio

n c

apabili

ty g

aps identified

by a

ctive federa

l, tribal, s

tate

, and local firs

t re

sponders

. T

hro

ugh the T

echS

olu

tions W

ebsite

(http://w

ww

.dhs.g

ov/techsolu

tions),

firs

t re

sponders

can s

ubm

it ideas for

technolo

gie

s that w

ould

fill

these c

apabili

ty g

aps. T

he g

oal of TechS

olu

tions

is to fi

eld

technolo

gie

s that m

eet eig

hty

perc

ent

of opera

tional re

quirem

ents

within

a tw

elv

e-

to

fifteen-m

onth

tim

e fra

me a

t a c

ost com

mensura

te

with w

hat is

bein

g p

roposed, to

a m

axim

um

of

one m

illio

n d

olla

rs p

er

pro

ject. T

hese g

oals

will

be

accom

plis

hed thro

ugh e

ither

the r

apid

pro

toty

pin

g

of te

chnolo

gie

s n

eedin

g a

dditio

nal scie

nce a

nd

technolo

gy d

evelo

pm

ent, o

r th

e identification

of exis

ting technolo

gie

s that satisfy

identified

requirem

ents

. C

urr

ently,

the T

echS

olu

tions

pro

gra

m h

as investe

d in a

num

ber

of scie

nce

and technolo

gy d

evelo

pm

ent pro

jects

that m

eet

firs

t re

sponder

needs, in

clu

din

g a

bio

metr

ic

identification s

yste

m, a 3

-D p

ers

onnel lo

cation

and tra

ckin

g s

yste

m, a fi

regro

und c

om

pass, an

ocula

r scanner

for

dete

cting n

erv

e a

gent and toxin

exposure

, and a

next genera

tion s

elf-c

onta

ined

bre

ath

ing a

para

tus (

SC

BA

).

Tech

Solu

tions

Com

prised o

f active a

nd r

ecently r

etire

d p

ractitioners

fr

om

sta

te a

nd local firs

t re

sponder

agencie

s, th

e

R-T

ech U

ser

Work

ing G

roup (

UW

G)

acts

as the s

teering

com

mitte

e o

f th

e R

-Tech p

rogra

m in d

efinin

g the n

eeds

and r

equirem

ents

of th

e p

rogra

m. T

he k

now

ledge a

nd

experience level of R

-Tech U

WG

mem

bers

hip

als

o h

elp

s

to g

uid

e the p

rogra

m’s

develo

pm

ent and its

key p

rogra

m

decis

ions that w

ill h

elp

to e

nsure

the R

-Tech p

rogra

m is

beneficia

l to

the fi

rst re

sponder

com

munity.

T

he R

-Tech

UW

G m

em

bers

hip

was d

evelo

ped thro

ugh the c

onta

cts

and r

ela

tionship

s d

evelo

ped b

y the J

ustice &

Safe

ty

Cente

r on p

revio

us a

nd c

urr

ent pro

jects

and p

rogra

ms.

Curr

ently,

the R

-Tech U

WG

gath

ers

tw

ice a

year

for

in-p

ers

on m

eetings a

nd p

art

icip

ate

s in v

arious v

irtu

al

meetings p

er

year.

R-T

ech

Use

r W

orki

ng G

roup

(U

WG

)

The R

-Tech p

rogra

m p

roduces a

month

ly n

ew

sle

tter

to

hig

hlig

ht re

searc

h a

nd d

evelo

pm

ent of hom

ela

nd s

ecurity

te

chnolo

gie

s a

nd d

evelo

pm

ents

in the R

-Tech p

rogra

m. T

he

inaugura

l is

sue o

f th

e R

-Tech N

ew

sle

tter

was r

ele

ased in A

pril

2008 a

nd futu

re issues w

ill c

ontinue to c

over

researc

h a

nd

develo

pm

ent effort

s that addre

ss the technolo

gy n

eeds o

f firs

t re

sponders

. T

he c

urr

ent is

sue o

f th

e R

-Tech N

ew

sle

tter

can b

e

accessed a

nd d

ow

nlo

aded a

t: h

ttp://F

irstR

esponder.gov/P

ages/

New

sLetterP

age.a

spx? N

ew

sle

tter=

curr

ent

R-T

ech

New

slet

ter

Mock P

rison R

iot A

ugust 2008 a

rtic

le

Eyeball

Cam

era

May 2

008 a

rtic

le

HazM

at R

obot June 2

008 a

rtic

le

CIR

T J

uly

2008 a

rtic

le

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The R

ura

l D

om

estic P

repare

dness

Consort

ium

(R

DP

C o

r th

e C

onsort

ium

) is

a p

art

ners

hip

of E

aste

rn K

entu

cky

Univ

ers

ity,

The U

niv

ers

ity o

f F

indla

y, E

ast

Tennessee S

tate

Univ

ers

ity,

Nort

hW

est

Ark

ansas C

om

munity C

olle

ge,

Iow

a C

entr

al

Com

munity C

olle

ge, and a

new

part

ners

hip

w

ith N

ort

h C

aro

lina C

entr

al U

niv

ers

ity.

T

he C

onsort

ium

is led b

y E

KU

’s J

ustice &

S

afe

ty C

ente

r (J

SC

).

The C

onsort

ium

develo

ps a

nd d

eliv

ers

tr

ain

ing tailo

red for

firs

t re

sponders

in r

ura

l com

munitie

s w

ho face u

niq

ue c

halle

nges

in m

eeting their h

om

ela

nd s

ecurity

re

sponsib

ilities.

All

train

ing d

eliv

ere

d b

y the R

DP

C is

cert

ified b

y the U

.S. D

epart

ment

of

Hom

ela

nd S

ecurity

(D

HS

)/F

edera

l E

merg

ency M

anagem

ent A

gency (

FE

MA

) and is o

ffere

d tuitio

n-f

ree f

or

a b

road s

cope

of sta

kehold

ers

, in

clu

din

g t

he t

raditio

nal

em

erg

ency

resp

onse

dis

ciplin

es,

oth

er

em

erg

ency

support fu

nct

ions

as

defin

ed b

y

the N

atio

nal R

esp

onse

Fra

mew

ork

, as

well

as

criti

cal i

nfrast

ruct

ure

ow

ners

and o

pera

tors

.

The C

onsort

ium

com

prises a

cadem

ic

part

ners

that possess e

xte

nsiv

e a

nd u

niq

ue

capabili

ties r

ela

ting to r

ura

l em

erg

ency

pre

pare

dness tra

inin

g a

s w

ell

as o

ther

str

ate

gic

part

ners

with technic

al expert

ise

that w

ill a

ssis

t th

e R

DP

C in s

upport

ing

a n

ational tr

ain

ing p

rogra

m.

