1. Technology Partnerships Drew Chandler IT / Communications Coordinator Kentucky Department for Public Health Preparedness Branch

2. Kentucky… at a glance Health Planning Regions

3. Kentucky… at a glance Health Jurisdictions

4. Roles of ESF-8 Strategic National Stockpile Disaster Public Health Operations Coordination of H&M activities in a disaster Medical Surge Planning Special Needs Sheltering Public Health Response Teams Pharmaceutical Caches

5. Communication Gaps Lack of support from other agencies Standardized radio frequencies & formats No common operational platform

6. Steps for Improvement Collaboration Identifying needs Execution Evaluation

7. First Steps Unbridled Response – November 2006

8. Communication Needs Incident Management System Radio communications Data connectivity Voice connectivity

9. Now what?

10. Partnership University of Louisville Information Technology Research Center WebEOC (incident management) IRMS (inventory management) MITOC (communications)

11. Thunder Over Louisville

12. Missions Thunder Over Louisville - 2007

13. Missions Kentucky Oaks & Derby - 2007

14. Communication Needs Communication package –Data & voice –Redundant connectivity –Support 1-10 clients –Wireless LAN –Ease of use –Use commercial off the shelf parts (COTS)

15. MITOC-ST™

16. KPHICS Kentucky Public Health Interoperable Communication System WebEOC IRMS Satellite Radio / Phone Health Alert Network MITOC Mutual-Aid Frequencies Datacast Interactive Television

17. Current Capabilities Satellite Radio & Telephone MITOC BGAN Amateur Radio LMR Email GETS WebEOC IRMS

18. Now what?

19. Steps for Improvement Collaboration Identifying needs Execution Evaluation

20. Collaboration Backup communication system upgrade Bring communication leads together Discuss agency-specific projects