Transcript State Communications Interoperability Plan (SCIP)

Statewide Communications Interoperability Plan
Illinois: A State of Interoperability
December 3, 2007
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SAFECOM Interoperability
Continuum
 Governance
 Standard
Operating Procedures
 Technology
 Training and Exercises
 Usage
Governance
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Establishes Statewide Interoperability Executive
Committee (SIEC) as Governance body.
Establishes Illinois Terrorism Task Force
Communications Committee, as the developing
authority for the plan.
With the roles of both committees being fully
articulated, the plan promotes accountability and
propels both groups forward with defined
purposes and responsibilities.
Standard Operating Procedures
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Committees have been formed to craft standard
operating procedures from informal protocols
used to direct interoperability in the past.
Newly-developed SOPs include NIMS-compliance
requirements and optimize interoperable
communications in a multi-agency/multidisciplinary/multi-hazard environment.
Technology
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Built on a series of independent, yet
interrelated, radio and data communications
systems which have a demonstrable record of
functionality and reliability.
Illinois has invested over $27 million in federal
homeland security funds to enhance voice and
data communication systems.
Training and Exercises
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Illinois is reemphasizing the importance of
regular, comprehensive, and cross-disciplinary
exercises that will be used to identify potential
problems on a local/regional/state level.
Exercises will be used to identify areas of need
for remedial training, promote familiarity with
equipment usage, and ensure participants
readily understand the standard operating
procedures which govern interoperability.
Usage
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High level of interoperability usage as evidenced
by the multiple shared communications systems
in use within the public safety community.
Continuing deployment of the STARCOM 21
radio system increasing interoperability.
The SIEC will promote the expansion of
interoperability and its indoctrination into the
mainstream of public safety operations in
Illinois.
Interoperability Continuum
Interoperable Communications Technical
Assistance Program
Communication Assets
Survey and Mapping (CASM)
Tool
Short Introduction
ICTAP/CASM-PRES-002-R1
Updated 2/13/07 - CASM Release 1.2
CASM: Purpose
► Provide
a single database to collect
information about land mobile radio
systems, other interoperability methods
and how they are used by public safety
agencies within an urban area or state.
CASM: Purpose
► Provide
a method to display the data.
CASM: Purpose
► Provide
tools to analyze the data and
visualize interoperability gaps in accordance
with the SAFECOM Interoperability
Continuum framework.
CASM: Benefits
 Sharing Data. CASM makes communication
assets and interoperability data available to
authorized users within an urban area or
state. Assists participating public safety
agencies in understanding the interoperability
methods used by neighboring agencies.
CASM: Benefits
► Identifying
Gaps. CASM provides a number
of different ways to visualize potential
interoperability between agencies in an
urban area or state. This information may
be used to design solutions to
interoperability gaps.
CASM: Benefits
 Reporting Options.
CASM provides seven
different pre-formatted
reports that may be
converted to standard
word processing or
spreadsheet documents
for further
customization by
individual users.
Shared Radio Channels
► INET (IEMA Low Band)
► IFERN (Interagency Fire Emergency Radio Network)
► ISPERN (Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network)
► IREACH (Illinois Radio Emergency Assistance Channel)
► MERCI (Medical Emergency Radio System of Illinois)
► ESMARN (Emergency Services Mutual Aid Radio Network)
► V-TAC (Very High Frequency Tactical Channel)
► U-TAC (Ultra High Frequency Tactical Channel)
► I-TAC (Interagency Tactical Channel)
Strategic Technology Reserve
13 Unified Command Vehicles
11 Transportable Emergency Communications
Systems (ITECS)
Five-Tier Scaled Approach
to Interoperability
ILLINOIS and the
INTEROPERABILITY CONTINUUM
QUESTIONS?