NCJ Number
181407
Date Published
May 2000
Length
11 pages
Annotation
This document provides information for the development of a 3-year statewide domestic preparedness strategy.
Abstract
In developing their statewide strategies, States must include the capabilities and roles of the various jurisdictions throughout their State. A jurisdiction is defined as the responsible entity for providing a coordinated response to weapons of mass destruction (WMD) terrorist incidents. State efforts to coordinate program activities among emergency response services should be described in the strategy. Efforts to balance and coordinate different components of the response system (planning, equipment, training, and exercising) and the impact of each component on the others should also be described. The Risk Assessment includes instruments to evaluate and integrate vulnerability, threat, and public health performance and yield a Risk Profile. This assessment is to be conducted for each identified jurisdiction within the State. Conduct Capabilities and Needs Assessments are designed to provide operational capability information and guide identification of program needs. These are also to be conducted for each identified jurisdiction within the State. The Complete Jurisdiction Prioritization Matrix is a form for priority ranking of each of the State’s identified jurisdictions, based on Risk Assessments and Capabilities and Needs Assessments. Complete 3-year Projection Forms are designed to report existing resources/efforts and projected needs for each response discipline within each domestic preparedness program area. The Complete Additional Training Information Form, Complete Emergency Response Team Surveys, Complete Forms for Recommendations for State and Local Response to WMD Terrorism Incidents, 3-year Statewide Domestic Preparedness Strategy, and Identification of Current Capabilities, Projected Needs, and Related Impacts are also to be completed. The program areas to be addressed are equipment, training, exercise, and technical assistance priorities, as well as research and development. The evaluation of the Statewide Strategy is the responsibility of the designated State Administrative Agency (SAA) for each State.