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Office for Bombing PreventionMaritime IED Preparedness

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Office for Bombing Prevention

OBP is actively engaged in three mandated areas:

1) Coordinating national and intergovernmental bombing prevention efforts 2) Conducting requirements, capabilities, and gap analysis3) Promoting information sharing and bombing prevention awareness

OBP provides leadership within the Joint Program Office (JPO) and bomb technician subject matter expertise for efforts within the interagency at organizations including the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC), and Office of Science and Technology Policy

OBP is dedicated to enhancing and coordinating the Nation’s ability to deter, prevent, detect, protect against, and respond to attacks that use

IEDs against critical infrastructure, key resources, and soft targets.

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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 19OBP’s leading role within the Federal interagency in developing national policy

and strategy has resulted in significant progress toward safeguarding the Nation from IED attacks.

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 19: The national policy on the prevention and detection of,

protection against, and response to terrorist use of explosives and IEDs

HSPD-19 Report to the President: Provides 36 Recommendations necessary to execute

the National Strategy to Combat Terrorist Use of Explosives by DHS, DOJ, DoD

HSPD-19 Implementation Plan (IPLAN): DHS is lead agency for 22 of the 36 Implementation

tasks. Executing over 90 individual action items subordinate

to these tasks were agreed upon by principle agencies

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OBP Programs: Capabilities Analysis and EnhancementOn site assessments populate the single authoritative data source on State

and local IED first responder’s capabilities and their locations..

Assessments are conducted for bomb squad, explosive detection canine unit, SWAT, and public safety dive team capabilities and readiness using a task-based model of assessment 

NCAD results directed over $480M in SHSGP funds in 2008 and 2009, supports FBI needs assessments and are constantly used by state homeland security advisors

Bombing Prevention Index in NCAD will measure progress toward IED related national resiliency and preparedness goals

Since 2005, OBP has completed 1,300 assessments

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State and Local Capabilities

The Committee directed DHS Office of Bombing Prevention (OBP) to develop the capability analysis report, which was due June 28, 2008. IP delivered the report to NPPD on July 3. It is now clearing CFO.

The report also fulfills an HSPD-19 Implementation Task to maintain a consistent explosive attack capabilities assessment and analysis program.

OBP used its National Capabilities Analysis Database (NCAD), in addition to other programs, to collect data and generate a detailed analysis of national capabilities.

The report findings call for increased collaboration, integration of existing efforts, expanded training, and development and fielding of advanced tools and capabilities to meet the most common and devastating terrorist explosive attack methods.

Senate Report 110-084 (June 2007) called for a report to the Senate Committee on Appropriations on the bombing prevention capabilities of State and local bomb squads,

SWAT, Public Safety Dive Teams, and Explosives Detection Canine Teams.

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State and Local Capability Gaps

The Capability Assessment Report outlines the current gaps of State and local public safety bomb squads, explosive detection canine teams, public safety dive

teams, and SWAT, and assesses their needs to combat current terrorist TTPs.

Public safety bomb squads need advanced render-safe tools and robotics, more effective communications and information sharing, as well as wider access to electronic countermeasures (ECM) capabilities.

Explosives detection canine teams lack national standards for training and certification, as well as odor recognition of homemade explosives, including peroxide-based explosives.

Public safety dive teams also lack national standards for training and certification and are in need of remote operated vehicles (ROV) and improved diver communication systems, including secure voice and data transfer.

Guidelines for the employment, training, and equipping for SWAT teams and for bomb technicians supporting SWAT operations must be developed.

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Capability Scenarios – Waterborne IED

Current Capabilities to Detect, Search Underwater

Public safety dive teams, not standardized

Research Challenge Waterborne IED Detect & Defeat Systems

Current Capability RSP = DoD Requirement; Underwater Search = PSDT

Planning Challenge Utilization of public safety dive teams in underwater render safe operations

Current Focus WBIED Working Group conduct exercises to evaluate ability of public safety bomb squads to operate at shoreline and under pier to identify specific gaps in capabilities and tools.

Agency Roles DHS coordinate with DOJ, DoD, DOT, NOAA and professional association partners to develop national standards for operational planning guidelines, safety standards, training and certification of Public Safety Dive Teams and underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles

Interagency Focus Group: Maritime Working Group

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Bomb Squad Maritime Workshop:

Developed “Categories of Response Challenges and Requirements for Each Category” as a management resource Tool

Developed a “Guide to Writing a Standard Operating Procedure for Bomb Squad Response to Maritime and Water Borne Improvised Explosive Device (WBIED) Situations”

Developed a white paper for building a national Maritime program for bomb squads, which is being included in the 2010 National Strategic Plan for U.S. Bomb Squads.

Recommendation: Build a national program, informed by U.S. Navy doctrine, certified by the FBI’s Hazardous Devices School (HDS) in Huntsville, Alabama, and based on standards defined by the National Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board (NBSCAB).

Stage 1 Take immediate action to capitalize on local and regional efforts and assist with building national standards and training from what they have already developed

Stage 2 Request Federal funding and assistance with building a training center, perhaps alongside a U.S. Military facility, that would be linked to the FBI Hazardous Devices School (HDS), and would provide a program centric element to the Maritime domain requirements for bomb squads in much the same way that HDS currently provides focus for the overall bomb squad program.

Capability Scenarios – WBIED Capability Development

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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 19, Combating the Terrorist Use of Explosives, Implementation Plan (I-Plan) addresses this gap through Action Items 3.2.2.1 - 3.2.2.6 which directs DHS to work toward and collaborate with other Federal agencies on specific actions and outcomes aimed to mitigate the risk of WBIEDs

The various situations involving Maritime, Port Area, and Waterborne IED scenarios are grouped into fundamental bomb squad response categories:

» POLICY related challenges» LAND BASED response» SHORE AREA response» TACTICAL response» BELOW SURFACE response

This categorization of bomb squad responsibilities in the maritime domain is designed as a management level tool to identify the resources necessary to develop an effective operational capability for bomb squads responding to locations in and around waterways, shoreline areas, off shore locations, and ship board environments.

Responding to Situations in a Maritime Environment

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OBP Programs: Multi-Jurisdiction IED Security PlansMulti-Jurisdiction IED Security Plans (MJIEDSPs) assist high-risk urban

environments with the development of steady-state and threat-initiated actions for the prevention of and response to IED attacks on critical infrastructure.

The MJIEDSP helps high-risk areas to develop thorough IED Security plans that efficiently integrate assets and capabilities from multiple jurisdictions and emergency service sectors 

Planning ensures regional resiliency to combat the primary terrorist threat

Key component to development of a CONOP with DOJ and DOD to counter multiple terrorist IED attacks within the nation

To date, OBP has conducted 18 MJIEDSP workshops

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OBP Programs: TRIPwireTRIPwire integrates information gathered directly from terrorist groups with analysis

and collaboration tools to help first responders and law enforcement anticipate, identify and prevent bombing incidents.

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Training by Region Since 2003, OBP has delivered 1,021 training courses to over 32,500 public and private sector security partners.

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Mr. Charlie PayneChief

Office for Bombing PreventionDepartment of Homeland Security

(703) 235-9383

Charlie.Payne@dhs.gov