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20SHSP Sustainment Work Plan
<br />10ttitas County Sheriffs Office
<br />Attachment D-2
<br />AMOUNT $46,003
<br />Investment #1: WA SHSP Sustainment —
<br />The State Is divided Into 9 Homeland Security Regions, made up of 39 counties, which differ in many respects Including geography (from
<br />marine to desert), major Industry (from large business to agricultural), and population (from dense urban settings to rural areas). Each
<br />Region develops projects to address their specific risks and hazards which sustain previously built capabilities or close Identified gaps.
<br />While the communities may differ, emergency management priorities are similar across the state and most Initiatives can be tied back to
<br />building regional capability to respond and recover, and be in a state of readiness through planning, training, equipping, and exercising,
<br />should a natural or human -caused catastrophic incident occur. As communicated in the 2018 and confirmed in the 2019 THIRA,
<br />Capabilities Estimation, and SPR, gaps have been identified in the following core capabilities.
<br />All jurisdictions have targeted efforts related to Operational Coordination. The foremost gaps are:
<br />1) PLANNING: Plans lack horizontal and vertical integration and need adjusting to be scalable for use during a catastrophic incident.
<br />Recovery needs to be incorporated.
<br />2) ORGANIZATION: Response and recovery to catastrophic incidents will require additional trained personnel to supporteither large scale
<br />or long-term activations.
<br />3) EQUIPMENT: There is a lack of integration and interoperability of tools to form a Common Operating Picture for all stakeholders.
<br />Additionally, equipment continues to age, with subsequent degradation occurring with routine usage, and there Is a lack of funding to
<br />maintain and/or replace.
<br />Resiliency is still an evolving concept without a formalized statewide, whole community approach to focus efforts. While the State is
<br />Introducing Initiatives to combat that reality, local jurisdictions still struggle with gaps related to Community Resilience:
<br />1) TRAINING: Individuals and businesses need to move from awareness to action.
<br />2) EXERCISE: Communities are dependent on volunteers to exercise this capability and do not have the tools or expertise to engage
<br />stakeholders.
<br />Related to Resilience, jurisdictions recognize the need to communicate with all stakeholders and continue to expand the reach of their
<br />messaging. Initiatives are ongoing to address the identified Public information and Warning gap related to
<br />1) PLANNING: Plans do not fully address communicating with non-English speaking populations, immigrant groups, and individuals with
<br />disabilities.
<br />PROJECT #1 Region 7Homeland Security Project (Investment 1, Project 7)
<br />Region 7 will address priorities based on regionally identified gaps. The region is challenged by the lack of funding to adequately plan, train
<br />and exercise for a terrorist attack. Specifically, the region will focus on sustaining and enhancing capabilities, which include: Community
<br />Resilience to maintain the ability to communicate with citizens during an emergent terrorist threat, Operational Communications due to
<br />lack of EOC coordination, lack of up to date equipment and coordination with first responders, Interdiction and Disruption to train and
<br />equip special beams, Planning to coordinate response, Risk Management for Protection Programs and Activities to enhance screening and
<br />surveillance during events, Access Control/ID Verification to enhance security at critical facilities, Public Alert and Warning due to lack of
<br />funding for alert and warning system, Operational Coordination to enhance EOC specifiic training, and Screening, Search and Detection to
<br />enhance public safety during large public events. To address capability gaps and sustain current capabilities the region will be investing in
<br />organization, planning, equipment, training, and exercise. Activities will include: Community Resilience: Enhance whole community
<br />preparedness, conduct public education Operational Communications: Purchase equipment to enhance EOC and mobile incident
<br />command, coordinate with first responders during large gatherings/events, provide EOC specific training Public Information and Warning:
<br />Renew alert and warning systems contracts to maintain pubic outreach and communications, update outdated communications equipment
<br />to maintain Interoperability Interdiction and Disruption. Purchase equipment for special teams, continue to provide updated training and
<br />equipment for special teams Planning: Review and update emergency plans Risk Management for Protection Programs and Activities:
<br />Sponsor annual risk management and community protection training Access Control/ID Verification: Provide a safe environment for those
<br />accessing critical Infrastructure facilities Screening, Search, and Detection: Enhance public safety during events through screening
<br />surveillance and detection for large groups The funding priorities will support the region In their effort to focus on addressing identified
<br />capability gaps related to emergent terrorist related risks which will enhance capabilities to bolster terrorism recognition and awareness by
<br />detecting, identifying, interdicting and recovering from a terrorist attack.
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