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MARS Agency Use Program All-MARS, Regional 4, Huntsville August 30, 2010

MARS Agency Use Program All-MARS, Regional 4, Huntsville August 30, 2010. By: Steve Waterman, AAA9AC Winlink Network Administrator Winlink Development Team Army MARS National Automation Coordinator/Agency Liaison. “Up-Front Info”.

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MARS Agency Use Program All-MARS, Regional 4, Huntsville August 30, 2010

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  1. MARS Agency Use Program All-MARS, Regional 4, Huntsville August 30, 2010 By: Steve Waterman, AAA9AC Winlink Network Administrator Winlink Development Team Army MARS National Automation Coordinator/Agency Liaison

  2. “Up-Front Info” • We have a new DODI 4650.02 and each branch must determine its own priorities based on it. With Army MARS, and for the volunteer, not much has changed. As MARS volunteer members, with a few exceptions, we will support civil agencies, period! • There are very few elements who do deal directly with only the Military, but this presentation is for the rest of us, including any Military support activities, who interact with the NIMS ICS process. • The content of this presentation has been approved by Army MARS.

  3. We all know that it is just a matter of time (again).. Are we ready? KY ICE Storm, Winter, 2009 TN Statewide Tornado String, Feb. 5, 2008

  4. KY ICE Storm, 2009, (TEMA Recon Mission) • - Cell, Land-line, or Fax? NO! • Air Card? NO! • VHF/UHF Public Service, Mutual Aid? NO! • Satellite/Microwave? NO! • HAM & MARS VHF/HF Voice? Yes! • MARS Winlink 2000 E-Mail? You are looking at one of the pix sent by TEMA…

  5. In today’s World, we cannot predict the size, nature, or location of disaster areas! We must be prepared, Globally & immediately. Global? Local? Local? Regional?

  6. Read the DODI: Volunteer MARS members communicating with each other… does not define our current Mission.

  7. Okay, so How will we serve? • MARS will not deploy its volunteers directly through the Department of Defense. • What about being “Military?” ONLY if the Office of the Secretary of Defense requests activation to defend the Country will we fall under DoD deployment. Not likely! I understand that there are exceptions, and how many of us are involved in these “exceptions?” • It will be the Civil Agencies that deploy MARS volunteers under the National Response Framework using the NIMS ICS.

  8. Army MARS Agency Use of Volunteers • DoD Directive 4650.02 from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs, January 16, 2009, states, “MARS shall provide contingencyradio communications support to civil and Military authorities at all levels.” For the volunteer, this reflects emergency communications to civil agencies. • Army MARS agency licenses are very different from volunteer licenses. • Agencies are NOT accountable to the volunteer chain of Command. They work directly with the National organization. Obviously, it is always a good idea to establish relationships between area MARS volunteers and involved area agencies. What else is there to do? • Agencies are asked to first train their own employees and provide their own Equipment in the use of the MARS systems. Volunteer MARS assistance is recommended, but NOT required. • Agencies are responsible for their radio operations. Agencies are encouraged to use qualified volunteers. ONLY when a MARS volunteer is qualified may he/she be utilized. If an ARRL ARES volunteer is qualified, he/she may be utilized as well. The design was intentional; it is meant to challenge anyone wearing any hat to become qualified to participate regardless of the badge they wear.

  9. Army MARS Agency Use of Volunteers (continued) • MARS Agency use is NOT Amateur Radio, and does NOT fall under the FCC jurisdiction. It falls under the NTIA, which provides guidelines for use. • There is no issue with FCC Part 90 Type Accepted equipment, or Part 97.113 regarding restrictions on who controls the system and its content. This is all very refreshing to these Agencies, especially the States, who have very restrictive FCC Part 90 options on HF. • Under Civil Authority, the National Response Framework specifically names the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the methodology used in any incident involving non-military casualty events. • Do we really understand the ICS process and our FUNCTIONAL role there?

  10. There are many Hats to wear ...Remember, who is doing the deploying! It probably won’t be MARS. It will be Civil Agencies. It’s their “party,” and they are in charge! We just want to be invited to the party.

  11. Becoming Agency Friendly • Build relationships with your area agencies. • Pre-plan with the agency. Do we have the skills they need? How do we know, and more importantly, how do they know? • Just like their own employees, a trained volunteer has value! Ask to be trained! Agency “101,” ICS-300, COML, COMT. Contact your SEOC and inquire. Look on Safecom site for help. • There is no “I” in Interoperability! Don’t bicker about labels: “ARES vs. RACES vs. AF vs. Navy vs. Army vs. this Club vs. that Club……. Wear Many Hats, but present a unified front. Professionals don’t have time for conflicts among volunteer groups. They demand unity of command, and it is always theirs!