RD

PC

als

o

facili

tate

s c

om

munic

ations b

etw

een D

HS

/F

EM

A a

nd t

he r

ura

l em

erg

ency r

esponse

com

munity o

n r

ele

vant

pre

pare

dness

train

ing issues.

The C

onsort

ium

is g

uid

ed b

y a

n A

dvis

ory

B

oard

com

prised o

f public

safe

ty e

xpert

s

and o

fficia

ls a

ppoin

ted b

y t

he m

ajo

r national em

erg

ency r

esponse a

ssocia

tions.

Rur

al D

omes

tic P

repa

redn

ess

Con

sort

ium

(R

DPC

) Nee

ds A

sses

smen

t Sur

vey

The R

ura

l D

om

estic P

repare

dness

Consort

ium

pro

duces a

n a

nnual N

ational

Needs A

ssessm

ent.

This

report

is a

national stu

dy o

f th

e n

eeds a

nd g

aps

am

ong r

ura

l com

munitie

s in t

rain

ing fi

rst

responders

, lo

cal offi

cia

ls,

and o

ther

sta

kehold

ers

for

terr

orism

, natu

ral dis

aste

rs

and o

ther

em

erg

encie

s.

The b

enchm

ark

report

(2006)

was b

ased

on a

sam

ple

of

more

than 3

,000 fi

rst

responders

and local offi

cia

ls a

nd w

as

conducte

d t

o info

rm t

he d

evelo

pm

ent

of

train

ing t

ailo

red f

or

the u

niq

ue n

eeds o

f th

e r

ura

l em

erg

ency r

esponse c

om

munity.

Q

uestions a

bout tr

ain

ing r

equirem

ents

were

based o

n a

lis

t of

36 t

arg

et

capabili

ties a

s

issued b

y t

he D

HS

(now

expanded t

o 3

7)

to

effectively

pre

vent,

pro

tect

again

st,

respond

to,

and r

ecover

from

majo

r events

.

Rur

al D

omes

tic

Prep

ared

ness

Con

sorti

um

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Sin

ce its

esta

blis

hm

ent in

Marc

h 2

006, R

DP

C h

as

facili

tate

d the tra

inin

g o

f m

ore

than 1

,100 r

ura

l firs

t re

sponders

by d

eliv

ering o

r hosting a

ll-hazard

s

pre

pare

dness tra

inin

g c

ours

es. In the c

om

ing y

ears

, it is a

nticip

ate

d to tra

in thousands m

ore

rura

l firs

t re

sponders

acro

ss the n

ation.

As the e

xecutive a

gent, a

s w

ell

as a

full

mem

ber

of th

e

Consort

ium

, JS

C p

erf

orm

s tra

inin

g d

evelo

pm

ent and

deliv

ery

functions for

the b

enefit of th

e C

onsort

ium

as

a w

hole

. In

cours

e d

evelo

pm

ent, J

SC

is g

uid

ed b

y four

underlyin

g p

rincip

les:

1. O

ptim

ize info

rmation r

ete

ntion b

y

in

tegra

ting a

dvances in c

ours

e d

esig

n.

2. F

acili

tate

follo

w-o

n a

pplic

ations o

f cours

e m

ate

rial by p

roducin

g job a

ids

w

hen a

pplic

able

.

3. E

nsure

the a

ccessib

ility

of tr

ain

ing

fo

r ru

ral com

munitie

s w

ill b

e e

qual

to

that of th

eir u

rban c

ounte

rpart

s

by e

mplo

yin

g e

merg

ent te

chnolo

gie

s

and teachin

g techniq

ues c

onsis

tent

w

ith b

lended learn

ing p

rincip

les.

4. Tailo

r tr

ain

ing to the u

niq

ue n

eeds o

f ru

ral com

munitie

s that is

focused

on tasks a

ssocia

ted w

ith p

reparing

fo

r, p

rote

cting a

gain

st, r

espondin

g to

and r

ecovering fro

m the e

ntire

spectr

um

of all-

hazard

events

.

The c

ours

es c

urr

ently u

nder

develo

pm

ent by J

SC

in

clu

de E

vent S

ecurity

Pla

nnin

g for

Public

Safe

ty

Pro

fessio

nals

, D

evelo

pm

ent of E

merg

ency O

pera

tions

Pla

ns for

Local Jurisdic

tions, and P

rote

ction o

f R

ura

l E

merg

ency R

esponders

and their F

am

ilies d

uring

Dis

aste

r. T

he J

SC

als

o a

ssis

ts the C

onsort

ium

in

revie

win

g c

ours

es a

nd o

vers

eein

g instr

ucto

r cert

ification for

all

six

academ

ic p

art

ners

.

To e

nsure

tra

inin

g is tim

ely

and r

ele

vant, J

SC

conducts

tr

ain

ing n

eeds a

ssessm

ents

in the form

of national

surv

eys, user

focus g

roups, and o

ther

outr

each

activitie

s; m

atc

hes n

eeds to e

xis

ting p

rogra

ms o

r curr

icula

; id

entifies g

aps; develo

ps a

nd d

eliv

ers

tr

ain

ing; and d

issem

inate

s p

repare

dness-r

ela

ted

info

rmation s

pecifi

cally

tailo

red for

rura

l com

munitie

s.

Each tra

inin

g p

rogra

m is d

evelo

ped u

nder

a r

igoro

us

curr

iculu

m v

alid

ation a

nd r

evie

w p

rocess in w

hic

h

JS

C w

ork

s h

and in h

and w

ith the tra

inin

g d

evelo

pers

, in

str

uctional desig

ners

, re

sourc

e p

rovid

ers

and D

HS

/F

EM

A. A

ll tr

ain

ing p

rogra

ms d

evelo

ped b

y the R

DP

C

are

subsequently c

ert

ified b

y the D

HS

/FE

MA

for

deliv

ery

acro

ss the c

ountr

y.

Thro

ugh the s

kill

ed a

pplic

ation o

f dis

tance-learn

ing

technolo

gie

s a

nd the late

st in

teachin

g techniq

ues, th

e

Consort

ium

’s p

roducts

and s

erv

ices w

ill p

lay a

critical

role

in h

elp

ing r

ura

l Am

erica b

etter

pre

pare

for

all

hazard

s a

cro

ss the e

ntire

spectr

um

of pre

- and p

ost-

incid

ent ta

sks.

