The Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Program to Prepare Communities for Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks (CCTA Program) provides funding to local, state, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions of different types, sizes, and capabilities to improve their ability to prepare for, prevent, and respond to complex coordinated terrorist attacks in collaboration with the whole community.
The City of Houston prepared a concept which has been recommended for funding at the amount of $1,759,733 to build capabilities through planning, training, and exercises. Specifically, the program will:
1. Conduct a capability gap analysis to determine shortfalls and operational differences.
2. Establish a no-notice, multi-agency response planning program that addresses the gaps identified in the analysis to provide a common operational strategy.
3. Develop scenario-based training programs that participating agencies can attend without budgetary obstacles. The training programs would ensure an understanding of the no-notice response strategies.
4. Validate newly developed tactical guides in scenario-based exercises.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that Council authorize the director of the Mayor’s Office of Public Safety & Homeland Security to apply for, accept awards, and to request and/or accept any amendments/modifications to this agreement or any subsequent agreements necessary to secure Houston’s allocation through this grant program.
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Dennis Storemski
Director Public Safety and Homeland Security