  12. How it works – “NIMS 101” “First of all, I'll state my premise for volunteer usage in the State EOC. It is simply that anyone, regardless of affiliation, professional or volunteer, who works in the SEOC during an emergency, works for us. Their parent organization has no operational control once they set foot in the Ops center. The parent organization has the responsibility to train and provide communications personnel to the agency. That is where their job ends. They are a functional unit, and do not command operationally in any manner. This avoids any ambiguity in the chain of command.” Hank Koebler, Chief, Operations, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

  13. “The MARS Agency program provides a user friendly environment where agencies can exercise and deploy with each other, and their various volunteers, without artificial barriers.” David Wolfe, Chief of Communications, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency

  14. Okay then, “Where’s the Beef”!

  15. Agency Users of the MARS Winlink 2000 System: • Federal: • FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency: Region 4/Region 10. (DHS) • TSA: Transportation Security Administration: 61 locations, 5 HF RMS nodes. (DHS) • FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation (DOJ) • DOS: US Department of State • Medical Reserve Corps: DHS funded - 16 Units, 16 locations. (AF MARS initiated). • Central United States Earthquake Consortium: DHS funded 8 State consortium. • DHS TN District 3 & Nashville DHS UASI. • USCG Aux. • States: • State of Arkansas: • Dept. of Information Systems (as the primary coordinating agency) • Department of Emergency Management: Central, NW, NE, SW, SE • State Police • Department of Health • Hwy & Transportation • Education • Game & Fish • Corrections • Forestry

  16. State of Colorado: • Colorado Division of Emergency Management: State EOC. Denver • Camp George West- (Alt State EOC) - Denver CO • West Slope EOC Mesa County, Grand Junction CO • West Slope EOC Garfield County, Rifle CO • El Paso County EOC, Colorado Springs, CO • Mobile (6) • State of Florida (Navy MARS Initiative) • State of Indiana: (Navy MARS initiative) • State of Illinois: • State EMA and 6 Mobile Units, State Wide. • State of Kansas: • State EMA State Wide. • State of Louisiana: • Governors Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness • (GOHSEP) EOC • GOHSEP MCP (Mobile Command Post) • MCC (Mobile Communications Center). • State of Mississippi: • SEOC • State of Missouri: • State EOC/EMA • 1 Mobile unit • 1 Incident Command vehicle • State of Montana: • State of Montana EOC. • Department of Emergency Services, Missoula Region • State of New York: • Department of Health (3 Unit locations)

  17. State of North Carolina: • State NCEM EOC (Multiple Regional EOC locations. • State of Oregon: • MARS, State EOC. (In addition, the Governor provided the ARRL ARES in OR, a sum of $250,000 for Winlink 2000. They have VHF Packet in every County on Ham bands, and 2 HF RMS Pactor State sites on Ham bands. • State of South Carolina: • SC Budget & Control Board • SC Emergency Management Div • SC Dept of Health & Environment Control • SC Emergency Communications Vehicle • DSIT Satellite Communication Trailer • SLED Mobile Command Vehicle • State Law Enforcement Division • Office of Adjutant General • SC Fire Academy • SC Dept of Public Safety • State of Tennessee: • State EOC HQ • West EOC HQ • East EOC HQ • HQ Command Bus • EMA Mobile Tower Middle • TEMA Mobile Tower West • TEMA Mobile Tower East • TEMA Interop Site on Wheels • Multiple Temp Assignment

  18. Commonwealth of Virginia: • Department of Health • Virginia Defense Force • State of Vermont: • Hospitals (16) • Mobile Units (5) • Veterans Administration Hospital (1) • Vt. Dept of Health (14) • Vt. Agency of Transportation (10) • Vt. Emergency Management RACES (5) • Vt. Emergency Management Radiological Response Program (11) • Vt. Rapid Assistance Team (5) • Non-Government Organizations: • AT&T Disaster Recovery for Critical Infrastructure (DHS CI/KR Tiered, 12 locations): Reno NV, Conyers GA, Westhampton NJ, Kansas City MO, Dallas TX, Flemington NJ, Cleveland OH, San Diego CA, Anchorage AK, Pearl City HI, Chapin, SC. • Bridgestone Emergency Response Team (B.E.R.T.) (DHS CI/KR Tiered, deployable unit) • Federal Express (DHS CI/KR Tier 2) • Southern Baptist Disaster Relief /NAMB • American Red Cross (VT/NH) NOTE: This list does NOT include National Guard units or Military facilities using MARS Winlink 2000.

