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Hamilton County accepts $15,000 hazmat grant and $250,000 UASI award, approves 911 CAD updates
Summary
The board signed two Indiana Department of Homeland Security grants — $15,000 for hazmat preparedness and $250,000 UASI funding for counterterrorism/active-assailant training — and approved vendor interface upgrades to the 911 CAD system that were presented by Mike Douglas.
Hamilton County commissioners approved emergency-management and public-safety items at the Jan. 13 meeting, including grant acceptances and technology upgrades for the 911 Communications Center.
Emergency Management requested signatures on two Indiana Department of Homeland Security grants: a $15,000 Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness grant to support a full-scale hazmat exercise for the county’s Local Emergency Planning Committee, and a $250,000 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) award to support planning, training and exercises addressing violent extremism and active-assailant incidents. The board voted to accept both awards.
Mike Douglas, representing 911 Public Safety Communications, described four items to extend interfaces for the CAD system and requested approval to purchase upgrades. He also noted that during a recent snowstorm the center provided food to staff in the emergency operations center and dispatch; the board approved the administrative request related to that incident.
Emergency Management outlined planned trainings to be supported by the UASI funds, including an active-shooter incident management course scheduled for Feb. 5–7 in Fishers, a tactical emergency casualty care course for fire and EMS response considerations, and a counterterrorism course (law enforcement travel component) to continue multi-jurisdictional training carried forward from last year’s UASI efforts.
Commissioners approved the requested actions by motion and voice vote and asked staff to coordinate scheduling and any required follow-up documentation for the grants and CAD upgrades.
