The Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee will set...
The Emergency Response Interoperability Center Public Safety Advisory Committee will set up four working groups, Deputy Chief Eddie Reyes said Tuesday at the committee’s first meeting. The chairs will be CTO Jacqueline Miller of New Mexico’s Department of Homeland Security…
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and Emergency Management, on interoperability; CTO Bill Scheier of the city of Seattle, on applications and user requirrments; Dennis Martinez, a vice president with Harris Corp., on security and authentication; and Kenneth Budka, an Alcatel-Lucent senior director, on network evolution. The interoperability working group will identify rules and policies to ensure that the national public safety network is interoperable with other public safety networks and point out best practices to ensure interoperability, said committee Chair Jeff Johnson, CEO of the Western Fire Chiefs Association. The applications and user requirements group will identify user applications that need to be supported to ensure interoperability, as well as an approach to ensure that the policy framework for the public safety network stays current, he said. The security group will identify security and authentication features required to ensure interoperability and best practices to ensure security, Johnson said. The network evolution group will take up questions such as how to develop equipment for innovation, he said. Each group will draft recommendations for the committee to vote on, Johnson said.