1. NCEM Identification, Badging and Credentialing (IBAC) System

2. Overview What is IBAC? The Components In Place What can it do?
Integration
Use and Policies
Future

3. What is IBAC?
A system that will fully integrate identification cards, incident access badges, and credentials/qualifications
Comprised of Salamander™ components, TERMS, and various credentialing systems
Provides method for resource tracking and validation of qualifications

4. What Resources to Track?
First responders (fire, law, EMS, rescue)
Secondary responders (EM, hospitals, public health, NGOs & FBOs)
Tertiary players (lawyers, trade groups, and other)
WHY? All individually controlled at the local and state levels with no interoperability … ASTM standard A Guide for Credentialing Access to an Incident or Event Site, NIMS, and Real ID Act

5. The Components in Place
Salamander Resource Manager Web – Web-based hard card identification
Salamander RapidTAG – Short-term paper identification tags
Salamander Command – Electronic ICS 207 on steroids
Salamander InterTrax Exchange – Web server to provide overarching view of multiple incidents and report creation

6. What can it do? Create permanent hard cards containing qualifications
Check-in resources
Track resources/manage incidents
Allows personal accountability (PARs)
Create reports

7. Integration Strategy

8. Integration Phases

9. Local Integration
Existing Salamander systems can tie into state systems (configuration)
Branch kits
New acquisitions can tie into state system

10. Use and Policies Branch kits are available
MOA to tie into state system (design, configuration, accounts)
Must meet state identification policies
Existing state agency specific contract (revert process)
HIPAA laws

11. State Agency Specific Contract
Resource Manager Web Print Key $75
Command Work Center $42,995
RapidTAG Work Center $14,995
Mobile Express $4,895
RapidTAG Evac $6,125
Hard Card Printer $7,260
Supplies

12. Future
Automatic qualification dumps (OEMS/OSFM/etc. to TERMS and Salamander)
Near real-time visibility (NC SPARTA)
Standardized identification policies and standards

13. QUESTIONS? Glenn Wisbey glenn.wisbey@ncdps.gov