  19. Southwest Area (Region 6) Jack Shea / 571 227 1954 South Central Area (Region 4) Gerald Chapman / 571 227 2623 Southeast Area (Region 2) Scott Johnson / 571 227 4226 Bellingham BLI Spokane GEG Pangborn EAT Seattle SEA Northern Maine PQI Glacier Park GPI Havre City-County HVR Yakima YKM Wolf Point OLF Wokal Field GGW International Falls INL Great Falls GTF Pullman PUW Sloulin Field ISN Tri-Cities PSC Thief River Falls TVF Portland PDX Missoula MSO Lewistown LWT Minot MOT Grand Forks GFK Devils Lake DVL Helena HLN Sidney SDY Bangor BGR Chisholm HIB Salem SLE Lewiston Nez-Perce LWS Houghton County CMX Bemidji City BJI Walla-Walla ALW Eastern Oregon PDT Hancock County BHB Jamestown JMS Plattsburg PBG Duluth DLH Bert Mooney BTM Dickinson DIK Gogebic IWD Sawyer SAW Dawson GDV Brainerd BRD Chippewa County CIU Fargo FAR Augusta AUG Knox County RKD Massena MSS Burlington BTV Bismarck BIS Roberts Field RDM Gallatin BZN Chippewa Valley EAU Adirondack SLK Delta County ESC Ogdensburg OGS Eugene EUG Wiley Field MLS Lebanon LEB Portland PWM Billings Logan BIL North Bend OTH Rhinelander RHI Ford IMT Alpena APN Pellston PLN West Yellowstone WYS Manchester MHT Aberdeen ABR Rogue Valley MFR Watertown ART St. Cloud STC Rutland RUT Pease PSM Central- Wisconsin CWA Watertown ATY Cody COD Friedman SUN Sheridan SHR Rome RME Cherry Capital TVC Bedford-Hanscom BED Rochester ROC Worland WRL Austin- Straubel GRB Boston BOS Crescent City CEC Idaho Falls IDA Pierre PIR Worcester ORH Boise BOI Minneapolis MSP Klamath Falls LMT Provincetown PVC Manistee MBL Albany ALB Gillette GCC Syracuse SYR Niagara Falls IAG Westover CEF Huron HON Saginaw MBS Jackson Hole JAC Outagamie ATW T.F. Green State PVD Ithaca ITH Lacrosse LSE Gerald R Ford GRR Muskegon MKG Barnstable HYA Buffalo BUF Binghamton BGM Bradley BDL Arcata-Eureka ACV Flint FNT Rochester RST Pocatello PIH Rapid City RAP Newburg SWF Joslin Field TWF Chautauqua JHW Elmira ELM Martha’s Vineyard MVY W/B Scranton AVP Redding RDD Riverton RIW Casper / Natrona CPR Capital City LAN Sioux Falls FSD Bradford BFD New Haven HVN General Mitchell MKE Madison MSN Mason City MCW Williamsport IPT Nantucket ACK Erie ERI Westchester HPN Detroit DTW Long Island ISP Chadron CDR Ft. Dodge FOD Venango FKL Newark EWR Elko EKO Wendover ENV University Park UNV Sioux Gateway SUX Rockford RFD Rock Springs RKS Waterloo ALO Kalamazoo AZO LaGuardia LGA Lehigh Valley ABE Chicago O’Hare ORD East 34th Street Heliport 6N5 Cleveland CLE Reading RDG Chico CIC Alliance AIA Youngstown YNG Dubois Jefferson DUJ Dubuque DBQ John F. Kennedy JFK Altoona AOO Salt Lake City SLC Chicago- Midway MDW Wall Street Heliport JRB Toledo TOL Harrisburg MDT Laramie LAR South Bend SBN Cheyenne CYS Eppley Field OMA Johnstown JST Ft. Wayne FWA Santa Rosa STS Gary GYY Philadelphia PHL Eastern Iowa CID Pittsburgh PIT Western Neb. BFF Akron-Canton CAK North Platte LBF Quad Cities MLI Vernal VEL Lancaster LNS Des Moines DSM Hagerstown HGR Sacramento SMF Stockton SCK Greater Peoria PIA Atlantic City ACY Central Neb. GRI Arnold Palmer LBE Yampa Valley HDN Port Columbus CMH Reno Tahoe RNO White Pines ELY Baltimore-Washington BWI Ft Collins-Loveland FNL Central Illinois BMI Rickenbacker LCK Southeast Iowa BRL Kearney EAR Indianapolis IND Harrison CKB Lincoln LNK Oakland OAK San Francisco SFO Morgantown MGW Eagle County EGE Mid-Ohio Valley PKB Kirksville IRK Modesto MOD Dayton DAY McCook MCK Univ of Illinois CMI Denver DEN Dulles IAD Grand Junction GJT Salisbury SBY Quincy UIN San Jose SJC Shenandoah SHD Reagan National DCA Decatur DEC Merced MCE Aspen ASE Capitol SPI Cincinnati CVG Kansas City MCI Tri-State HTS Manhattan MHK Mammoth Lakes MMH Hays HYS Colorado Springs COS Canyonlands CNY Salina SLN Columbia COU Greenbrier Valley LWB Gunnison GUC Monterey MRY Richmond RIC Cedar City CDC Charlottesville CHO Montrose MTJ Yeager CRW Blue Grass LEX Mid-America BLV St. Louis STL Fresno-Yosemite FAT Forbes Field FOE Great Bend GBD Raleigh BKW Evansville EVV Pueblo PUB Visalia VIS Newport News PHF Norfolk ORF St. George SGU Louisville SDF Telluride TEX Lynchburg LYH Roanoke ROA Garden City GCK Forney Army TBN