Mayor’s Office of Public Safety and - PowerPoint Presentation

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Mayor’s Office of Public Safety andHomeland Security4/10/18

George T. Buenik – Director34-year veteran of HPD – Retired as an Executive Assistant ChiefCurrently oversee 287 employees244 at HEC27 at City Hall Annex16 at OEMMission: To assist the city in its preparedness activities to prevent, protect, respond to, and to recover from disaster and major emergencies

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Areas of ResponsibilityPublic Safety and Homeland Security

The Houston Emergency Center (HEC)The Office of Emergency Management (OEM)Emergency Operations Center (EOC)Houston CrackdownRegional Community PreparednessPublic Safety Video Network2Slide3

Homeland Security Office

Coordinate Homeland Security for a five county area20 out of 27 employees are Grant fundedGrant Coordinators, Administrators, Planners, Trainers, and Financial personnelManage grants:Securing the Cities - $30 million over 5 yearsUrban Area Security Initiative - $23 million Houston Region ($10 million City)Port Security Grant Program - $3.5 million (received in 2017)Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack - $1.7 millionCountering Violent Extremism - $500,000State Homeland Security Grant - $286,000 (expected)

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Securing The Cities$30 million grant program (over 5 years)

Regional Terrorism Prevention and ResponseDetecting, Deterring, and Defending against terror attacks that use radiological or nuclear materialTraining for First RespondersRadiation Detection Devices, Backpack Detectors, and Mobile Systems4Slide5

Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI)

$23 million Grant-funded projects for the regionCommunity PreparednessHouston Regional Intelligence Service Center (Fusion Center at HEC)Regional PlannersTechnology – Digital Sandbox and Public Safety Video Camera SystemFire Rescue equipmentTactical Medical TeamHPD Air Support equipmentSWAT, Bomb, and Dive Teams

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Port Security Grant Program$3.5 million in Grant funded projects

FY2017HFD underwater search and rescueCameras and imaging systemsPortable X-ray machineDive SuitsHazmat vehicleChemical DetectorsTraining for specialized teams

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Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack

$1.7 million grant funded program toDevelop best practices and ensure that public safety personnel are ready to respond in a coordinated mannerConduct capability gap analysisDevelop scenario-based trainingConduct a Table Top ExerciseDevelop a public safety video7

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Community PreparednessHouston Ready – 5 county region

Make a Plan, Build a Kit, Stay Informed, Know your NeighborsRun.Hide.Fight. and Make the Call iwatch terrorism preventionHouston CERT – Community Emergency Response TeamCitizens trained how to help themselves and othersAssist in disaster responseExtreme Weather Expo on June 2nd – 3,000 expected8Slide9

Countering Violent Extremism Grant

$500,000 grant funded program toReduce terrorism risk and empower the communityFocuses on reducing the vulnerability of youth to extremist ideologies in a five-county areaGoal is to create and implement training for parents and youth to educate them on violent extremismProgram will be led by a steering committee comprised of community leaders, service providers, and non-profit partners

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State Homeland Security Grant Program

$286,000 expected in grant fundingHPD Bomb Squad equipmentHPD Special Response Group equipmentHouston Regional Catastrophic Preparedness Initiative PlannerTerrorismIED AttackNatural HazardsCyber Terror10Slide11

Homeland Security ProjectsHurricane Harvey After Action Report

Continuity of Operations After Action ReportWildfire Table Top Exercise – April 23, 2018Extreme Weather Expo at GRB – June 2, 2018Army Cyber Institute Exercise at GRB – July 23, 201811Slide12

Hurricane Harvey After Action Report

Areas for Improvement Command, Control, and Coordination - 6Rescue Operations and Evacuations - 3Resource Personnel and Management - 8Emergency Purchasing and Finance - 4Shelter Operations and Mass Care - 4Continuity of Operations - 2

Information Technology - 3Mutual Aid - 4Damage Assessment and Debris Management - 3

Other Areas - 7

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Continuity of Operations After Action

Five ObjectivesEvaluate Command and ControlAssess Alternative Work SitesAssess Personnel ManagementEvaluate Communicating with PersonnelDiscuss Technology CapabilityStrengths and Areas for Improvement identified

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Regional Wildfire Table Top ExerciseApril 23, 2018

Test the Significant Wildfire Incident Concept of Operations by focusing on mutual aid requests, resource management, and information coordination for wildfires affecting multiple jurisdictions within the 13-county region Participants include:Fire Leadership / EMSEmergency ManagementTexas A&M Forest ServiceState & Regional partners

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Houston Emergency Center (HEC)

Chief David Cutler – Director244 Total HEC personnel175 Telecommunicators (Call Takers)Handle 2.8 million calls a year for emergency and non-emergency2 million 911 calls762,000 Police calls – 10 digit number49,000 Fire calls – 10 digit number2,500 EMS calls – 10 digit number5,800 Text messages

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HEC ProjectsWorking with HITS on a CAD update / replacement

Timeline for completion – 2 to 4 yearsGreater Harris County 9-1-1 will supply HEC with 12 more call taker consoles and 20 laptops to expand call-taking capacity16Slide17

Office of Emergency Management

Chief Rick Flanagan – Emergency Management CoordinatorAssists City departments in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters and major emergenciesDevelops plans for dealing with disastersActivates the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) where all top level department decision makers coordinate their response17Slide18

Houston Crackdown

Ray Andrews – Program DirectorCoordinates community volunteer projects in alcohol and drug abuse through prevention, education, treatment, and rehabilitationReferral network for substance abuse programs and eventsOver 8,000 people reached in programs and services18Slide19

Public Safety Video NetworkTo improve the security posture of critical infrastructure, Key Resources, and large public venues

Consists of 925 video camera with access to 400 private sector camerasMain areas of coverageDowntown and Discover GreenBuffalo Bayou and Tinsley ParkTexas Medical CenterNRG, Toyota, Minute Maid, and BBVA19Slide20

Everbridge

Mass Communication System platform that will send out Alert Houston notificationsCapable of storing 500,000 contactsCan send out emails, text messages, and voice messagesCan “Geo Target” specific areasInternal Employee notificationsAutomatic Translation for Five languages (Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, Arabic, French)20Slide21

Questions

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