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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
Ea
ste
rn K
en
tucky U
niv
ers
ity is a
n E
qu
al O
pp
ort
un
ity/A
ffirm
ative
Actio
n e
mp
loye
r a
nd
ed
uca
tio
na
l in
stitu
tio
n a
nd
do
es n
ot
dis
crim
ina
te o
n t
he
ba
sis
of
ag
e,
race
, co
lor,
re
ligio
n,
se
x,
se
xu
al o
rie
nta
tio
n,
dis
ab
ility
, n
atio
na
l o
rig
in o
r V
ietn
am
era
or
oth
er
ve
tera
n s
tatu
s,
in t
he
ad
mis
sio
n t
o,
or
pa
rtic
ipa
tio
n in
, a
ny e
du
ca
tio
na
l p
rog
ram
or
activity w
hic
h it
co
nd
ucts
, o
r in
any
em
plo
ym
en
t p
olic
y o
r p
ractice
. A
ny c
om
pla
int
arisin
g b
y r
ea
so
n o
f a
lleg
ed
dis
crim
ina
tio
n s
ho
uld
be
dire
cte
d t
o t
he
Eq
ua
l O
pp
ort
un
ity O
ffice
, E
aste
rn K
en
tucky U
niv
ers
ity,
Jo
ne
s B
uild
ing
, R
oo
m 4
09
, C
oa
tes C
PO
37
A,
Ric
hm
on
d,
KY
40
47
5-3
10
2,
85
9-6
22
-80
20
(V
/TD
D),
or
the
Dire
cto
r o
f th
e O
ffice
fo
r C
ivil
Rig
hts
, U
.S.
De
pa
rtm
en
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
Ou
r Co
ntr
ibu
tio
n to
th
e Fi
rst
Resp
on
der
Co
mm
un
ity
20
Pro
gra
ms
22
Pro
gra
m A
dm
inis
trat
ion
an
d M
anag
emen
t 46
Ou
trea
ch
48
Ou
r Tea
m
50
Exte
rnal
Net
wo
rk
51
Fun
din
g A
gen
cies
52
Stra
teg
ic P
artn
ers
53
Aca
dem
ic P
artn
ers
54
Lead
ersh
ip
56
Pub
licat
ion
s 58
Tabl
e of
Con
tent
s
23
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
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
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.
89
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.
1011
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.
1213
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.
1415
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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Fin
anci
al R
epor
t
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ls B
y Fu
nd
ing
Ag
ency
DO
JD
HS
DO
DD
OS
Stat
e/P
riva
te
FY0
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05
FY0
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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
.
1819
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
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
2223
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
2425
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.
Res
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
. Fu
rth
erm
ore
, use
rs a
re a
ble
to
def
ine
no
n-t
yped
res
ou
rces
usi
ng
NIM
S IR
IS.
Futu
re v
ersi
on
s w
ill p
rovi
de
add
itio
nal
fu
nct
ion
alit
y re
qu
este
d b
y th
e fi
eld
, wh
ich
m
ay in
clu
de
the
add
itio
n o
f dat
a fi
eld
s fo
r cr
eden
tial
ed p
erso
nn
el, a
Geo
gra
ph
ic
Info
rmat
ion
Sys
tem
(GIS
) vie
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/
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ris.
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for
free
do
wn
load
. Th
is v
ersi
on
al
low
s u
sers
to
bac
k u
p t
hei
r N
IMS
IRIS
dat
a an
d
sett
ing
s an
d s
earc
h m
ult
iple
fiel
ds
sim
ult
aneo
usl
y.
It a
lso
pro
vid
es a
n in
teg
rate
d h
elp
fun
ctio
n w
ith
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
for
up
gra
din
g a
sy
stem
wit
h a
n o
lder
ver
sio
n o
f NIM
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
S
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
spo
nse
op
erat
ion
s.
mo
bili
ze a
nd
dis
pat
ch a
typ
ed re
sou
rce.
NIM
S
Oct
ob
er 2
008
Nat
iona
l Pre
pare
dnes
s Dire
ctor
ate
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
S im
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.
To
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.
The
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.
An
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)
NIM
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.
Nea
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
ST c
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.
IS
no
t lo
gg
ed
in
Oct
ob
er 2
008
Nat
iona
l Pre
pare
dnes
s Dire
ctor
ate
2627
NIM
S S
uppo
rtin
gTe
chno
logy
Eva
luat
ion
Pro
gram
(STE
P)
SI
S
The
Inci
den
t Man
agem
ent S
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.
Th
e Pr
ogra
m, c
alle
d th
e N
IMS
Sup
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.
Eval
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
Sta
nd
ard
s
D
ata
eXch
ang
e La
ng
uag
e-D
istr
ibu
tio
n E
lem
ent
(ED
XL-
DE)
or E
DX
L-D
E) w
ill b
e g
iven
pri
ori
ty.
Acc
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.
Inte
rop
erab
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
Ad
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
l Pre
pare
dnes
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.
Co
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
-NIM
S@d
hs.
go
v.
