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HSGP Appendix | 2023 Page A-47
<br />No equipment is purchased for distribution. All items were excess that had been turned in by military
<br />units or had been held as part of reserve stocks until no longer needed. Requisitions cover the gamut of
<br />items used by America’s military ― clothing and office supplies, tools, and rescue equipment, vehicles,
<br />small arms, and more. There is no fee for the equipment itself, however, the law enforcement agencies are
<br />responsible for the shipping costs.
<br />For additional information on the LESO, please visit:
<br />http://www.dla.mil/DispositionServices/Offers/Reutilization/LawEnforcement.aspx.
<br />Supplemental Emergency Communications Guidance
<br />Lessons learned from recent major disasters, unplanned events, and full-scale exercises have identified a
<br />need for greater coordination of emergency communications among senior elected officials, emergency
<br />management agencies, and first responders at all levels of government. Federal responders arriving on the
<br />scene of a domestic incident are not always able to communicate with SLTT response agencies, as well as
<br />key government officials. State and local first responders sometimes experience similar problems,
<br />particularly when the incident requires a multi-agency, regional response effort or when primary
<br />communications capabilities fail. This lack of operability and interoperability between federal and SLTT
<br />agencies―further complicated by problems with communications survivability and resilience―has
<br />hindered the ability to share critical information, which can compromise the unity-of-effort required for
<br />an effective incident response.
<br />Departments and agencies at all levels of government have identified a need for improvement in a number
<br />of high-priority areas, including Governance, Planning, Training and Exercises, Operational
<br />Coordination, and Technology. In addition, communications resilience and continuity should be viewed
<br />as a critical component within each of these areas. These priorities are explained in detail in Section 2 of
<br />the SAFECOM Guidance. By addressing these priorities, which are reflective of proven best practices,
<br />emergency communications can be significantly improved at all levels of government. The end goal is to
<br />ensure operable, interoperable, and resilient communications that maintain a continuous flow of critical
<br />information, under all conditions, among multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary emergency
<br />responders, command posts, agencies, critical infrastructure sectors, and government officials for the
<br />duration of an emergency response operation, and in accordance with NIMS and the National Emergency
<br />Communications Plan, which describes goals and objectives for improving emergency communications
<br />nationwide.
<br />To help meet this goal, the SAFECOM Guidance outlines requirements for grant applications, including
<br />alignment to national, regional, and state communications plans (e.g., NECP, Statewide Communication
<br />Interoperability Plan (SCIP), Tactical Interoperability Communications Plan (TICP), FEMA Regional
<br />Emergency Communications Plan (RECP)), project coordination, and technical standards for emergency
<br />communications technologies. SCIPs define the current and future direction for interoperable and
<br />emergency communications within a state or territory, while TICPs are designed to allow urban areas,
<br />counties, regions, states/territories, tribes, or federal departments/agencies to document interoperable
<br />communications governance structures, technology assets, and usage policies and procedures. In addition,
<br />FEMA’s formal planning process has produced 10 RECPs and their associa ted state and/or
<br />tribal/territorial annexes that identify emergency communications capability shortfalls and potential
<br />resource requirements. Grant recipients are encouraged to leverage these planning resources as a source
<br />of input and reference for all emergency communications grant applications and investment justifications.
<br />In addition, FEMA formally recognizes several statewide emergency communications governance bodies
<br />(e.g., SWIC, SIGB, Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC), FirstNet State Single Point
<br />of Contact (SPOC)), and strongly encourages grant recipients to closely coordinate with these entities
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