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_J 0 Santa Arta Police Department a.7t LNeroperability Comm nricalions Consulting, Phase H One Mlssron. You(s. GTSI-10-12549 v1.0 2.8 Develop Multi-year Training and Exercise Plan The Strategic Plan should address all of the areas which impact the improvement to communications interoperability within the SPA. As outlined in the DHS/SAFECOM Interoperability Continuum, interoperable communications training and exercises is imperative in accomplishing the highest levels of communications interoperability. The successful implementation of communications interoperability 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 interoperability. 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 will 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 closely with the SPA and Urban/ Operational Area stakeholders and will conduct multiple regional TEPWs in order to determine regional/operational area 1) training and exercise priorities; 2) training and exercise program goals and objectives, and 3) develop a multiyear 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 will 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 frill-scale) can be executed as a single activity, the greatest benefit can be achieved through a building-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 Conj)dential and Proprietary. Use or disclosure of the data contained on this sheet is subject to the restrictions on the title page of this proposal.