Oct
ob
er 2
008
Nat
iona
l Pre
pare
dnes
s Dire
ctor
ate
2829
uie
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
200
8, t
he
NIM
S Su
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
S B
asic
Gu
idan
ce fo
r P
ub
lic In
form
atio
n
Off
icer
s (P
IOs)
In 2
007,
IMSI
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
eve
nt
wh
en in
form
ing
th
e p
ub
lic is
nec
essa
ry. I
t d
escr
ibes
su
gg
este
d
acti
on
s fo
r PIO
s d
uri
ng
th
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.
Oth
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
IOs.
To a
cces
s an
d d
ow
nlo
ad t
he
NIM
S B
asic
G
uid
ance
for P
ub
lic In
form
atio
n O
ffic
ers
(PIO
s)
do
cum
ent
on
line,
vis
it: h
ttp
://w
ww
.fem
a.g
ov.
Emer
gen
cy R
esp
on
der
Fie
ld O
per
atio
ns
Gu
ide
and
Sta
nd
ard
Rep
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
3031
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
Nat
iona
l Pre
pare
dnes
s Dire
ctor
ate
3233
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)
3435
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
.
3637
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
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at R
obot June 2
008 a
rtic
le
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T J
uly
2008 a
rtic
le
3839
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
4041
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
4243
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
4445
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
Proj
ect S
uppo
rt
The P
roje
ct S
upport
Unit h
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:
• P
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
JS
C
4647
R-T
ech
The c
om
pre
hensiv
e
mark
eting s
trate
gy
of R
-Tech e
mplo
ys
multip
le c
om
munic
ation
form
ats
, such
as info
rmational
bro
chure
s, art
icle
s in
firs
t re
sponder
and
trade p
ublic
ations,
featu
re s
tories in the
R-T
ech N
ew
sle
tter,
pre
ss r
ele
ases,
confe
rence n
etw
ork
ing
(pre
senta
tions a
nd
exhib
itin
g),
and m
ulti-m
edia
pro
ducts
such a
s c
om
pact
dis
ks a
nd v
ideos. O
utr
each a
nd m
ark
eting is v
ital to
in
cre
asin
g the n
um
ber
of qualit
y c
apabili
ty g
aps s
ubm
itte
d
to the T
echS
olu
tions p
rogra
m a
nd feedback o
n the
R-T
ech p
rogra
m a
s a
whole
. T
he identifiable
goals
of th
is
mark
eting s
trate
gy inclu
de, but are
not lim
ited to:
• E
ducating thro
ugh a
ware
ness/
outr
each;
• M
ain
tain
ing h
igh v
isib
ility
in the
pra
ctitioner
com
munity;
• E
xposin
g fi
rst re
sponders
to the
benefits
of part
icip
ating in the
pro
gra
m;
• P
rom
oting R
-Tech a
s a
nationally
- re
cogniz
ed p
rogra
m for
firs
t re
sponders
;
• S
haring the r
esults o
f successfu
lly
develo
ped p
roto
types to p
rom
ote
the
adoption o
f TechS
olu
tions technolo
gie
s
in
to d
aily
use;
• A
lert
ing fi
rst re
sponders
to the e
fficie
nt
re
sourc
e T
ech C
learinghouse p
rovid
es
as a
one-s
top-s
hop;
• C
reate
aw
are
ness o
f th
e v
alu
able
pro
duct in
form
ation g
ath
ere
d thro
ugh
th
e T
esting a
nd E
valu
ation p
rogra
m
and;
• U
se the R
-Tech N
ew
sle
tter
as a
n
opport
unity to h
ighlig
ht th
e
te
chnolo
gie
s focused o
n in the F
irst
R
esponder
Technolo
gie
s p
rogra
m.
R-T
ech info
rmation is p
rovid
ed o
n the D
HS
Website, w
ww
.F
irstR
esponder.
gov,
whic
h a
lso s
erv
es a
s the p
ublic
ation
site for
the R
-Tech N
ew
sle
tter.
Out
reac
h
Tech
Solu
tio
ns
In T
he
Fiel
dFi
refig
hte
rs J
oin
DH
S Pr
emie
r Tes
tin
g E
ven
t
A N
ose
Lik
e N
o O
ther
Sup
er S
enso
r May
On
e D
ay M
ake
Sub
stan
ce
Iden
tific
atio
n E
asie
r
Sup
er H
um
an V
isio
nLa
ser T
ech
no
log
y H
elp
s Fi
refig
hte
rs S
ee
Thro
ug
h F
lam
es
The
Res
po
nd
er K
no
wle
dg
e B
ase
Get
tin
g t
he
Mo
st B
enefi
t Fr
om
th
e Re
son
der
K
no
wle
dg
e B
ase
To c
on
tact
R-T
ech
Emai
l: R
Tech
@D
HS.
gov
NEW
SLET
TER
The
New
slet
ter o
f th
e Fi
rst
Resp
on
der
Tec
hn
olo
gie
s Pr
og
ram
Volu
me
1
Is
sue
5
Au
gu
st 2
008
IN T
HIS
ISSU
E
This
New
slet
ter d
iscu
sses
tech
nolo
gies
of i
nter
est t
o fir
st re
spon
ders
that
hav
e re
ceiv
ed fu
ndin
g, in
par
t, fr
om th
e Fe
dera
l gov
ernm
ent.
