Wisconsin’s INTER PERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications Tactical Interoperable Communication Plan TICP March 3, 2011

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications Tim Pierce – Southwest SCIP Coordinator Introductions

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications Agenda  What is a TICP?  Parts of the TICP  Why you should have a TICP  How you can get a TICP

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications What is a TICP  TICP = Tactical Interoperable Communication Plan  TICP is intended to document the interoperable communications resources available within the County  Who controls each resource, and what rules of use or operational procedures exist for the activation and deactivation of each resource.  A tool used for incidents and planned events

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications What is Tactical Interoperable Communication  Defined as the rapid provision of on-scene, incident based mission critical voice communications among all first- responder agencies (EMS, fire and law enforcement), as appropriate for the incident, and in support of an incident command system as defined in the National Incident Management System (NIMS) model.

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications Why you should have a TICP  Expand participation in its decision-making group.  Execute formal agreements among participating agencies to include Federal, State, and tribal agencies.  Expand multi-disciplinary participation to develop standard operating procedures (SOPs).  Ensure that all participating first responder agencies attain and maintain National Incident Management System (NIMS)/Incident Command System (ICS) compliance.  Also helps to identify weaknesses

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications Why you should have a TICP  Expand participation in its decision-making group.  Execute formal agreements among participating agencies to include Federal, State, and tribal agencies.  Expand multi-disciplinary participation to develop standard operating procedures (SOPs).  Ensure that all participating first responder agencies attain and maintain National Incident Management System (NIMS)/Incident Command System (ICS) compliance.  Also helps to identify weaknesses

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications Parts of the TICP  County Name Information  Participating Jurisdictions/Agencies/Disciplines  TICP Point of Contact  Governance

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications Parts of the TICP  Interoperability Equipment, Policies, and Procedures  Shared Systems  Intra-System Shared Interoperability Channel(s)  Inter-System Shared Channel(s) Policies and Procedures  Gateways  Cache Radios

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications Parts of the TICP  Mobile Communications  ARES/RACES  Satellite Phones  Mobile Repeaters or Transportable Communications Systems  Alternate Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs)  County Emergency Resource Staffing  CASM

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications Parts of the TICP - Appendix  Points of Contact  Shared Systems  Inter-system Shared Channels  Gateways  Radio Caches  Mobile Communications Units  Policy Documents, Governing Documents, MOUs, and Agreements

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications Parts of the TICP - Appendix  State of Wisconsin Communications Assets and other Information/DNR Information  Incident Command System Planning  Reference Materials  Glossary

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications How you can get a TICP  Your Regional Coordinator will hold a workshop with a “get-it-done” approach.  A template and guidance document is provided as a starting point but is flexible to meet your needs

Wisconsin INTEROPERABILITY Initiative Seamless Public Safety Radio Communications How you can get a TICP  Contact your Regional SCIP Implementation Coordinator  Work with stakeholders in your county  Yes it will take you some time and effort to create a TICP for your county

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