The Kansas City Regional Homeland Security Coordinating Committee

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The Kansas City Regional Homeland Security
Coordinating Committee

• Integrated Justice Supporting
• The Homeland
• Washington, D.C.
• March 23, 2004

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The Kansas City Region

• Two States
• Eight Counties
• Five in Missouri
• Three in Kansas
• 1.9 Million Population
• Kansas City, Missouri Core City in Region

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Committee FormationJune 2002

• Recognition of a Need for a Coordinated Regional
  Response to CBRNE Events
• Realization that an Effective Regional Response
  Wont Just Happen on its own Accord
• Anticipation of Substantial Federal Funding
• Realization that No Amount of Federal Funding
  Will be Enough

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Committee Composition

• Elected Officials
• Appointed Officials
• Law Enforcement (Including FBI)
• Fire
• EMS
• Emergency Management
• Public Health and Hospitals

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Building the Regional Response Infrastructure

• Strengthening Regional Response Capabilities

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Goals

• Increase Interoperability/Compatibility
• Standardize Messaging
• Strengthen Mutual Aid
• Manage Information (Multi-Jurisdiction and
  Multi-Disciplined)
• Develop Guidelines and Standards

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Key Components

• Central Administration/Coordination/Staffing
  Through Mid-America Region Council (MARC)
• Guiding Principles
• Not Reinventing the Wheel
• Recent History of Regional Cooperation in MMRS
  Program and Mutual Aid
• Open Participation in Sub-Committees
• General Acceptance and Commitment to Regional
  Approach (Elected and Appointed)

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Guiding Principles

• WMD Event will Affect Political, Social, Economic
  Conditions of Entire Region
• Response will Require Every Level of Government
  and Other Institutions and Agencies
• Multi-Jurisdiction/Multi-Disciplined Response
  Makes Incident Management and Unified Command
  Imperative
• Preparedness for WMD Event Should be Based on
  Comprehensive/Coordinated Regional Plan

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Guiding Principles

• Funding Should be Invested to Enhance
  Comprehensive Approach to Homeland Security
• Overriding Goal is to Save Lives in the Event of
  a Terrorist Strike

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Key Projects

• Metropolitan Emergency Information System (MEIS)
• Personal Accountability Security System (PASS)
• Interoperable Communications
• Patient Tracking System
• Public Health Trailers
• Planning, Training, Exercises

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Sub-Committees

• Resources
• Hospitals
• Mental Health
• Law Enforcement
• MEIS
• PASS
• Communications Interoperability
• Etc

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We must work together all of us all the
while concentrating on outcomes and performance.

• Tom Ridge
• DHS Secretary