Kerry L. Thomas

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Office for Domestic PreparednessSupporting
Homeland Defense

• Kerry L. Thomas
• Program Manager
• State and Local Program Management Division

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Why are we here?
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Roadmap
Background
Mission
Equipment
Training TA
Exercise Support
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ODP Background

• 30 April 1998 - Office of Justice Programs
  charged to improve WMD incident response
• Develop and administer
• State and local training assistance programs
• State and local equipment assistance programs
• Authorization
• FY 98 - FY 02 DOJ Appropriations
• USA Patriot Act (PL 108-88) blanket
  authorization of ODP first responder assistance

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ODP Mission

• What Develop implement a national program
• Why Enhance the capacity of State and local
  agencies to respond to WMD terrorism
• How
• Equipment Acquisition
• Technical Assistance
• Coordinated Training
• Support for Federal, State, and local exercises

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Building Capacity
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Laying the Foundation

• States/territories work with responders public
  health
• 3-Year Domestic Preparedness Strategies
• 50 States
• District of Columbia
• 5 U.S. Territories
• Based on suite of assessments
• Threat Vulnerability
• Capabilities and Needs

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Meeting the Challenge Through Partnership

• Respond to specific State and local requirements
• Work with communities to conduct assessments of
  State and local needs and capabilities
• Use assessments to guide state strategy
  development and execution
• Work with the operators at the tip of the spear
• Feedback through meetings and conferences

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Equipment Support

• Increase response capacity to WMD terrorism
  through
• Direct funding to purchase equipment
• Equipment operation and maintenance training
• Nationwide caches of pre-positioned equipment

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Equipment Grant Funding

• County and Municipal Programs discontinued
• FY 1998 12M 41 Jurisdictions
• FY 1999 31.7M 157 Jurisdictions
• State Agency Program formula grant
• FY 1999 53.8M 50 States
• FY 2000 2.9M 6 Territories
• FY 2000/2001 145.3M 56 States Territories
• FY 2002 301.7 56 States Territories
• NLD Program
• FY 2001 14.6M 52 Cities

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Equipment Categories

• Detection
• Decontamination
• Personal protective equipment
• Interoperable communications
• Explosive device mitigation and remediation

• WMD technical rescue
• General support
• Medical supplies/pharmaceuticals
• Security enhancements and target hardening

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Equipment Purchase Assistance

• Agreements in place with
• Defense Supply Center Philadelphia
• Contact Bill Litz, [phone]
• Marine Corps Systems Command
• Contact Charles Bell, [phone]
• Grantee access to Federal purchasing programs
• Benefits
• Competition fair reasonable pricing
• Expedited equipment purchases
• Streamlined procurement

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Equipment Technical Assistance

• Established in partnership with Pine Bluff
  Arsenal
• NO COST to jurisdiction
• Mobile teams
• Technical info and training on equipment
• Calibration
• Operation
• Maintenance

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Pre-positioned Equipment Program

• Goal sustain ongoing efforts by replenishing
  assets
• Positioned in strategic locations
• Currently 2 pods 1 operational, 1 training
• To field additional pods by end CY 2002
• Pre-staging for high-profile events

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Other Equipment Efforts

• Inter Agency Board
• Equipment purchase lists derived from
  Standardized Equipment List
• Equipment Reuse Program
• DOE/DOJ/HPS partnership
• Surplus radiation detection instrumentation
• Training, maintenance and calibration services

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Training Program

• Comprehensive training curriculum
• 30 Courses
• Awareness
• Performance
• Management Planning
• NO COST
• Based on accepted professional standards

• Complement existing certifications
• Coordinated through Federal Inter-Agency
• Design delivery through specialized
  institutions
• Mobile and in-residence

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National Domestic Preparedness Consortium
Center for Domestic Preparedness
New Mexico Tech
Texas AM Univ.
Nevada Test Site National Exercise, Test
Training Center
Louisiana State Univ.
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Other Partners

• International Association of Firefighters
• National Governors Association
• National Sheriffs Association
• Pine Bluff Arsenal
• National Terrorism Preparedness Institute
• US Conference of Mayors
• US Public Health Service

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CoMNET and Live Response Programs

• Consequence Management, News, Equipment and
  Training (CoMNET)
• News-magazine program
• Multiple news and feature stories
• Nuts and bolts information
• Live Response
• Audience call-in program
• Panel of response experts
• 4th Wednesday of each month, 2-3pm EST
• Available through various networks (EENET,
  FETN/LETN)
• Webcast at http//terrorism.spjc.edu/webcast.html

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Training Initiatives

• Training Resources and Data Exchange
• Inter-Agency partnerships
• Requirements analysis
• Tasks by discipline
• Criticality
• Existing training
• Training Guidelines under review
• Distance Learning efforts

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Course Review and Certification Process
Consortium site conducts pilot(s)
ODP selects panel of SMEs
Notifies ODP for review
Consortium site implements changes
SMEs review course recommend changes

ODP verifies changes
Course Fielded
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Technical Assistance

• On-site technical assistance
• General Developing and enhancing response plans
• Information Management Helpline, Information
  Clearinghouse, Listserv
• State Strategy Development focused TA to help
  states develop and implement strategies
• NO COST to State and local jurisdictions

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Technical Assistance

• ODP Helpline
• 800-368-6498
• Staffed 9 AM - 6 PM EST on business days
• Info related to ODP programs and services
• Referrals to ODP program staff
• Non-emergency assistance with WMD technical
  questions
• Information Clearinghouse
• http//odp.ncjrs.org

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National Exercise Program

• Top Officials (TOPOFF)
• Congressionally mandated
• May 2000
• Largest Federal, state, and local exercise of its
  kind
• Involved 3 separate venues and many federal
  agencies
• Simulated simultaneous chemical, biological, and
  radiological attacks around the country
• Lessons learned for all levels of the response
  community
• Currently planning TOPOFF II in 2003
• Federal-State-Local exercise series
• National Security Special Events

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State and Local Exercise Program

• Assistance to State and local jurisdictions
• Exercise design
• Exercise development
• Exercise execution
• Exercise evaluation
• FY 2001 Funding 3.99 Million
• FY 2002 Funding 37.89 Million

• Includes contractor assistance and or grants to
  reimburse jurisdictions for exercise-related
  costs
• Overtime
• Consumables
• Travel
• Consultant costs
• NLD Completion
• Exercise manual and toolkit

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www.ojp.usdoj.gov/odp/800-368-6498
Questions?