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PRIMARY CORE CAPABILITIES BEING ADDRESSED <br />Mass Search and Rescue Operations <br />Fire Management and Suppression <br />WHY IS THE WORK NEEDED? <br />Capability gap identified <br />1) 3,000 structural collapse rescue/search technicians are required to respond to large-scale terrorism <br />incidents in the region. Currently only 20% of the need for Fire/HAZMAT/EMS Structural Collapse <br />Technicians has been met. <br />2) Need heavy lifting/shoring and cutting/breaching rescue equipment packages. <br />3) Need training for Search and Rescue groups on evacuations in urban settings. <br />ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED <br />• Conduct two 80-hour Weapons of Mass Destruction Structural Collapse Technical courses <br />• Train 48 Seattle Urban Area (UA) first responders as structural collapse and heavy rescue technicians in <br />accordance with NFPA 1006 and NFPA 1670 <br />• Identify lifting, shoring, cutting, and breaching rescue equipment needs, procure equipment, distribute in <br />the UA, inventory the equipment (asset management) <br />ASSOCIATED DELIVERABLES/OUTPUTS <br />• Approximately 48 Fire/Hazmat/EMS responders in the Seattle Area UASI will be trained as Structural <br />Collapse Technicians <br />• Structural Collapse Cutting/Breaching Equipment and Lifting/Shoring Equipment is purchased and made <br />available for Search and Rescue missions within the Urban Area. <br />• Up-to-date asset management lists <br />DESIRED OUTCOMES <br />Regional Fire/Hazmat/EMS responders are sufficiently trained to rescue citizens while ensuring their own <br />safety during a structural collapse. <br />EN SP #4: Methane Gas Detectors (Fire1IHAZMAT/EMS Subcommittee) <br />SOLUTION AREA <br />PLANNING ORGANIZATION EQUIPMENT TRAINING EXERCISE TOTAL <br />$0.00 <br />$0.00 L $125,000.00 <br />PRIMARY CORE CAPABILITIES BEING ADDRESSED <br />Screening, Search, and Detection <br />Mass Search and Rescue Operations <br />$0.00 <br />$0.00 <br />$125,000.00 <br />WHY IS THE WORK NEEDED? <br />Capability gap identified <br />• There is a need for chemical detectors that can sense natural gas hazards in the Seattle Urban Area (UA). <br />• There is a need to support the capability to identify a broad range of unknown chemicals and explosives in <br />the field quickly, safely, and confidently. <br />ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED <br />• Identify methane gas detection equipment needs, procure equipment, and distribute to the UA <br />• Inventory the equipment (asset management) <br />ASSOCIATED DELIVERABLES/OUTPUTS <br />• Methane Gas Detectors available for response <br />• Up-to-date asset management lists <br />DHS-FEMA-HSGP-UASI-FY21 <br />Page 40 of 57 SPD, E22-113 Revised <br />