RD

PC T

rain

ing

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For

14 y

ears

, th

e C

olle

ge o

f Justice &

Safe

ty

(form

erly the C

olle

ge o

f Law

Enfo

rcem

ent)

has

been p

rovid

ing c

rim

e p

revention tra

inin

g to n

on-

com

mis

sio

ned o

fficers

in the U

nited S

tate

s A

ir

Forc

e. T

he c

ours

e a

ddre

sses the n

ecessary

te

chnic

al com

ponents

required in the d

evelo

pm

ent

and im

ple

menta

tion o

f various c

rim

e p

revention

pro

gra

ms a

nd techniq

ues. B

oth

a theore

tical and

pra

ctical exam

ination o

f crim

e p

revention a

re

pre

sente

d in the c

ours

e. E

mphasis

is p

laced u

pon

a law

enfo

rcem

ent and p

ublic

safe

ty a

ppro

ach to

crim

e p

revention a

s w

ell

as loss p

revention a

nd

security

appro

ach.

Stu

dents

are

pro

vid

ed w

ith the fundam

enta

l in

form

ation n

eeded for

develo

pin

g the h

um

an,

financia

l and p

hysic

al re

sourc

e o

bje

ctives

necessary

for

a s

uccessfu

l crim

e p

revention

pro

gra

m. A

ccess c

ontr

ol and c

rim

e p

revention

str

ate

gie

s (

i.e. risk a

naly

sis

, vuln

era

bili

ty

assessm

ents

, and targ

et hard

enin

g)

are

pre

sente

d

to the s

tudent and inclu

de d

iscussio

ns o

n the u

se

and/o

r in

sta

llation o

f lo

cks, in

trusio

n d

ete

ction

syste

ms, lig

hting a

nd p

erim

ete

r security

devic

es.

Upon c

om

ple

tion o

f th

e c

ours

e, each s

tudent has

been e

xpose

d to v

arious

meth

ods

of in

stru

ctio

n a

nd

cours

e r

equirem

ents

direct

ed tow

ard

s deve

lopin

g,

impro

ving a

nd fost

ering in

nate

, in

telle

ctual,

and

pra

ctic

al a

dm

inis

trativ

e a

bili

ties

in c

rim

e p

reve

ntio

n.

All

cours

e a

ttendees inclu

din

g A

ir F

orc

e, R

eserv

e,

Air N

ational guard

security

polic

e o

fficers

and

DO

D c

ivili

an p

ers

onnel are

regis

tere

d a

s v

isitin

g,

non-d

egre

e s

tudents

in the A

ssets

Pro

tection a

nd

Security

Pro

gra

m. T

he c

ours

e is o

ffere

d tw

o tim

es

per

year

and c

onsis

ts o

f appro

xim

ate

ly 2

5 s

tudents

w

ith a

yearly tota

l of 50 s

tudents

. T

he c

lasses a

re

held

Monday thro

ugh F

riday,

exclu

din

g federa

l holid

ays, fo

r an e

quiv

ale

nt of eig

ht cla

ssro

om

hours

daily

on the c

am

pus o

f E

aste

rn K

entu

cky U

niv

ers

ity.

T

he c

lassro

om

facili

ties a

re locate

d in the S

tratton

build

ing o

f th

e C

olle

ge o

f Justice &

Safe

ty. T

he

cours

e d

ura

tion is thre

e w

eeks w

ith s

tudents

arr

ivin

g o

ne d

ay p

rior

to the c

lass s

tart

date

and

depart

ing o

n the d

ay o

f th

e c

ours

e c

om

ple

tion.

Uni

ted

Stat

esA

ir Fo

rce

Crim

ePr

even

tion

Cou

rse

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Prog

ram

Adm

inis

tratio

nan

d M

anag

emen

tT

he J

SC

opera

tes tw

o u

nits that pro

vid

e s

upport

to a

ll fa

cets

of JS

C

pro

gra

ms a

nd p

roje

cts

that are

vital to

the function o

f th

e C

ente

r.

Com

mun

icat

ions

and

Out

reac

h

The C

om

munic

ations a

nd O

utr

each u

nit is u

nder

the d

irection o

f a p

rofe

ssio

nal jo

urn

alis

t and p

ublic

rela

tions s

pecia

list w

ith o

ver

25 y

ears

experience in tw

o inte

rnational netw

ork

s a

nd n

ational

magazin

es. T

he d

epart

ment is

sta

ffed w

ith a

gra

phic

s team

, te

chnic

al w

rite

r and W

eb s

upport

sta

ff. T

he team

pro

duces

mark

eting m

ate

rials

for

each o

f th

e J

SC

pro

gra

ms, publis

hes the

DH

S R

-Tech N

ew

sle

tter

for

firs

t re

sponders

, and p

roduces v

ideos

for

pro

motional and tra

inin

g tools

, and r

egula

r re

port

s for

each o

f th

e

pro

gra

ms. S

upport

is o

ffere

d in the follo

win

g a

reas:

• G

raphic

s d

esig

n•

Quart

erly,

sem

i-annual and fi

nal re

port

pre

para

tion

a

nd c

om

pila

tion

• W

eb/p

resenta

tion s

upport

• F

ulfi

llment of re

quired a

ctivity r

eport

s•

Vid

eo p

roduction

• M

eeting facili

tation

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ect S

uppo

rt

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roje

ct S

upport

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andle

s a

ll of th

e h

um

an r

esourc

es, budget

and c

ontr

act activitie

s for

JS

C. T

he team

consis

ts o

f budget and

contr

act specia

lists

and o

ther

support

sta

ff that ta

ke c

are

of m

akin

g

sure

each p

rogra

m m

eets

contr

actu

al oblig

ations, and b

udgeta

ry

requirem

ents

and g

uid

elin

es in term

s o

f sta

ffing a

nd e

quip

ment.

Support

is o

ffere

d in the follo

win

g a

reas:

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repara

tion a

nd m

ain

tenance o

f b

udgets

• P

aym

ent pro

cessin

g•

Subcontr

act m

onitoring

• T

ravel coord

ination

• P

roposal pro

cessin

g a

nd s

ubm

issio

n

• S

ubcontr

act pro

cessin

g a

nd m

ain

tenance

• H

um

an R

esourc

es function c

oord

ination for

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o fir

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hav

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of

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e te

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ety

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ter

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Mis

sion

:

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RDPC

, thr

ough

its

mem

ber i

nstit

utio

ns, w

ill

prov

ide

rura

l com

mun

ities

w

ith th

e kn

owle

dge,

ski

lls

and

abili

ties

to e

nhan

ce

the

safe

ty, s

ecur

ity a

nd

qual

ity o

f life

for t

heir

citiz

ens t

hrou

gh tr

aini

ng,

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce

and

info

rmat

ion

shar

ing.