Williamson Co. MWA Owensboro OWB McCarran LAS San Luis Obispo SBP Meadows BFL Durango DRO Indian Wells IYK Cortez CEZ Dodge City DDC Wichita ICT Somerset SME Alamosa ALS Page PGA Tri-Cities TRI Raleigh-Durham RDU Joplin JLN Liberal LBL Piedmont-Triad GSO Santa Maria SMX Pitt/Greenville PGV Springfield-Branson SGF Palmdale PMD Barkley PAH Oxnard OXR Laughlin IFP Four Corners FMN Cape Girardeau CGI Bob Hope BUR McGhee-Tyson TYS Kinston ISO Santa Barbara SBA Ontario ONT Nashville BNA NW Arkansas XNA Harrison HRO Kingman IGM Asheville AVL Palm Springs PSP Craven County EWN Jonesboro JBR Santa Fe SAF Los Angeles LAX Flagstaff FLG Charlotte CLT Albert J. Ellis OAJ Prescott PRC Chattanooga CHA Greenville-Spartanburg GSP Fayetteville FAY McKeller Sipes MKL John Wayne SNA Florence FLO Tulsa TUL Will Rogers OKC Long Beach LGB Columbia CAE Memphis MEM Albuquerque ABQ Amarillo AMA Wilmington ILM Show Low SOW Northwest Alabama MSL McClellan-Palomar CRQ Ft. Smith FSM Huntsville HSV Tunica UTA Athens AHN Tupelo TUP Myrtle Beach MYR Imperial IPL Hot Springs HOT Phoenix PHX Little Rock LIT Atlanta ATL San Diego SAN Augusta AGS Yuma NYL Lawton LAW Mesa-Gateway IWA Golden Triangle GTR Charleston CHS Sheppard SPS Birmingham BHM Middle Georgia MCN Lubbock LBB Mid Delta GLH South Arkansas ELD Roswell ROW Texarkana TXK Dallas-Ft.Worth DFW Hilton Head HXD Columbus Metro CSG Abilene ABI Montgomery MGM Tucson TUS Gregg County GGG Shreveport SHV Savannah SAV Monroe MLU Dallas Love DAL Meridian MEI Jackson JAN South Georgia ABY Tyler-Pounds TYR Midland MAF Glynco BQK El Paso ELP San Angelo SJT Dothan DHN Waco ACT Valdosta VLD Hattiesburg PIB Will Rogers BRW Dead Horse SCC Alexandria AEX Mobile MOB Killeen-Ft. Hood GRK Jacksonville JAX Okaloosa VPS Tallahassee TLH Baton Rouge BTR Easterwood CLL Gainesville GNV Lake Charles LCH Pensacola PNS Gulfport GPT Panama City PFN George Bush IAH Daytona Beach DAB Austin AUS Ralph Wein OTZ Lafayette LFT Louis Armstrong MSY Del Rio DRT Orlando-Sanford SFB Southeast Texas BPT William P. Hobby HOU San Antonio SAT Tampa TPA Melbourne MLB Orlando MCO St. Petersburg PIE Nome OME Victoria Station VCT Fairbanks FAI Charlotte County PGD West Palm Beach PBI Sarasota SRQ Laredo LRD Corpus Christi CRP Southwest Florida RSW Ft. Lauderdale FLL Naples APF Miami MIA Ted Stevens ANC Key West EYW Yakutat YAK Rio Grande HRL Bethel BET McAllen-Miller MFE Juneau JNU Valdez VDZ Kenai ENA M.K. Smith CDV Brownsville BRO Gustavus GST Dillingham DLG Wrangell WRG Homer HOM Sitka SIT Petersburg PSG King Salmon AKN Saipan GSN Ketchikan KTN Lihue LIH Kodiak State ADQ HNL Molokai MKK Kahului OGG Kapalua JHM Pago-Pago PPG Rota GRO Lanai LNY Adak ADK Antonio B Won Pat GUM ITO Kona KOA Federalized Airports / Dec 1, 2008 OPR: Airport Federalization, Randy Webb Federal Gov’t Example (TSA): Northwest Area (Region 5) Karen Burke / 571-227-2430 North Central Area (Region 3) Mark Haught / 571 227 1696 Northeast Area (Region 1) Bill Hall / 571-227-4758 Tachyon Satellite SATCOM Phones Mobile Capability BLI SEA SEA GEG HF MARS Kits BIS MHT PDX PDX BIL BTV PWM BOI MSP GRB TVC SYR BOS FSD SLC CPR FNT DTW MLI JFK SLC SLC ORD PIT SMF OMA MLI PHL RNO OAK DSM DSM GJT TSOC TSOC IND CRW SFO DEN TSA HQ TSA LAS ICT STL SDF ORF TUL CLT RDU LAX LIT BNA PHX MYR ATL ABQ DFW SAN TUS CHS SAN DFW JAN DFW BHM SAV SAV TUS AIRPORT CATEGORY Category X (28) Category I (56) Category II (76) Category III (125) Category IV (173) Hub Infrequent Public Charter Total (458) TLH TLH BTR TUS IAH JAX JAX SAT TUS MOB MCO HOU MCO GPT TPA PNS SAT MCO HOU FLL MSY GPT PNS TPA West Palm Beach PBI PBI FLL MSY PNS ANC ANC RSW JNU HRL HRL EYW MIA MIA SJU GSN STT SPP Airports in red (10) HNL STT LIH Rafael Hernandez BQN Luis Munoz Marin SJU Cyril E. King STT PPG KOA Additions, changes, and deletions since Oct 1, 2008 edition: 20 Additions:Changes:NEW AREA DESIGNATIONS, also: In FL - PGD ISO – from Cat III to Cat III, Infrequent Public Charter; TLH – now a spoke of JAX; CPR – from Cat IV to Cat III; In Alaska – numerous hub / spoke changes; GJT – name change to Grand Junction Regional Deletions: None GUM Mercedita PSE Henry E. Rohlsen STX GUA

