Special Event Preparedness in a Post 9/11 World Intergovernmental Law Enforcement and Public Safety Coordination Special or Major events are not new to Law Enforcement . New Year’s Eve Celebrations . Major Sporting Events . Political Conventions What is new is the need for all agencies to include terrorism preparedness as part of the overall security plan under the National Incident Management System and the National Response Plan. National Special Security Events . Homeland Security Presidential Directive-7 empowers the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate NSSE’s. - 2004 Republican and Democrat National Conventions - 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City . Presidential Decision Directive-62 outlines federal roles and responsibilities for NSSE’s: - U.S. Secret Service is lead federal agency for designing the security plan with local, state and federal law enforcement and public safety agencies. - FBI is the lead federal agency for intelligence and counter-terrorism operations. - FEMA is the lead federal agency for emergency responseand recovery planning and coordination. Special Event Homeland Security Level I-IV System . System designed to track and manage events that don’t rise to the level of a NSSE. . Secretary of DHS sets the level for each event based upon lists supplied by state, territorial, tribal and local governments. - Based upon recommendations from the Special Event Working Group . Level I and II Events receive a Federal Coordinator appointed by the DHS Secretary to coordinate federal assistance to law enforcement and public safety agencies. Special Event Homeland Security Levels . Level I – A major national or international event requiring significant federal support and situational awareness. - 2006 Super Bowl - Federal Coordinator & Support Plan . Level II – A medium national or international event requiring federal support and situational awareness. - Iraqi Elections in the U.S. - Federal Coordinator & Support Plan . Level III – A low magnitude event requiring limited federal support and situational awareness. . Level IV – An event that requires federal awareness but no direct federal support or involvement. National Incident Management System . HSPD-5 required the Secretary of DHS to construct the NIMS and the National Response Plan (NRP) . NIMS represents a core set of doctrine, terminology and organizational templates to enable effective incident management. - NIMS is based on the Incident Command System . NIMS is not an operational plan. Rather, it is the backbone and template for operational plans such as the NRP. National Incident Management System . The NIMS backbone can be an effective template from which to design and implement security for major events across the continuum of prevention and protection through to response and recovery activities. . Under HSPD-5, by September 30, 2006 all local, state, territorial and tribal agencies must be NIMS compliant in order to receive federal grant funds, including DHS grants. National Incident Management System Basic Template for Management of Events Bubble Chart: (Unified Command) -Planning -Operations -Logistics -Finance/Administration National Response Plan . As required by HSPD-5, the NRP establishes a single, comprehensive plan for domestic incident management including prevention, protection, response and recovery activities. . The NRP is an all-hazards plan, built on the template of the National Incident Management System, with 15 Emergency Support Functions which feed into the four major functional areas under NIMS. National Response Plan Emergency Support Functions . ESF 1 Transportation . ESF 2 Communications . ESF 3 Public Works . ESF 4 Firefighting . ESF 5 Emergency Management . ESF 6 Mass Care, Housing, and Human Services . ESF 7 Resource Support . ESF 8 Public Health and Medical Services . ESF 9 Urban Search and Rescue . ESF 10 Oil and Hazardous Materials Response . ESF 11 Agriculture and Natural Resources . ESF 12 Energy . ESF 13 Public Safety and Security . ESF 14 Long-Term Recovery and Mitigation . ESF 15 External Affairs National Response Plan Principal Federal Official . Designated by the Secretary of DHS. - Does not have to be a DHS employee (FBI, ATF, DEA etc.) . For special events, NSSE’s such as the 2004 political conventions, participates in ongoing steady-state preparedness efforts leading up to the event; . Lead Federal official for ensuring overall coordination of Federal domestic incident management and resource allocation activities; . Ensuring the integration of Federal activities in support of and in coordination with State, local, and tribal requirements; and . Serving as a primary point of contact with State, local, and tribal senior elected/appointed officials, the media, and the private sector. National Response Plan Joint Field Office . The JFO is a multi-agency coordination center established locally at or near the event. Depending on the size and scope of the event, there may be multiple JFO’s established for a single event. . The JFO provides a central location for coordination of Federal, State, local, tribal, nongovernmental, and private-sector organizations with primary responsibility for prevention, protection, response and recovery operations. Joint Field Office Structure for NSSE’s, and other Special Events Picture of Chart: JFO Coordination Group: Principal Federal Official -Federal Coordinating Officer -State Coordinating Officer -Senior Federal Officials (In some instances, the JFO Coordination Group may include NGO and/or private-sector representatives, as appropriate.) JFO Coordination Staff: Chief of Staff (Safety Coordinator, Liaison Officer(s), Infrastructure Liaison, and Others as needed) -External Affairs -Office of Inspector General -Defense Coordinating Officer JFO Sections Operations Section -Security Operations Brance (MCC) -Law Enforcement Investigative Operations (JOC) Branch - Response and Recovery Operations Branch Planning Section Logistics Section Finance/Admin Section (Comptroller) (Branches and sub-units established as needed) Questions? Filler Security Strategies, Inc. Joshua D. Filler, President Office: 202-518-6965 Cell: 202-279-1095 jfiller@fssconsulting.net www.fssconsulting.net