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t’s In

side

RDPC

Off

ers T

rain

ing

in E

vent

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urit

y Pl

anni

ngfo

r Law

Enf

orce

men

t Pro

fess

iona

ls

Co

urs

e fo

r R

ura

l Res

po

nd

ers

Nea

rs F

inal

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tifi

cati

on

Rura

l Pre

pare

dnes

s Qua

rter

ly

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1, S

umm

er 2

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RDPC

1

The

Rura

l Dom

estic

Pre

pare

dnes

s Tr

aini

ng C

ente

r (RD

PTC

) at

East

ern

Kent

ucky

Uni

vers

ity

(EKU

) has

com

plet

ed

deve

lopm

ent o

f a tw

o-da

y tr

aini

ng p

rogr

am fo

r law

enf

orce

men

t pr

ofes

sion

als

in th

e pl

anni

ng c

onsi

dera

tions

fo

r eve

nts,

sm

all o

r lar

ge, w

hich

wou

ld

bene

fit fr

om a

str

uctu

red

secu

rity

plan

. The

Ev

ent S

ecur

ity P

lann

ing

for L

aw E

nfor

cem

ent

Prof

essi

onal

s co

urse

is n

ow u

nder

goin

g th

e rig

orou

s D

epar

tmen

t of H

omel

and

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rity

(DH

S) T

rain

ing

& E

xerc

ises

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grat

ion

revi

ew

proc

ess

whi

ch re

quire

s a

min

imum

of t

hree

pi

lots

util

izin

g tr

aini

ng m

ater

ials

. O

nce

the

cour

se b

ecom

es D

HS

cert

ified

, RD

PTC

will

offe

r the

cou

rse

natio

nally

. Th

e co

urse

ha

s be

en a

ppro

ved

by th

e Ke

ntuc

ky L

aw

Enfo

rcem

ent C

ounc

il an

d pl

ans

are

in p

lace

to

offe

r the

cur

ricul

um th

roug

h th

e st

ate’

s D

epar

tmen

t of C

rimin

al J

ustic

e Tr

aini

ng in

the

upco

min

g ye

ar. T

he c

ours

e is

als

o ce

rtifi

ed b

y th

e Te

xas

Com

mis

sion

on

Law

Enf

orce

men

t O

ffice

r Sta

ndar

ds a

nd E

duca

tion.

The

first

pilo

t of t

he c

ours

e w

as h

oste

d by

th

e N

orth

Tex

as J

ustic

e of

the

Peac

e an

d Co

nsta

bles

Ass

ocia

tion

in G

reen

ville

, Tex

as

Janu

ary

31-F

ebru

ary

1 w

ith 4

6 pa

rtic

ipan

ts

com

plet

ing

all f

acet

s of

the

trai

ning

re

quire

men

ts.

The

seco

nd p

ilot o

f the

cou

rse

was

hel

d A

pril

15-1

6 at

The

Cen

ter f

or R

ural

D

evel

opm

ent i

n So

mer

set,

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ucky

.

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gniz

ing

even

t sec

urity

pla

nnin

g is

a

criti

cal p

art o

f pre

parin

g fo

r suc

cess

ful n

on-

rout

ine

even

ts, t

his

16-h

our p

lann

ing

and

man

agem

ent c

ours

e is

des

igne

d to

edu

cate

la

w e

nfor

cem

ent p

erso

nnel

as

wel

l as

loca

l offi

cial

s on

the

basi

c pr

inci

ples

and

ski

lls

asso

ciat

ed w

ith p

lann

ing

secu

rity

for e

vent

s in

sm

all c

omm

uniti

es a

nd ru

ral a

reas

. The

cou

rse

rein

forc

es th

e im

port

ance

and

mag

nitu

de o

f se

curit

y pl

anni

ng, r

egar

dles

s of

the

even

t siz

e.

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RDPT

C p

erfo

rms

trai

ning

dev

elop

men

t an

d de

liver

y fu

ncti

ons

on b

ehal

f of E

KU a

s an

aca

dem

ic p

artn

er in

the

Rur

al D

omes

tic

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ared

ness

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sort

ium

.

cont

inue

d on

pag

e 2

Cove

r Sto

ry

Even

t Sec

urity

Pla

nnin

g fo

r Law

Enf

orce

men

t Pr

ofes

sion

als T

rain

ing

Advi

sory

Boa

rd

Spot

light

In

tern

atio

nal A

ssoc

iatio

n of

Dire

ctor

s of

Law

En

forc

emen

t Sta

ndar

ds &

Tr

aini

ng

New

RD

PC M

embe

r N

orth

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olin

a Ce

ntra

l U

nive

rsity

JS

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onducts

outr

each for

each o

f th

e p

rogra

ms thro

ugh

a v

ariety

of m

ate

rials

and tools

, in

clu

din

g b

rochure

s a

nd

fact sheets

, in

form

ative v

ideos, pre

ss r

ele

ases, art

icle

s

written for

national public

ation, and thro

ugh b

oth

the J

SC

W

ebsite a

nd indiv

idual pro

gra

m W

ebsites.

Rur

al D

omes

tic P

repa

redn

ess

Con

sort

ium

The m

issio

n o

f th

e R

DP

C is

to p

rovid

e r

ura

l com

munitie

s

with the k

now

ledge, skill

s a

nd

abili

ties to e

nhance the s

afe

ty,

security

and q

ualit

y o

f lif

e for

their c

itiz

ens. T

he s

haring

of re

levant in

form

ation a

nd

coord

ination in the d

evelo

pm

ent

and d

eliv

ery

of pre

pare

dness

train

ing in s

upport

of national

hom

ela

nd s

ecurity

requirem

ents

achie

ves that m

issio

n. In a

n

effort

to b

ecom

e the p

reem

inent re

sourc

e for

hom

ela

nd

security

tra

inin

g a

nd info

rmation w

hic

h a

ddre

sses

the u

niq

ue n

eeds o

f sm

all

and r

ura

l com

munitie

s, th

e

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ium

im

ple

ments

an o

utr

each s

trate

gy w

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follo

win

g s

pecifi

c g

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:

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cre

ate

a n

atio

nal p

rese

nce

for th

e R

DP

C.

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ais

e a

ware

ness a

mong s

tate

s to the

R

DP

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s a

tra

inin

g r

esourc

e.

