HLS400 Colorado Technical State Homeland Security Strategic Plan

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Description

Up to this point in this course, you have been asked to review, evaluate, assess, and write about existing state and federal homeland security strategic planning documents. Now you have an opportunity, in a group setting, to prepare your own State Homeland Security Strategic Plan (SHSSP).

The Project

As a group, you will prepare a draft SHSSP for State A. You can read the scenario by clicking on the following link:

State A Strategic Planning Scenario Document

Your plan will be developed in accordance with the most recent guidance documents issued by DHS to the states, which are the 2005 State and Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy: Guidance on Aligning Strategies with the National Preparedness Goal; the 2007 National Preparedness Guidelines; the Homeland Security Institute’s Homeland Security Strategic Planning: Mission Area Analysis; and other federal guidelines, as well as any widely accepted best practices.

Project Steps

To complete this project, follow the steps below:

Step 1

Develop a strategy for completing the project as a group. It is extremely important that everyone in the group know their roles and responsibilities. You may want to consider assigning roles, such as group leader, researcher, editor, and writer. Most if not all group members will have to perform more than one role for the group to complete the assignment on time.

Step 2

Using the library, conduct a literature search for articles and other relevant information to this assignment. In preparing this assignment, you must incorporate a minimum of 3 scholarly (peer-reviewed) sources.

Step 3

Using the Internet, search for relevant information, including existing SHSSPs. Be careful to weigh both the timeliness and accuracy of this information before incorporating it into your project.

Step 4

Using the steps above, the results of your literature and Internet search, and course textbooks, prepare a draft plan of 4-5 pages entitled State A Homeland Security Strategic Plan in accordance with the following criteria:

  • Apply best practices wherever possible in the plan development process.
  • Align the strategic objectives that support state goals to the 7 identified national priorities:
    • Regional Collaboration
    • National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework (NRF)
    • National Infrastructure Protection Plan
    • Information Sharing and Collaboration
    • Interoperable Communications
    • Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) capabilities
    • Medical Surge and Mass Prophylaxis Capabilities
  • Describe the strategies, goals, and objectives within the framework of the 4 identified mission areas:
    • Prevent
    • Protect
    • Respond
    • Recover
  • Ensure the strategic planning process sufficiently takes the following into account:
    • Allowing local jurisdictions to participate in the planning process
    • Citizen preparedness and volunteer efforts
    • Regionalization and mutual aid

Step 5

Quality Control Questions: Use the following questions to check the quality of your work:

  • Is the format of the SHSSP consistent with the guidance in the State and Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy: Guidance on Aligning Strategies with the National Preparedness Goal?
  • Does the current SHSSP meet the update requirements found on page 7 of the State and Urban Area Homeland Security Strategy:Guidance on Aligning Strategies with the National Preparedness Goal?
  • Does the SHSSP effectively incorporate the national priorities? More specifically, do the SHSSP’s goals and objectives align with the National Priorities? Make sure to use the most up-to-date guidance in the 2007 National Preparedness Guidelines and Homeland Security Strategic Planning: Mission Area Analysis.
  • Does the SHSSP effectively incorporate the mission areas of prevention, protection, response, and recovery? Make sure to use the most up-to-date guidance in the 2007 National Preparedness Guidelines.

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Explanation & Answer

Attached.

State Homeland Security Strategic Plan for State A: Outline
I.

Regional Collaboration

II.

Strengthen National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National
Response Framework (NRF)

III.

National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP)

IV.

Information Sharing and Collaboration

V.

Strengthen Interoperable Communications Capabilities

VI.

Strengthen CBRNE Detection, Response, and Decontamination Capabilities

VII.

Strengthen Medical Surge and Mass Prophylaxis Capabilities

VIII.

Goals and Objectives
a. Prevent
b. Protect
c. Respond
d. Recover

IX.

Strategic Planning Process
a. Participation of Local Jurisdictions
b. Citizen Preparedness
c. Regionalization and Mutual Aid


Running Head: STATE HOMELAND SECURITY STRATEGIC PLAN

State Homeland Security Strategic Plan for State A
Student’s Name
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STATE HOMELAND SECURITY STRATEGIC PLAN
Strategic Objectives Alignment
Regional Collaboration
As part of regional collaboration efforts, State A will aim to
❖ Establish collaboration efforts with multiple entities across jurisdictions as well as
across disciplines
❖ Identify and discuss opportunities to establish collaboration with other jurisdictions so
as to enhance our capabilities (Homeland Security, 2005)
❖ Outline medium and short term goals and objective in four mission areas
❖ Identify the processes that will define the ways in which resources and systems from
other disciplines and jurisdictions will be integrated.
Strengthen National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response
Framework (NRF)
❖ State A shall have NIMS which will provide a framework that promotes
interoperability and compatibility at all jurisdictional levels. The framework will
provide the guidelines and, renouncement management, protocols, supporting
technologies and other formalities that are appropriate in managing domestic
incidences. The NRP is part of the NIMS and is designed to ensure effective response
to events of national significance (US Department of Homeland Security, 2005). It
combines efforts and resources at all jurisdictional levels to respond to major events.
National Infrastructure Protecti...


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