  20. An important Question From Congress: “Do MARS volunteers really think that those who foot the bill for MARS expect it to continue without the political clout provided by those agencies who spend funds on MARS to provide and maintain services?”

  21. So, in such an Agency Program, what do volunteers spend time doing? • understanding our Civil Agencies and their communications culture. • building relationships with existing and potential Agencies we may serve. • training and exercising with existing Served Agencies. • preplanning volunteer activation of our resources with Served Agencies. • understanding that our Served Agencies are now using the NIMS ICS. • Agencies demand ICS-100, 200, 700, 800b. Many sponsor ICS-300 and COML. • Less concentration on MARS internal C2 voice training, more on Agency culture. • Considering our DoDI to provide communications support to our Civil Agencies, it should be obvious why this change has occurred. • Bottom Line: Do you know who will call you when an emergency occurs, and where you are to serve?

  22. Enlightening statements From the AMARS Region 4 Director: “The individual Army MARS Member makes the decision of whether he/she can or cannot support an agency. The member is also responsible for keeping his/her chain of command informed of such requests, regardless of source.” “Members actively supporting an agency are totally under the control of that agency. The SMD or any other MARS Command Staff have no control over the supporting MARS member until released by the agency. This is in keeping with NIMS doctrine/concept.” (Unity of command) “The idea that MARS is going to manage and control an emergency operation is notgoing to happen.” “The days of the military message center are over.  We are the now the ‘AT&T service-provider’ who is being called upon to train, install, maintain and sometimes operate, the MARS Winlink-2000 digital system. Our voice and digital C2 nets are going to be used for internal coordination more than support to a particular customer.” “Now, without any fanfare…. we have to insure our people are trained to support the agencies. That is going to be the bread and butter for MARS. Otherwise, kiss MARS good-bye.

  23. Under the new DoDI, we now have an opportunity to grow, become meaningful, and prosper like we have never had before. It is up to us to make something happen with the provided program… Source Vehicle Activation

  24. Thank you for this opportunity!

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