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Attachment D-2
<br />20SHSP Sustainment Work Plan
<br />Kittitas County Sheriff's Office
<br />AMOUNT $5,633
<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
<br />(from marine to desert), major industry (from large business to agricultural), and population (from dense urban settings to rural
<br />areas). Each Region develops projects to address their specific risks and hazards which sustain previously built capabilities or close
<br />identified gaps. While the communities may differ, emergency management priorities are similar across the state and most
<br />initiatives can be tied back to building regional capability to respond and recover, and be in a state of readiness through planning,
<br />training, equipping, and exercising, should a natural or human -caused catastrophic incident occur. As communicated in the 2018 and
<br />confirmed in the 2019 THIRA, 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 support either large-
<br />scale 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
<br />to 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
<br />their 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
<br />with 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
<br />plan, train and exercise for a terrorist attack. Specifically, the region will focus on sustaining and enhancing capabilities, which
<br />include: Community Resilience to maintain the ability to communicate with citizens during an emergent terrorist threat, Operational
<br />Communications due to lack of EOC coordination, lack of up to date equipment and coordination with first responders, Interdiction
<br />and Disruption to train and equip special teams, Planning to coordinate response, Risk Management for Protection Programs and
<br />Activities to enhance screening and surveillance during events, Access Control/ID Verification to enhance security at critical facilities,
<br />Public Alert and Warning due to lack of funding for alert and warning system, Operational Coordination to enhance EOC specific
<br />training, and Screening, Search and Detection to enhance public safety during large public events. To address capability gaps and
<br />sustain current capabilities the region will be investing in organization, planning, equipment, training, and exercise. Activities will
<br />include: Community Resilience: Enhance whole community preparedness, conduct public education Operational Communications:
<br />Purchase equipment to enhance EOC and mobile incident command, coordinate with first responders during large
<br />gatherings/events, provide EOC specific training Public Information and Warning: Renew alert and warning systems contracts to
<br />maintain pubic outreach and communications, update outdated communications equipment to maintain interoperability
<br />Interdiction and Disruption: Purchase equipment for special teams, continue to provide updated training and equipment for special
<br />teams Planning. Review and update emergency plans Risk Management for Protection Programs and Activities: Sponsor annual risk
<br />management and community protection training Access Control/ID Verification: Provide a safe environment for those accessing
<br />critical infrastructure facilities Screening, Search, and Detection: Enhance public safety during events through screening surveillance
<br />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
<br />awareness by detecting, identifying, interdicting and recovering from a terrorist attack.
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