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Who We Are… The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research organization that owns and operates the Morrelly Homeland Security Center which is the first – and only one – of its kind homeland security-focused, C4I facility that is located in Bethpage, New York Mission • To help protect the United States from manmade and natural disasters by: – (1) Bringing together the public and private sectors and academia to develop and commercialize resilient and sustainable homeland security products and services, and – (2) Providing state-of-the-art training and exercises to first responders and other homeland security end users. Functions Research and Collaboration: The Foundation brings together numerous private companies, government entities and educational institutions in order to develop sustainable and resilient homeland security solutions for local, state and Federal entities. Training: The Foundation provides homeland security and other related educational training programs for local, state and Federal homeland security personnel. Emergency Operations Center: The Foundation’s facility serves as Nassau County’s emergency operations center and has the capacity to expand to a regional command and control facility. The Morrelly Homeland Security Center • Three floor, 90,000 sq. ft. C4I Facility (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence) • Established with a $25 million grant from NYS • Close proximity to New York City The Morrelly Homeland Security Center • Resident Research Partners: Houses academics, private sector and government entities, including: the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management, Metropolitan Tranist Authority Police, New York State Office of Homeland Security, Northrop Grumman Corporation and NYU-Poly • Communications: Satellite (CBand, VSAT), all band terrestrial (for First Responders), dedicated cell network, fiber & WIFI connections to fixed and mobile platforms • Lecture Hall: 200-seat lecture hall for training, lectures and exercises. Can be transformed to 75-seat Joint Operations Facility in an emergency with links to other parts of the operations facility Cyber Operations Integration Network • Modeling and simulation Lab • Next generation command & control center for use during emergency operations tailgatER • Owns and operates satellite-linked vehicle that can receive real-time, incident information from our command and control facility. Research Foundation - Competencies Tabletop Exercises Collaborative Seminars Emergency Operation Center / Visualization Communications Cyber Security & Systems Education & Specialized Training Field and Laboratory Testing Compliance Management Concept Commercialization Rapid Prototypes/Field MODS Modeling and Simulation Systems Engineering • Requirements • Purchasing • Funding Agencies • Company Investment AFFORDABLE READY FOR SERVICE PRODUCTS • Lab Testing • Urban /Rural/Coastal • Company R&D • Research Labs NY State’s RTDC NIST’s MEP Commercialization Field Testing Deployment Access to US Manufacturers Agency & Customer Residents Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives (ATF) DHS Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) MTA Police Nassau County Executive Office Nassau County Office of Emergency Management NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYS DEC) United States Secret Service (USSS) University Partners • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Adelphi University Disaster Research Center -Delaware University Dowling College Farmingdale University Hofstra University Homeland Security Management Institute National Center for Security and Preparedness New York Academy of Sciences New York University Polytechnic Institute of NYU Queens Borough Community College The Homeland Security Management Institute St. Johns University Stony Brook University Contacts Richard A Rotanz Executive Director [email protected] Bradley Schreiber Vice President of Washington Operations [email protected] (516) 390-5200 (Bethpage) (202) 683-2005 (Washington, DC)