25H - DEVELOP COMM PLANS AND TRAINING AND EXERCISE PLAN FOR SOUTHERN PLANNING AREA

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SantnAnn,l'oliceDepnrtrrteat ~ ` Lrteropeinbilit}' Can»xuticntians Cousrrltitrg, Pknse 7I Ore Atissfon, Yaurs. GTSI-70-]2549 vL0 2.8 Develop Multi-year Training and Exercise Plan The Strategic Plan should address all of the areas which impact the impravement to communications intecoperability within the SPA. As outlined in the DHS/SAI;ECOM Interoperability Continuum, interaperable communications training and exercises is imperative in accomplishing the highest levels of communications intecoperability. The successful implementation of communications intecoperability requires not only technology and operational protocols and procedures but it also requires that all first responder personnel, be thoroughly knowledgeable, trained and exercised in the use of the equipment and the procedures that must be utilized to effect communications intecoperability. The most effective method to begin development of a training and exercise program is through the conduct of a Training and Exercise Planning Workshop (TEPW). The TEPW is a forum for ultimately developing the SPA Multiyear Training and Exercise Plan. This plan ~vili allow SPA stakeholders as a whole to translate communications goals and priorities into specific objectives and exercises, as well as collaborate and coordinate current and future training and exercise activities. Our project team will work closet wi y th the SPA and Urban/ O erational Ar stakeholders and tivill conduct multiple regional TEPWs in ozder pto determine ?•egional/operational area 1) training and exercise priorities; 2) training and exercise program goals and objectives, and 3) develop a multiryear schedule of training and exercise events that is HSEEP compliant. The analysis of the information from the regional/operational area TEPWs will be synthesized into one overarching SPA Multiyear Training and Exercise Plan. This plan will detail a multiyear training and exercise schedule that is coordinated across the Southern Planning Area, to include each Urban/ Operational Area and the State of California. Additionally, the GTSI Team Gvil] ensure 1) the communications-focused exercise schedule is coordinated with regional emergency management exercise initiatives to allow for opportunities to sync exercises; 2) ample time to implement a corrective actions program; and 3) structure the exercise schedule around a comprehensive building block approach. Development of the SPA Multiyear Training and Exercise Plan will be the first in the series of steps utilizing HSEEP methodology and the building block approach. Although each exercise type (i.e., workshop, tabletop, and full-scale) can be executed as a single activity, the greatest benefit can be achieved through abuilding-block approach to exercises that exposes exercise participants to gradually increasing levels of complexity. An effective exercise program uses a combination of exercise types to effectively accomplish exercise specific objectives and program goals. It does not always proceed from least complex to most complex, but builds upon lessons learned from previous exercises. • Coordinate and facilitate one (1) planning meeting in advance of the TEPW • Provide meeting minutes from the planning meeting • Develop a TEPW invitation letter, if needed • Develop TEPW Read-Ahead Materials to be sent out prior to conduct, approximately two (2) weeks • Send out invitation to all invitees via email, track as needed -9_ GTSI ConJideluial and Proprietary. Use or disclosrve of the data contained oar thls sheer is subject to the restrictions on the title page of this proposal. 25H-22