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ain

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clo

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a

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nsure

tra

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ddre

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the g

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ele

vant cert

ified tra

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g

a

ccessib

le to the s

mall

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merg

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each

pro

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cludes

a q

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new

sletter

whic

h is

dis

trib

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art

ner

org

aniz

atio

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te

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inis

trativ

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genci

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erg

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resp

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aniz

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stu

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nnual N

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ess

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report

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als

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info

rmatio

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ate

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s u

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s, in

form

ation o

n the C

onsort

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and its

part

ners

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ours

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log, and c

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info

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the c

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ther

info

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at va

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tate

confe

rence

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sponso

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nnual

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nal P

repare

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ritic

al

act

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in the C

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needs

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id

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take

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atio

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suggest

ions

and p

rovi

de in

put on h

om

ela

nd s

ecu

rity

tra

inin

g

needs

that w

ould

better

pre

pare

them

to h

andle

an

inci

dent of an a

ll-haza

rds

natu

re. O

n S

epte

mber

5-6

, 2007, th

is s

um

mit

exa

min

ed c

urr

ent needs

of

the r

ura

l em

erg

ency

resp

onse

com

munity

in a

reas

incl

udin

g p

repare

dness

, re

cove

ry, and m

itigatio

n.

Oth

er

confe

rence

s attended in

clude the N

atio

nal

Sheriffs’

Ass

oci

atio

n C

onfe

rence

, th

e S

outh

east

R

egio

nal H

om

ela

nd S

ecu

rity

Direct

ors

Confe

rence

, th

e Inte

rnatio

nal A

ssoci

atio

n o

f C

hie

fs o

f P

olic

e, and

the Inte

rnatio

nal A

ssoci

atio

n o

f E

merg

ency

Managers

C

onfe

rence

.

NIM

S Su

ppor

t Cen

ter

NIM

S S

C d

istr

ibute

s b

rochure

s

and fact sheets

, answ

ers

inquirie

s

on N

IMS

pro

gra

ms thro

ugh the

NIM

S Inbox, pre

sents

info

rmation

on the N

IMS

IM

SI D

ivis

ion

Website. It als

o p

roduces

info

rmational and tra

inin

g v

ideos,

inclu

din

g o

ne w

ith the M

ary

land

Fire a

nd R

escue Institu

te (

MF

RI)

w

hic

h p

rovid

es p

ractice thro

ugh

scenarios for

incid

ent com

mand.

NIM

S S

C a

lso p

roduced a

vid

eo

this

year

to intr

oduce the n

ew

N

IMS

ST

EP

pro

gra

m.

In a

dditio

n, N

IMS

SC

org

aniz

ed

and h

oste

d v

arious m

eetings

in 2

008 in s

upport

of N

IMS

im

ple

menta

tion. S

pecifi

cally

, JS

C c

onvened w

ork

ing g

roup

meetings for

the follo

win

g s

takehold

er

gro

ups:

Public

Info

rmation O

fficers

(P

IOs),

healthcare

offi

cia

ls, re

sponders

fro

m tribal nations, and

info

rmation technolo

gy e

xpert

s. A

lso, JS

C s

taff

attended a

nd p

resente

d a

t confe

rences in 2

008

as p

art

of pro

gra

m o

utr

each e

ffort

s, in

clu

din

g

the 9

th A

nnual T

echnolo

gie

s for

Critical In

cid

ent

Pre

pare

dness C

onfe

rence a

nd E

xpositio

n a

nd

Offi

ce for

Inte

ropera

bili

ty a

nd C

om

patibili

ty Industr

y

Roundta

ble

.

Nat

iona

l Inc

iden

t Man

agem

ent S

yste

m

SU

PP

OR

T C

EN

TE

R

NIM

S SC

This

year, the R

-Tech N

ew

sle

tter

launched w

ith

featu

re s

tories in the fi

rst is

sue that outlin

ed the

R-T

ech p

rogra

m a

s a

whole

, and focused o

n

pro

ducts

that are

part

of th

e T

echS

olu

tions p

rogra

m.

Late

r is

sues inclu

ded s

uccess s

tories fro

m the

TechS

olu

tions p

rogra

m. T

he R

-Tech p

rogra

m a

lso

obta

ins d

irect fe

edback o

n its

pro

ducts

and p

rogra

ms

thro

ugh the U

ser

Work

ing G

roup (

UW

G)

of subje

ct

matter

expert

s fro

m a

cro

ss the n

ation. T

he U

WG

als

o

help

s m

ain

tain

the v

isib

ility

of th

e R

-Tech p

rogra

ms in

the p

ractitioner

com

munity.

Fu

rth

er

vis

ibili

ty is a

ch

ieve

d b

y a

tte

nd

ing

an

d

pre

se

ntin

g a

t va

rio

us n

atio

na

l co

nfe

ren

ce

s,

inclu

din

g

the

9th

An

nu

al Te

ch

no

log

ies f

or

Cri

tica

l In

cid

en

t P

rep

are

dn

ess C

on

fere

nce

an

d E

xp

ositio

n (

20

07

),

an

d t

he

Na

tio

na

l D

efe

nse

In

du

str

ial A

sso

cia

tio

n

Co

nfe

ren

ce

he

ld in

Lo

s A

ng

ele

s.

JSC

The J

SC

als

o c

onducts

outr

each for

all

of its p

rogra

ms

thro

ugh its

Website, w

ww

.justice.e

ku.e

du/jscente

r,

pre

ss r

ele

ases a

nd a

rtic

les in n

ational public

ations.

In a

dditio

n, JS

C leaders

hip

part

icip

ate

s in n

ational

confe

rences, such a

s the A

SIS

(A

merican S

ocie

ty

for

Industr

ial S

ecurity

) C

onfe

rence, and inte

rnational

confe

rences s

uch a

s N

ord

ic Inte

rnational S

afe

ty

and S

ecurity

Associa

tion s

um

mit in H

els

inki, a

nd the

Inte

rnational A

SIS

Confe

rence in B

ahra

in.

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Our

Tea

m

Full-

Tim

e

Part

-Tim

e

Stu

dents

The J

SC

em

plo

ys 2

7 fu

ll-tim

e s

taff

mem

bers

, and th

ree p

art-tim

e s

taff

mem

bers

. T

here

are

eig

ht a

dju

nct

in

stru

ctors

on s

taff,

as

well

as

thre

e

tem

pora

ry e

mplo

yees

and thre

e

student w

ork

ers

.

The J

SC

striv

es

to w

ork

colla

bora

tively

with

vario

us

org

aniz

atio

ns

and a

genci

es

in

ord

er to

beco

me a

forc

e m

ulti

plie

r fo

r th

e d

eve

lopm

ent o

f tech

nolo

gy

tools

. These

effo

rts

have

focu

sed o

n a

void

ing d

uplic

ativ

e e

fforts

and h

ave

work

ed to

build

on th

e

stre

ngth

s of e

ach

partner.

