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Welcome to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security
The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security carries out multiple missions mandated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as well as the Kentucky General Assembly. For example:
Community safety and security -- first responder training; seminars about personal safety; Neighborhood Watch support; management of Eyes & Ears on Kentucky; assistance to Citizen Emergency Response Teams; and guidance against violence for business and industry.
Administrative oversight of the Kentucky Intelligence Fusion Center -- primarily ensuring multi-agency collaboration ranging from KOHS and Kentucky State Police intelligence analysts with GIS capabilities to the Missing and Exploited Child Center to providing secure work areas for various federal, state and local law-enforcement agencies as needed. Additionally, the fusion center is a 24/7 Kentucky Transportation Cabinet resource for major highway monitoring plus coordination of circumstances regarding acts of nature affecting traffic flow and safety.
Federal-grant administration -- aiding cities, counties and state agencies in acquiring interoperable communications equipment, victim rescue gear, DHS-approved fire department and EMS equipment and devices essential in helping thwart attacks on infrastructure vital to the security and economic stability of Kentucky and the United States.
Counterterrorism -- threat and vulnerability assessments; suspicious activity intelligence gathering and analysis; classified information sharing with law-enforcement sources; awareness of anarchist and other groups engaged in unlawful practices; and preventive or mitigative guidance to both the public and private sectors against potential attacks. The key is foreseeability rather than reaction.
The Kentucky e-Warrant program -- innovative technology facilitating and expediting law enforcement's issuances of warrants. The system is accessed via a basic Internet connection in an office, police vehicle, or even a smart-phone device.
Managing the Law Enforcement Protection Program -- providing needed funds for body armor, primary firearms and electronic-control weapons for local police and sheriff's departments. Money source: Confiscated illegal weapon auctions by KSP only to licensed federal weapons dealers.
Critical infrastructure and buffer zone protection -- KOHS organizes and directs vulnerability assessments of critical infrastructure while lending guidance in countermeasures against volatility. Although particular sites are governmental, often this is a private-public sector venture featuring mutual cooperation.
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Great Central U.S. ShakeOut |
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With less than four weeks to go, more than 1.2 million people are now expected to participate in the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut on Feb. 7 at 10:15a.m. CST! Thanks to those of you who have helped us by renewing your registration from 2011. If you have not yet signed up for the 2012 ShakeOut, please do so today!
We need your continued support to help us reach as many people as possible, so that we can teach them what to do in an earthquake. With your help, we can reach 2 million participants!
Upcoming Events & Training Opportunities:
The ShakeOut is an opportunity for us to prepare together, before a damaging earthquake strikes this region. Leading up to the ShakeOut, we send out information that will help you become better prepared for earthquakes and other disasters.
Feb. 3 - 19th Annual “Earthquakes: Mean Business” - St. Louis - Join respected experts in the field and influential policy makers from throughout the nation as they discuss earthquake hazards and earthquake risk in the central United States and explain how we can better prepare for future events. For more information, visit the “Earthquakes: Mean Business” registration and seminar webpage.
Drop, Cover, and Hold On!
The ShakeOut gives you a time to practice what to do in the event of an earthquake. Official rescue teams who have been dispatched to the scene of earthquakes and other disasters around the world continue to advocate use of the internationally recognized "Drop, Cover and Hold On" protocol to protect lives during earthquakes. During an earthquake you should:
DROP to the ground (before the earthquake drops you!),
Take COVER by getting under a sturdy desk or table, and
HOLD ON to it until the shaking stops.
If there isn’t a table or desk near you, cover your face and head with your arms and crouch in an inside corner of the building. Do not try to run to another room just to get under a table.
These are general guidelines for most situations. Depending on where you are (in bed, driving, in a theater, etc.), you might take other actions, as listed in Step 5 of the Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety. If you have disabilities or mobility impairments, download our drill manual on what you can do to protect yourself in an earthquake.
Find us Online
The ShakeOut is now on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube! We encourage you to join the discussion, and to follow and share our links within your own social network. Remember to ask people to register to participate with you.
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For businesses, schools and organizations, check out resources for hosting a ShakeOut event.
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Homeland Security Information Network |
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The Homeland Security Information Network was created to interface with existing information-sharing networks to support the diverse Communities of Interest engaged in preventing, protecting from, responding to, and recovering from all threats, hazards, and incidents under the jurisdiction of the Department of Homeland Security.
HSIN is uniquely qualifed to meet the missions of DHS and its information-sharing partners because of its ability to support and enhance collaboration among COIs that represent all levels of government including federal, state and local offices.
For more information, visit www.dhs.gov/HSIN.
Interested parties can contact Shelby Lawson, Deputy Executive Director of Operations at the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security, about becoming a member of the HSIN law-enforcement community. He can be reached at shelby.lawson@ky.gov.
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