Men
tion
of
thes
e te
chno
logi
es s
houl
d no
t be
cons
true
d as
an
endo
rsem
ent o
f eit
her t
he te
chno
logy
, or t
he e
ntit
y pr
oduc
ing
it, b
y th
e Fe
dera
l gov
ernm
ent.
To d
ow
nlo
ad a
co
py
of t
his
new
slet
ter,
visi
t:h
ttp
://w
ww
.firs
tres
po
nd
er.g
ov/P
ages
/New
sLet
terP
age.
asp
x?N
ewsL
ette
r=cu
rren
t
Pho
to c
ou
rtes
y o
f EK
U/J
ust
ice
and
Saf
ety
Cen
ter
Our
Mis
sion
:
The
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.
Wha
t’s In
side
RDPC
Off
ers T
rain
ing
in E
vent
Sec
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
Cer
tifi
cati
on
Rura
l Pre
pare
dnes
s Qua
rter
ly
Vol.
1, S
umm
er 2
008
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
Secu
rity
(DH
S) T
rain
ing
& E
xerc
ises
Inte
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,
Kent
ucky
.
Reco
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.
The
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
Prep
ared
ness
Con
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
Car
olin
a Ce
ntra
l U
nive
rsity
JS
C c
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
Consort
ium
im
ple
ments
an o
utr
each s
trate
gy w
ith the
follo
win
g s
pecifi
c g
oals
:
• To
cre
ate
a n
atio
nal p
rese
nce
for th
e R
DP
C.
• To r
ais
e a
ware
ness a
mong s
tate
s to the
R
DP
C a
s a
tra
inin
g r
esourc
e.
• To m
ain
tain
clo
se c
onnection to the c
ore
a
udie
nce to e
nsure
tra
inin
g a
ddre
sses
the g
aps a
nd n
eeds a
s identified.
• To m
ake r
ele
vant cert
ified tra
inin
g
a
ccessib
le to the s
mall
and r
ura
l e
merg
ency r
esponse c
om
munity.
RD
PC
’s o
utr
each
pro
gra
m in
cludes
a q
uart
erly
new
sletter
whic
h is
dis
trib
ute
d to p
art
ner
org
aniz
atio
ns,
Sta
te
Adm
inis
trativ
e A
genci
es
(SA
As)
, em
erg
ency
resp
onse
org
aniz
atio
ns,
stu
dents
, etc
. A
nnual N
eeds
Ass
ess
ment
report
s are
als
o p
ublis
hed a
nd d
istr
ibute
d, alo
ng w
ith
info
rmatio
nal m
ate
rials
.
New
s u
pdate
s, in
form
ation o
n the C
onsort
ium
and its
part
ners
, a c
ours
e c
ata
log, and c
ours
e r
egis
tration
info
rmation a
re p
oste
d o
n the C
onsort
ium
Website a
t w
ww
.rura
ltra
inin
g.o
rg. In
the c
om
ing y
ear, R
DP
C w
ill a
lso
add W
eb-b
ased c
ours
es a
nd o
ther
info
rmational vid
eos to
the m
ulti-m
edia
section o
f th
e W
ebsite.
The C
onso
rtiu
m a
lso m
ain
tain
s a b
ooth
at va
rious
natio
nal a
nd s
tate
confe
rence
s, p
rese
nts
in c
onfe
rence
se
ssio
ns,
sponso
rs c
onfe
rence
s, a
nd c
onduct
s an a
nnual
Natio
nal P
repare
dness
Sum
mit.
T
he S
um
mit,
a c
ritic
al
act
ivity
in the C
onso
rtiu
m’s
needs
and r
equirem
ents
id
entifi
catio
n p
roce
ss, brings
in s
take
hold
ers
fro
m r
ura
l co
mm
uniti
es
acr
oss
the N
atio
n to s
hare
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.
4849
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%
5051
Fund
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
5253
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
5455
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
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s. H
ughes h
old
s a
B
achelo
r of S
cie
nce in
Com
munic
ations fro
m the
Univ
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ity o
f K
entu
cky a
nd
will
com
ple
te a
Maste
rs in
Safe
ty, S
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& E
merg
ency M
anagem
ent fr
om
EK
U
in the fall
of 2008. S
he h
as e
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xperience in
sta
te h
om
ela
nd s
ecurity
and d
isaste
r m
anagem
ent
polic
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he s
erv
ed a
s s
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r govern
ment polic
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analy
st fo
r th
e N
ational E
merg
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anagem
ent
Associa
tion a
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merg
ency M
anagem
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Assis
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om
pact adm
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mobili
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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
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and a
uth
or
and h
as b
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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
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im h
as a
B
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logy,
with a
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inor
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has m
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than 2
0 y
ears
of
adm
inis
trative e
xperience,
inclu
din
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4 y
ears
work
ing w
ith s
tate
and federa
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nts
and c
ontr
acts
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Lin
dqui
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fo
r R
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C. H
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Polit
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aste
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KU
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positio
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rcem
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008.
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