Interoperability in Washington

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Interoperability in Washington

• October 6, 2009
• Northwest Tribal Emergency Management Council
  Annual Meeting
• Laura Kingman, WSP/State Interoperability
  Executive Committee (SIEC)

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SIEC

• The problem Our first responders cannot always
  talk to each other in crisis situations.
• Interoperability ensures emergency responders can
  talk and share data
• - on demand
• - as needed
• - as authorized

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SIEC

• Interoperability is essential for large disasters
  and for incidents that can happen in any
  community on any day
• Interoperability is essential
• across all levels of government
• across all agency boundaries

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SIEC
An Example Fertilizer caught fire in a
warehouse in a rural community. This incident
took place in Grandview, Washington (Yakima
County) January 26-28, 2005
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Example,continued
The incident started with black smoke in the air.
Emergency responders had to quickly determine
whether the smoke was toxic and if evacuation of
the rural town was necessary.
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Thanks to KAPP TV Yakima
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Thanks to KAPP TV Yakima
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Example,continued
By the time the incident ended 3 days later
over 200 personnel from 38 agencies were
involved. Imagine the scope of a similar hazmat
incident in an urban area.
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Example,continued

• Impacts/Issues
• 4th largest city in Yakima County (population
  8,415)
• 19 churches
• 6 public schools
• 2 private schools
• I-82 was closed for 17 miles

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SIEC

• The solution The State Interoperability
  Executive Committee (SIEC) was an outcome of a
  legislative mandate in 2003 to promote
  interoperability statewide.
• Membership represents
• - The Military Department
• - The Washington State Patrol
• - The Washington State Department of
  Transportation
• - The Department of Information Services
• - The Department of Natural Resources
• - City and County governments
• - State and Local Fire Chiefs
• - Police Chiefs
• - Sheriffs
• - State and Local Emergency Management
  Directors
• - Tribal governments

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SIEC

• The SIEC has taken a comprehensive and methodical
  approach
• Ground up (starts at local/regional level)
• High-tech and low-tech solutions
• In line with national standards and mandates
  (NIMS, NECP, SAFECOM, OEC)
• System of systems approach
• Secured over 30 million in federal funding

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SIEC Contributions to Washington State
Interoperable Communications
2006 and prior 2007 2008 2009
Technical Implementation Plan (TIP) initiated and implemented OSCCR base station project completion (14 base stations) Phase I 798,206 fed. 2.2 million IECGP grants projects review, selection and oversight NGA grants 50K to address governance issues, solicit feedback, and develop promote statewide IC solutions
OPSCAN concept developed and implemented45 jurisdictions 5.76M fed/1.4M local 19.21 million PSIC grant projects review, selection and oversight OPSCAN expansion to support 2010 Olympics and beyond OSCCR Phase II 183,126 fed.
Statewide Public Safety Communications Interoperability Plan initiated WA State Communications Interoperability Plan (SCIP) completed Statewide workshops to solicit feedback and promote IC solutions
System architecture and component requirements for statewide system
Adoption of Project 25 as statewide communications system standard
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SIEC

• Outreach is the key to success
• The SIECs approach empowers and assists
  emergency responder agencies to work together at
  the local level to develop interoperability from
  the ground up (rather than state down).

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SIEC

• In addition, there have been many local and
  regional interoperability successes, both grant
  funded and through the application of local
  dollars, that have contributed toward improving
  interoperability in the State.

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Success

• Everyone makes it happen
• It takes all of us working together to achieve
  interoperability
• Policymakers
• Emergency Responders
• Administrators
• Professionals
• Technical Experts
• Vendors
• Healthcare providers
• Private Citizens

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7 Steps
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7 Steps
TOGETHER
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SIEC

• National Emergency Communications Plan
• Goal 1 By 2010, 90 percent of all high-risk
  urban areas designated within the Urban Areas
  Security Initiative (UASI) are able to
  demonstrate response-level emergency
  communications within one hour for routine events
  involving multiple jurisdictions and agencies.
• Goal 2 By 2011, 75 percent of non-UASI
  jurisdictions are able to demonstrate
  response-level emergency communications within
  one hour for routine events involving multiple
  jurisdictions and agencies.
• Goal 3 By 2013, 75 percent of all jurisdictions
  are able to demonstrate response-level emergency
  communications within three hours, in the event
  of a significant incident as outlined in national
  planning scenarios.

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The SIEC

• Washington State has adopted a System of
  Systems approach vs. building one big system for
  all users and all disciplines.
• More efficient
• Easier transition
• Lower cost
• The SIEC is interested in furthering
  interoperability statewide and building
  cooperative efforts between state, federal, local
  and tribal systems.

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Success

• All success stories involve having some kind of
  plan in place.
• It doesnt have to be a perfect plan
• "A good plan today is better than a perfect plan
  tomorrow." -- General George S. Patton

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SIEC

• Questions?

• Interoperability is an investment in Public
  Safety and Emergency Preparedness
• www.siec.wa.gov
• Laura Kingman
• Washington State Patrol
• 360-507-3881
• Laura.Kingman_at_wsp.wa.gov