Thro

ughout i

ts 1

0 y

ears

, JS

C h

as

form

ed m

any

stra

tegic

lo

cal,

state

, trib

al,

natio

nal a

nd in

tern

atio

nal p

artners

hip

s enablin

g p

roje

ct/p

rogra

m

succ

ess

. A

few

cate

gorie

s of t

he h

undre

ds

of J

SC

partners

hip

s are

list

ed b

elo

w:

• E

merg

ency

Resp

onse

Agenci

es

• P

rivate

Sect

or

• P

rofe

ssio

nal A

ssoci

atio

ns

• F

edera

l Labora

torie

s

• N

ot-fo

r-P

rofit

Org

aniz

atio

ns

• U

niv

ers

ities

and C

olle

ges

• N

on-G

ove

rnm

enta

l Org

aniz

atio

ns

Exte

rnal

Net

wor

k

66%

7%

27%

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ing

Age

ncie

s

• D

epart

ment of H

om

ela

nd S

ecurity

(D

HS

). D

HS

’s m

issio

n is to lead

th

e u

nifi

ed e

ffort

to s

ecure

Am

erica. D

HS

work

s t

o p

revent and d

ete

r

te

rrorist attacks a

nd p

rote

ct again

st and r

espond to thre

ats

and h

azard

s

to

the n

ation.

• S

cie

nce &

Technolo

gy D

irecto

rate

(S

&T

). T

he S

cie

nce &

Technolo

gy

D

irecto

rate

is the p

rim

ary

researc

h a

nd d

evelo

pm

ent arm

of D

HS

.

S

&T

help

s to furt

her

the d

evelo

pm

ent of te

chnolo

gie

s that enhance

hom

ela

nd s

ecurity

effort

s.

• F

edera

l E

merg

ency M

anagem

ent A

gency/N

ational P

repare

dness

D

irecto

rate

(F

EM

A/N

PD

). F

EM

A/N

PD

pro

vid

es g

uid

ance a

nd o

vers

ight

fo

r th

e d

evelo

pm

ent of all-

hazard

s s

trate

gie

s. In

this

capacity,

NP

D

pro

vid

es p

olic

y a

nd p

lannin

g g

uid

ance to b

uild

pre

vention, pro

tection,

re

sponse a

nd r

ecovery

capabili

ties thro

ughout th

e n

ation.

• In

cid

ent M

anagem

ent S

yste

ms Inte

gra

tion (

IMS

I) D

ivis

ion. T

he IM

SI

div

isio

n p

rovid

es o

vers

ight and g

uid

ance for

the N

ational In

cid

ent

M

anagem

ent S

yste

m (

NIM

S).

• T

rain

ing &

Exerc

ise Inte

gra

tion S

ecre

tariat, T

rain

ing O

pera

tions D

ivis

ion

(T

EI/T

O).

T

he T

EI/T

O s

erv

es the fi

rst re

sponder

com

munity,

offering

m

ore

than 1

00 c

ours

es to h

elp

build

skill

s that re

sponders

need to

fu

nction e

ffectively

in m

ass-c

onsequence e

vents

.

• G

&H

Inte

rnational S

erv

ices, In

c. (G

HIS

). G

HIS

pro

vid

es s

upport

for

govern

ment

pro

gra

ms w

ith a

focus o

n c

om

munity p

repare

dness a

nd h

om

ela

nd s

ecurity

issues. G

HIS

specia

lizes in incubating p

rogra

ms d

esig

ned to m

eet te

chnolo

gy a

nd o

ther

needs o

f

federa

l, s

tate

, and local em

erg

ency r

esponders

and their c

om

munitie

s.

• S

cie

nce A

pplic

ations Inte

rnational C

orp

ora

tion (

SA

IC).

S

AIC

is a

scie

ntific, engin

eering

and technolo

gy c

om

pany that uses its

dom

ain

know

ledge to s

olv

e p

roble

ms to the n

ation

and the w

orld in n

ational security

, energ

y a

nd the e

nvironm

ent, c

ritical in

frastr

uctu

re a

nd

health.

• T

he

Ce

nte

r fo

r R

ura

l D

eve

lop

me

nt

(Th

e C

RD

). A

no

n-p

rofit

org

an

iza

tio

n p

rovid

ing

,

pro

mo

tin

g a

nd

su

pp

ort

ing

in

no

va

tive

an

d s

usta

ina

ble

co

mm

un

ity d

eve

lop

me

nt

so

lutio

ns in

42

Ke

ntu

cky c

ou

ntie

s.

Th

e C

RD

im

ple

me

nts

a v

ari

ety

of

pro

gra

ms

inclu

din

g p

lan

nin

g,

ed

uca

tio

n,

pu

blic

sa

fety

, cu

ltu

ral e

ve

nts

an

d t

ele

co

mm

un

ica

tio

ns

tech

no

log

y.

INTERNATIONAL

Stra

tegi

c Pa

rtner

s

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Imag

e

• E

ast Tennessee S

tate

Univ

ers

ity is a

n a

ccre

dited a

cadem

ic institu

te w

ith

nationally

-know

n c

om

munity p

art

nering a

ppro

aches. E

TS

U’s

Cente

r fo

r

E

xperiential Learn

ing p

rovid

es r

eal-tim

e p

atient sim

ula

tion for

train

ing fi

rst

re

sponders

, m

edic

al and n

urs

e p

ractitioners

. E

TS

U’s

Fla

gship

Div

isio

n

for

Health S

cie

nces for

the T

ennessee b

ord

er

regio

n p

uts

a focus o

n fi

rst

re

sponders

as w

ell

as the h

ealthcare

syste

m.

• T

he U

niv

ers

ity o

f F

indla

y. S

ince its

inception in 1

986, th

e S

chool of

Environm

enta

l and E

merg

ency M

anagem

ent (S

EE

M)

at th

e U

niv

ers

ity

of F

indla

y h

as p

rovid

ed e

ducation, tr

ain

ing a

nd info

rmation-t

ransfe

r

pro

gra

ms focusin

g o

n s

ecurity

managem

ent, terr

orism

and d

isaste

r

pre

pare

dness. In

2006, S

EE

M tra

ined 9

,132 p

eople

in 4

8 s

tate

s a

nd four

fore

ign c

ountr

ies.

• Io

wa

Ce

ntr

al C

om

mu

nity C

olle

ge

is h

om

e t

o t

he

Io

wa

Ce

ntr

al H

om

ela

nd

Se

cu

rity

Tra

inin

g C

en

ter.

