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Updated Tactical Interoperable Communications
Plan Aids Northwest Colorado Region
“We are pleased with the strong partnership between MARC and GeoComm for the 9-1-1
Security, Redundancy, and Diversity project. The results of the team’s efforts provided us
with important information and guidance we need for developing our annual work plan and five
year strategic plan. GeoComm fully incorporated the PSAP Service Capability Criteria Matrix
into their analysis and recommendations, ensuring we operate based on the most recent
industry standards.”
– Keith Faddis, Public Safety Program Director-MARC
– Keith Faddis, Public Safety Program Director-MARC
Public Safety Consulting
In 2005, the Department of Homeland Security started requiring Tactical
Interoperable Communication Plans (TICPs) be in place in all urban area
security sites. These TICP plans were also strongly recommended for all
cities, counties, and multi-county regions. The TICP’s, which are
considered living documents and will therefore, be ever changing, are
intended to document interoperability communications governance
structures, technology assets, and usage policy and procedures.
GeoComm’s Consulting Services recently worked with the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments (NWCCOG) to update their current Northwest All Region NWCCOG TICP. This Council of Governments serves ten counties in Northwest Colorado which border Utah and Wyoming. With funding they received from a 2009 Interoperability Emergency Communications Grant Program, the NWCCOG was able to request assistance to complete an update to their Regional & Tactical Interoperability Communications Plan. The Region had previously developed a TICP in September 2007 and was seeking a partner to guide them through updating their TICP and transitioning it to the current Department of Homeland Security template.
To begin the project, GeoComm began by contacting each of the ten counties in the NWCCOG in an effort to verify the current inventory of their radio system equipment. The goal was to have each of the ten counties verify the radio system equipment and data they had provided when the original TICP was made in 2007 so a new, current inventory could be included in the updated TICP. In addition to gathering the radio data, GeoComm’s project team developed a new draft of NWCCOG’s TICP using information that was provided in 2007 and updating it to align with the new Department of Homeland Security’s template. Once the new TICP draft was complete, GeoComm and NWCCOG representative’s thoroughly reviewed each section and identified areas of information that was region specific and needed to be updated in the TICP template.
“This project was a wonderful opportunity to partner with NWCCOG. We are confident that the updated TICP provides them with a strategic plan in establishing how emergency responders within the region will communicate. This invaluable tool provides the region with clear, concise information that will continue to advance the region’s interoperable communications,” Cheryl Greathouse, GeoComm Project Manager.
This project originated because the NWCCOG was proactively taking the steps necessary to revise and update their TICP. The revised TICP, which was designed to specifically meet the identified needs of the Region, provided the NWCCOG with clear, concise information for all of the counties. This information will be helpful in continuing to advance the region into a regional interoperable communications mode, thus more seamlessly connecting emergency response agencies in all of NWCCOG counties.
GeoComm’s Consulting Services recently worked with the Northwest Colorado Council of Governments (NWCCOG) to update their current Northwest All Region NWCCOG TICP. This Council of Governments serves ten counties in Northwest Colorado which border Utah and Wyoming. With funding they received from a 2009 Interoperability Emergency Communications Grant Program, the NWCCOG was able to request assistance to complete an update to their Regional & Tactical Interoperability Communications Plan. The Region had previously developed a TICP in September 2007 and was seeking a partner to guide them through updating their TICP and transitioning it to the current Department of Homeland Security template.
To begin the project, GeoComm began by contacting each of the ten counties in the NWCCOG in an effort to verify the current inventory of their radio system equipment. The goal was to have each of the ten counties verify the radio system equipment and data they had provided when the original TICP was made in 2007 so a new, current inventory could be included in the updated TICP. In addition to gathering the radio data, GeoComm’s project team developed a new draft of NWCCOG’s TICP using information that was provided in 2007 and updating it to align with the new Department of Homeland Security’s template. Once the new TICP draft was complete, GeoComm and NWCCOG representative’s thoroughly reviewed each section and identified areas of information that was region specific and needed to be updated in the TICP template.
“This project was a wonderful opportunity to partner with NWCCOG. We are confident that the updated TICP provides them with a strategic plan in establishing how emergency responders within the region will communicate. This invaluable tool provides the region with clear, concise information that will continue to advance the region’s interoperable communications,” Cheryl Greathouse, GeoComm Project Manager.
This project originated because the NWCCOG was proactively taking the steps necessary to revise and update their TICP. The revised TICP, which was designed to specifically meet the identified needs of the Region, provided the NWCCOG with clear, concise information for all of the counties. This information will be helpful in continuing to advance the region into a regional interoperable communications mode, thus more seamlessly connecting emergency response agencies in all of NWCCOG counties.
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