Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant Program July 2007

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Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant
ProgramJuly 2007
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Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant
ProgramIntroductions Logistics
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Public Safety Interoperable Communications Grant
Program

• Goals for overall program and today's workshop
• Inform participants of the PSIC grant program
• Understand your requirements
• Initiate the data collection

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GT Information Bulletin No. 248

• Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PSIC)
  Grant Program
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• On February 16, 2007, the Department of Homeland
  Security (DHS) Office of Grants and Training and
  the National Telecommunications and Information
  Administration (NTIA) signed a Memorandum of
  Understanding (MOU) that will have DHS administer
  the Public Safety Interoperable Communications
  (PSIC) Grant Program.
• The PSIC Grant Program will provide funding to
  qualified States and Territories in Fiscal Year
  (FY) 2007 to enable and enhance public safety
  agencies interoperable communications
  capabilities.
• This program is being implemented by DHS and NTIA
  in accordance with the Deficit Reduction Act of
  2005 and Call Home Act of 2006. DHS is providing
  this information in anticipation of the release
  of grant guidance in the coming months and
  issuance of grant awards by September 30, 2007,
  pursuant to the Call Home Act of 2006.
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GT Information Bulletin No. 248

• DHS will award approximately 960 million in
  grants Key features of the PSIC Grant Program
  will include
•         PSIC grants will be awarded no later
  than September 30, 2007 and the period of
  performance is 36 months
•         Up to 5 percent of the total funds
  available to ensure that Statewide
  Communications Interoperability Plans include
  PSIC Grant Program requirements
•         Remaining funds will be contingent upon
  submission and peer review and federal approval
  of applications and investment justifications
•         Funding can be used for the acquisition
  of, deployment of, or training for, the use of
  interoperable communications systems that use or
  enable interoperability with 764776 and
  794806 MHz frequency bands as well as other
  available technologies to advance overall public
  safety interoperability, interoperate with the
  700 MHz
•         PSIC includes a statutory not-less-than
  20 percent match.
• All States and Territories may submit preliminary
  Statewide Plans by September 30, 2007 for a
  mid-term review, and the final plans are due by
  November 1, 2007.

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Report from Statewide Planning Team PSIC Workshop

• Well positioned -Success to build on
• Existing Collaborative Committee
• Individuals with Expertise
• Grant Guidance
• COML Program
• Short Term Interoperability Accomplishments

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Report from Statewide Planning Team PSIC Workshop

• Local Practitioner Driven
• Involve Local, Tribal, State, Federal and other
  partners
• High Level Sponsorship and Support
• Collaborative Approach
• Innovative Cost and Spectrum Efficient Solutions
• Voice, Data, Video
• Interoperable with 700 MHz

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Interoperability Continuum
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PSIC Funding

• 960 Million allocated nationally - 56 states
  and territories
• 20 Non-federal match requirement (may be in-kind
  services)
• 5 Allowed for Statewide Plan Development
• Must be spent on equipment and training
• State and Local Eligibility
• 80 of grant funds must directly benefit local
  and regional interoperable communications

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Timeline - Highlights

March 2007 Plan criteria distributed Workshop held
Mid July 2007 Award announcements and guidance released
Sept. 30 2007 States submit preliminary plans (Must show how TICP area addressed their previous interoperability scorecard recommendations)
Nov. 1, 2007 Final plans and Investment justification submitted for peer review and federal approval
Sept. 30 2010 Date by which grant funding must be spent
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Current Timeline of PSIC Activities to Meet Call
Home Act Requirements

• May through November 2007

May June Initial Review of Grant Guidance
Package and Incorporate Input
Mid-August Receive States and Territories
Applications and Narratives
November 1 Receive States and Territories
Statewide Plans and Investment Justifications
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
September Review States and Territories
Applications and Narratives, and Award Funds by
September 28
June-July Review and Clearance of Grant Guidance
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CT Public Safety Statewide Interoperability
Executive Committee

• Created spring 2002 Formalized 2006
• Committee meetings held monthly
• Representation from Local, State, Federal
  agencies and organizations (voting and
  non-voting)