T

he

Ce

nte

r w

as e

sta

blis

he

d t

o w

ork

with

lo

ca

l

firs

t re

sp

on

de

rs a

nd

re

late

d s

tate

an

d f

ed

era

l a

ge

ncie

s t

o c

rea

te a

mo

de

l

H

om

ela

nd

Se

cu

rity

Re

gio

na

l T

rain

ing

an

d C

om

ma

nd

Ce

nte

r, s

erv

ing

Io

wa

, a

nd

po

ten

tia

lly,

su

rro

un

din

g s

tate

s.

• N

ort

h C

aro

lina C

entr

al U

niv

ers

ity is a

div

ers

e u

niv

ers

ity that seeks to

pre

pare

stu

dents

academ

ically

and p

rofe

ssio

nally

to b

ecom

e leaders

.

Thro

ugh its

Institu

te for

Hom

ela

nd S

ecurity

, N

CC

U m

akes a

num

ber

of

contr

ibutions to the h

om

ela

nd s

ecurity

com

munity.

Nort

hW

est A

rkansas C

om

munity C

olle

ge a

nd the Institu

te for

Corp

ora

te a

nd P

ublic

Safe

ty (

ICP

S)

is a

com

pre

hensiv

e tra

inin

g institu

te

w

ork

ing w

ith the p

ublic

and p

rivate

secto

rs to b

etter

pre

pare

for

and

respond to e

merg

encie

s r

angin

g fro

m s

mall

fire

s to larg

e m

ass c

asualty

incid

ents

.

Aca

dem

ic P

artn

ers

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Emily

Rai

ne, M

PA

, is

a

Senio

r R

esourc

e A

naly

st

at th

e J

ustice a

nd S

afe

ty

Cente

r. S

he h

as w

ork

ed for

the C

ente

r fo

r 2 1

/2 y

ears

. S

he a

lso teaches a

researc

h

meth

ods c

ours

e a

s a

n o

nlin

e

facili

tato

r fo

r E

KU

’s S

afe

ty,

Security

, and E

merg

ency

Managem

ent G

raduate

pro

gra

m. M

s. R

ain

e e

arn

ed a

B

achelo

r of A

rts d

egre

e in S

ocio

logy a

nd A

nth

ropolo

gy

from

Denis

on U

niv

ers

ity a

nd a

Maste

r of P

ublic

A

dm

inis

tration d

egre

e fro

m the U

niv

ers

ity o

f K

entu

cky.

H

er

expert

ise inclu

des r

esearc

h d

esig

n, data

colle

ction

and a

naly

sis

, polic

y a

naly

sis

, and p

rogra

m e

valu

ation.

Bria

n Si

mpk

ins,

MS

, is

th

e P

rogra

m M

anager

of

Info

rmation S

erv

ices a

t th

e

Justice &

Safe

ty C

ente

r and

pro

vid

es d

aily

overs

ight

of th

e C

ente

r’s s

upport

to

the U

.S. D

epart

ment of

Hom

ela

nd S

ecurity

First

Responder

Technolo

gie

s

(R-T

ech)

Pro

gra

m. B

rian

hold

s b

oth

a B

achelo

r of A

rts a

nd M

aste

r of S

cie

nce

degre

e in C

rim

inal Justice fro

m M

ars

hall

Univ

ers

ity a

nd

Easte

rn K

entu

cky U

niv

ers

ity,

respectively

. B

rian h

as

more

than fi

ve y

ears

experience w

ork

ing w

ith the U

.S.

Depart

ment of H

om

ela

nd S

ecurity

and fi

rst re

sponders

on n

ational, federa

l pro

jects

and p

rogra

ms inclu

din

g,

but not lim

ited to, th

e N

ational A

sset D

ata

base (

NA

DB

),

a n

ational tr

ain

ing d

ata

base, and the F

irst R

esponder

Technolo

gie

s (

R-T

ech)

Pro

gra

m. B

rian’s

pro

fessio

nal

and p

ers

onal m

em

bers

hip

s inclu

de the A

merican

Socie

ty o

f C

rim

inolo

gy,

National C

rim

inal Justice

Associa

tion, and the H

onora

ble

Ord

er

of K

entu

cky

Colo

nels

.

Lead

ersh

ip Rya

n B

agge

tt, M

S, is

curr

ently the D

eputy

D

irecto

r of Technolo

gy

and Info

rmation S

erv

ices,

and A

cting D

eputy

D

irecto

r of th

e J

ustice

and S

afe

ty C

ente

r. M

r.

Baggett h

old

s a

Maste

rs

of S

cie

nce d

egre

e in

Crim

inal Justice (

with a

concentr

ation in P

olic

e

Adm

inis

tration)

from

Easte

rn K

entu

cky U

niv

ers

ity,

and a

Bachelo

r of S

cie

nce d

egre

e fro

m M

urr

ay

Sta

te U

niv

ers

ity.

H

e h

as w

ork

ed a

t th

e J

SC

sin

ce 1

999 a

fter

thre

e y

ears

at a u

niv

ers

ity law

enfo

rcem

ent agency.

During h

is tenure

at JS

C, M

r.

Baggett h

as m

anaged s

evera

l fe

dera

l pro

gra

ms

from

the D

epart

ment of H

om

ela

nd S

ecurity

and

Depart

ment of Justice. H

e a

lso s

erv

es a

s a

n a

dju

nct

Instr

ucto

r in

the H

om

ela

nd S

ecurity

Pro

gra

m w

ith

the S

afe

ty, S

ecurity

, and E

merg

ency M

anagem

ent

depart

ment. H

e is a

mem

ber

of th

e Inte

rnational

Associa

tion o

f C

hie

fs o

f P

olic

e, A

SIS

Inte

rnational,

and the A

cadem

y o

f C

rim

inal Justice S

cie

nces.

Jo B

rosi

us is the D

irecto

r of C

om

munic

ations

and O

utr

each, and

is r

esponsib

le for

the c

om

munic

ations,

public

ations a

nd o

utr

each

functions o

f JS

C. S

he

has a

BS

in Inte

rnational

Polit

ics a

nd a

n M

SF

S in

Fore

ign S

erv

ice. S

he h

as

more

than 2

3 y

ears

as a

pro

fessio

nal jo

urn

alis

t w

ith

majo

r in

tern

ational new

s o

rganiz

ations inclu

din

g

CN

N a

nd the B

BC

, and 5

years

in d

iplo

matic s

erv

ice

as V

ice C

onsul fo

r P

olit

ics a

nd P

ublic

Dip

lom

acy,

w

ith a

str

ate

gic

priority

in H

om

ela

nd S

ecurity

and

Crim

inal Justice. S

he h

as e

xperience w

ork

ing

in m

ore

than thirty

diff

ere

nt countr

ies, and h

as

facili

tate

d b

est pra

ctice e

xchanges in b

io-t

err

orism

re

searc

h, prison s

ente

ncin

g r

efo

rm, and e

merg

ency

pre

pare

dness p

lannin

g.

