Homeland Security Fixed Wireless Data Communication Program as a Life-Line

Goal: The primary goal was to address fix wireless access technology as a pre-catastrophic plan or solution for a States' risk-based local jurisdiction with an emphasis on developing, planning and implementing effective strategies for chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive terrorist events; but with emphasis on natural disaster preparedness as defined by the States.

Results: The result was the identification of capability gaps within each high-risk based jurisdictions. A pre-catastrophic fixed wireless data communications deployment and redundancy plan, pre-approved fixed wireless systems integrator for deployment of the plan was developed that addressed solutons to the capability gaps identified.

Measurements: The Homeland Security grant's technical and cost proposal was authored and submitted to Homeland Security for funding. The plan was designed to facilitate rapid provisioning of on-scene, incident based mission critical data and voice communications specifically for risk-based local jurisdictional institutions without excluding first-responder agencies, as appropriate for the incident. The plan provided a sound plan to respond and recover a local jurisdiction's data communication in the event that it become partially or fully non-operational, independent of another jurisdiction or simultaneously both non-operational. The specific elements addressed infrastructure assessment, public networks site survey, design configurations, zones and network deployment plan.

Additional information...

>>See Homeland Security Preparedness Technical Assistance Program (HSPTAP) Program Narrative 
>>See Homeland Security Preparedness Risk Management Approach for Local Jurisdications
>>See Louisiana Interoperability Communication System Integrating Value Management and Project Managment Methodology