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Welcome to the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security
FFY 2012 SHSP Grant Application Workshops Scheduled
There is no registration for these workshops (all times local):
Buffalo Trace ADD
Address: 201 Government St. Suite 300
Maysville 41056
Date: June 1
Time: 10 a.m.-noon
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Purchase ADD
Address: 1002 Medical Drive
Mayfield 42066
Date: June 5
Time: 1-3 p.m.
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Pennyrile ADD
Address: 300 Hammond Drive
Hopkinsville 42240
Date: June 6
Time: 9-11 a.m.
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Florence City Building
Address: 8100 Ewing Blvd.
Florence 41042
Date: June 7
Time: 10 a.m.-noon
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Cumberland Valley ADD
Address: 342 Old Whitley Road
London 40744
Date: June 11
Time: 10 a.m.-noon
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Lake Cumberland ADD
Address: 2384 Lakeway Drive
Russell Springs 42642
Date: June 12
Time: 10 a.m.-noon
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Lincoln Trail ADD
Address: 613 College Street Road
Elizabethtown 42702
Date: June 13
Time: 10 a.m.-noon
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Frankfort – Transportation Building
Address: 200 Mero St.
Date: June 14
Time: 10 a.m.-noon
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For more information about the workshops, contact the KOHS Grants & Finance Division at 502.564.2081.
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Kentucky Office of Homeland Security Overview |
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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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FEMA Disaster Assistance |
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When Disasters Strike Kentucky
News releases and resources from FEMA relating to disasters in Kentucky can be found by clicking here.
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Homeland Security Conference/83rd Annual Kentucky State Fire School |
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The Homeland Security Conference and 83rd Annual Kentucky State Fire School will be held June 10-14 in Lexington.
The event will include training, seminars, and exhibits. More than a dozen new courses will be offered, from Junior Firefighter "Mini-Academny" to "Office of the Chief." The exhibit showcase is the largest show of emergency servcie equipment, supplies and services in Kentucky.
For more information and to register click here.
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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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