Dr.

Pam

ela

Col

lins

serv

es a

s the E

xecutive

Directo

r of th

e J

ustice

and S

afe

ty C

ente

r, a

nd

is a

Pro

fessor

for

the

Safe

ty, S

ecurity

and

Em

erg

ency M

anagem

ent

Depart

ment at th

e C

olle

ge

of Justice &

Safe

ty. S

he

hold

s a

docto

rate

in

Polic

y S

tudie

s fro

m the U

niv

ers

ity o

f K

entu

cky,

a

Maste

rs o

f S

cie

nce in C

rim

inal Justice fro

m E

aste

rn

Kentu

cky,

and a

Bachelo

r of S

cie

nce w

ith H

igh

Dis

tinction in S

ecurity

and P

ublic

Safe

ty fro

m E

KU

.

She h

as o

ver

28 y

ears

experience in the s

afe

ty a

nd

security

field

, and is r

esponsib

le for

overs

eein

g a

variety

of pro

gra

ms d

ealin

g w

ith local, s

tate

, and

federa

l govern

ment and p

rivate

secto

r hom

ela

nd

security

issues. S

he s

erv

es a

s P

rogra

m M

anager

and P

rincip

al In

vestigato

r fo

r th

e F

EM

A/N

ational

Incid

ent M

anagem

ent In

tegra

tion C

ente

r. D

r.

Colli

ns a

lso s

erv

es a

s a

consultant on s

ecurity

and

loss p

revention for

a n

um

ber

of clie

nts

worldw

ide.

Dr. C

olli

ns is the a

uth

or

of fo

ur

publis

hed b

ooks

and o

ver

20 a

rtic

les. In a

dditio

n, she h

as m

ade

pre

senta

tions a

round the w

orld o

n a

variety

of

security

-rela

ted topic

s. D

r. C

olli

ns w

as instr

um

enta

l in

the e

sta

blis

hm

ent of th

e J

ustice a

nd S

afe

ty

Cente

r, a

nd h

as b

een E

xecutive D

irecto

r sin

ce its

in

ception in 1

998.

Cha

d Fo

ster

, M

PA

, is

th

e P

rogra

m M

anager

for

the N

IMS

Support

C

ente

r. B

efo

re join

ing

EK

U in 2

006, M

r. F

oste

r serv

ed a

s S

pecia

l P

roje

cts

C

oord

inato

r fo

r th

e

Em

erg

ency M

anagem

ent

Accre

ditation P

rogra

m.

In that positio

n, he w

as

responsib

le for

the im

ple

menta

tion o

f specia

l pro

jects

, in

clu

din

g a

n a

ssessm

ent of th

e N

ational C

apital

Regio

n. F

rom

2002 to 2

005, M

r. F

oste

r w

ork

ed for

the

Council

of S

tate

Govern

ments

where

he d

irecte

d a

nd

managed the o

rganiz

ation’s

public

safe

ty a

nd justice

polic

y w

ork

. H

e a

lso s

erv

ed in the U

.S. A

rmy for

more

th

an fi

ve y

ears

in v

arious leaders

hip

positio

ns b

oth

at

hom

e a

nd a

bro

ad. M

r. F

oste

r re

ceiv

ed a

Maste

rs in

Public

Adm

inis

tration fro

m the U

niv

ers

ity o

f Louis

vill

e

and B

achelo

r of S

cie

nce in M

ath

em

atical S

cie

nce

from

the U

nited S

tate

s M

ilita

ry A

cadem

y.

Am

y H

ughe

s is

Assis

tant

Directo

r of T

rain

ing for

the R

ura

l D

om

estic

Pre

pare

dness C

onsort

ium

. M

s. H

ughes h

old

s a

B

achelo

r of S

cie

nce in

Com

munic

ations fro

m the

Univ

ers

ity o

f K

entu

cky a

nd

will

com

ple

te a

Maste

rs in

Safe

ty, S

ecurity

& E

merg

ency M

anagem

ent fr

om

EK

U

in the fall

of 2008. S

he h

as e

xte

nsiv

e e

xperience in

sta

te h

om

ela

nd s

ecurity

and d

isaste

r m

anagem

ent

polic

y issues. S

he s

erv

ed a

s s

enio

r govern

ment polic

y

analy

st fo

r th

e N

ational E

merg

ency M

anagem

ent

Associa

tion a

nd the E

merg

ency M

anagem

ent

Assis

tance C

om

pact adm

inis

trato

r, s

upport

ing the

mobili

zation o

f m

ore

than $

30 m

illio

n w

ort

h o

f hum

an

and e

quip

ment assets

during the m

ulti-sta

te m

utu

al

aid

response to H

urr

icanes C

harlie

, F

rances, Iv

an, and

Jeanne in 2

004. M

s. H

ughes is a

publis

hed r

esearc

her

and a

uth

or

and h

as b

een involv

ed in n

onpro

fit and

gra

nts

managem

ent and a

dm

inis

tration o

f nonpro

fits

for

the p

ast 13 y

ears

.

Kim

Law

son

is the

Associa

te D

eputy

Directo

r of P

roje

ct S

upport

and

has b

een w

ith the J

ustice

and S

afe

ty C

ente

r fo

r seven y

ears

. K

im h

as a

B

A in S

ocio

logy,

with a

m

inor

in B

usin

ess. S

he

has m

ore

than 2

0 y

ears

of

adm

inis

trative e

xperience,

inclu

din

g 1

4 y

ears

work

ing w

ith s

tate

and federa

l gra

nts

and c

ontr

acts

.

Tom

Lin

dqui

st, M

S is the

Directo

r of th

e C

onsort

ium

fo

r R

DP

C. H

e h

old

s a

Bachelo

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egre

e in

Polit

ical S

cie

nce a

nd a

M

aste

r’s d

egre

e in C

rim

inal

Justice fro

m E

KU

. H

e h

as

over

30 y

ears

experience

in law

enfo

rcem

ent, a

nd

has h

eld

positio

ns w

ith the M

etr

opolit

an p

olic

e in

Washin

gto

n, D

.C., a

nd the U

niv

ers

ity o

f W

isconsin

-S

uperior

as C

hie

f of P

olic

e. H

e a

lso s

erv

ed a

s D

irecto

r of P

ublic

Safe

ty a

nd C

hie

f of P

olic

e a

t E

KU

.

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