Local Departments Organizations State Organizations Federal and Other partners
CT Fire Chiefs Assoc. EMS Advisory Board CT Emergency Managers Assoc. DEMHS Region 1 Local Rep. DEMHS Region 2 Local Rep. DEMHS Region 3 Local Rep. DEMHS Region 4 Local Rep. DEMHS Region 5 Local Rep. Local Police Departments Local Fire Departments Regional Communication Centers CT Assoc. of Police Chiefs Public Safety Information Technology Emergency Management and Homeland Security Military Department Public Health Corrections Environmental Protection Transportation Office of Statewide Emergency Telecommunications Judicial Dept. Commission on Fire Prevention and Control CT Urban Search Rescue USCG Homeland Security FBI US Attorney Urban Area Security Initiative New Haven Interoperable Communications Technical assistance Program Civil Air Patrol
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PSIC Team
Michael Varney DOIT Co-Chair CSPSIEC, PSIC Team Lead, IAFC Emergency Management Committee
George Pohorilak OSET Director of OSET Chair, New England 800/700 MHz Planning Committees
William Hackett DEMHS Co-Chair CSPSIEC, Member DHS National Interoperability Communications Committee
George Carbonell DOT DOT Communications Supervisor, National Alternate on NPSTC from AASHTO (State Highway Transportation)Chair CSPSIEC Technical WG
John Gustafson CMED New Haven Executive Director Metro Multi-discipline Communications Center Chair CT Region 2, ESF 2
Keith Victor CREPC Chair CT Region 3, ESF 2 Peer evaluator nationally for DHS TICP program
Bernard ODonnell DOIT Director of Communication Services
Sheree Bruce Consultant
William Kramer Consultant
William OConnell Consultant
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PSIC Team Actions to Date

• Designate DEMHS as the State Administrative Agent
• Request Technical Assistance from the
  Interoperable Communications Technical
  Assistance Program (ICTAP)
• Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan
  (SCIP) Steering Group to develop short term
  project plan and detailed budget to meet
  September 30, 2007 goal.
• Hire consultants to assist with data collection,
  facilitation and writing of the Statewide Plan
  and the remaining Tactical Interoperable
  Communications Plans

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Process

• Steering Group and Statewide Communications
  Interoperability Plan (SCIP) Team to Draft SCIP,
  PSIC Grant and Investment Justifications
• Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee
  and DEMHS Coordinating Council give review and
  give feedback
• Approved by Commissioner Thomas as the SAA and
  submitted to DHS.

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SCIP Criteria

• Purpose
• To assist this process and to ensure all states
  include the essential components of a statewide
  plan, the criteria of what must be included in
  the communications interoperability plan have
  been developed. The criteria were formulated with
  input from local and state practitioners.

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SCIP Criteria

• Background and preliminary steps
• Strategy
• Methodology
• Governance
• Technology
• Standard Operating Procedures
• Training and Exercises
• Usage
• Funding
• Implementation

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• Questions?

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• What barriers do you see to achieve
  interoperability?

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• Do you need to change your current capabilities?
  what will happen if you do not?

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• Do you have an operable voice/data communications
  system for your organization?

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• Do you have communication interoperability with
  organizations in which you work with on a regular
  basis?

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• Do you have sufficient interoperability
  communications? SOPs/Training/Exercises

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• If a significant event were to occur in your
  jurisdiction how would you communicate with all
  response agencies?

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Public Safety Land Mobile Radio Spectrum Bands

450-470
764-776 806-824 4940
MHz 25-50 150-174
220-222 470-512 794-806 851-869
4990
Requires TV Clearing
4.9 GHz
in most urban areas
New Public Safety
(TV Channels 60-69)
Broadband Spectrum
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Tactical Interoperable Communications Plan

• Defined as the rapid provision of on-scene,
  incident-based
• mission critical voice communications among all
  emergency
• responder (EMS, fire, and law enforcement)
  agencies, as
• appropriate for the incident, and in support of
  Incident
• Command and Operations Section personnel as
  defined in the
• NIMS model
• Objective is to achieve adequate communication
  within an hour of an incident
• Project included governance, equipment
  inventories, plan development and training,
  tested by progressive exercises.
• Southwest Connecticut (Norwalk) is initial site,
  program to be replicated throughout CT five
  regions
• FY 2005 Requirement, initially tested December
  2006

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Contact Information

• Sheree.Bruce_at_ct.gov
• William.Kramer_at_ct.gov
• William.H.Oconnell_at_ct.gov
• Fax Number 860-291-8651
• www.ct.gov/demhs