Technology Partnerships

Drew ChandlerIT / Communications Coordinator

Kentucky Department for Public HealthPreparedness Branch

Kentucky… at a glance

Wayne

Clinton

Mercer

Henry

Woodford

KentonCampbell

Gallatin

Carroll Bracken

Grant

OldhamHarrison

Trimble

Boone

Montgomery

Shelby

Pendleton

ScottBourbon

Nicholas

Franklin

FayetteClark

Jefferson

Nelson

Spencer

Robertson

Mason

Fleming

Lewis

Carter

BathRowan

Greenup

Elliott

Menifee Morgan Johnson Martin

Breathitt Pike

Powell

Magoffin

Floyd

Wolfe

Lee

Owsley

Leslie

PerryKnott

LetcherClay

Jackson

Rockcastle

Estill

Laurel

MadisonGarrard

Harlan

Bell

Knox

Whitley

Pulaski

LincolnMarionLarue

MonroeRussell

Green

Casey

Boyle

McCreary

Allen

Hardin

Breckinridge

Grayson

Todd

Hopkins

Marshall

Meade Bullitt

Washington

Muhlenberg

Fulton

Graves

Calloway

Ballard

Carlisle

McCracken

Hickman

Christian

CrittendenLivingston

Lyon

Trigg

Caldwell

Ohio

DaviessUnion

Henderson

Webster

Hancock

McLean

Hart

Barren

Simpson

Logan

Butler

Warren

EdmonsonMetcalfe

Cumberland

Adair

Taylor

Lawrence

Boyd

Anderson Jessam

ine

Owen

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 813 9

10

12

14

11

Health Planning Regions

Kentucky… at a glance

Health Jurisdictions

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

Communication Gaps

• Lack of support from other agencies

• Standardized radio frequencies & formats

• No common operational platform

Steps for Improvement

• Collaboration

• Identifying needs

• Execution

• Evaluation

First Steps

Unbridled Response – November 2006

Communication Needs

• Incident Management System

• Radio communications

• Data connectivity

• Voice connectivity

Now what?

Partnership

• University of Louisville

Information Technology Research Center

• WebEOC (incident management)

• IRMS (inventory management)

• MITOC (communications)

Thunder Over Louisville

Missions

Thunder Over Louisville - 2007

Missions

Kentucky Oaks & Derby - 2007

Communication Needs

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

MITOC-ST™

KPHICS

Kentucky

Public

Health

Interoperable

Communication

System

• WebEOC• IRMS• Satellite Radio / Phone• Health Alert Network• MITOC• Mutual-Aid Frequencies• Datacast• Interactive Television

Current Capabilities

• Satellite Radio & Telephone

• MITOC

• BGAN

• Amateur Radio

• LMR

• Email

• GETS

• WebEOC

• IRMS

Now what?

Steps for Improvement

• Collaboration

• Identifying needs

• Execution

• Evaluation

Collaboration

• Backup communication system upgrade

• Bring communication leads together

• Discuss agency-specific projects