Item No. ____7b Supp___

Date of

2009MaritimeandPortSecuritySummit:

Resiliency Planning in a Difficult Economy

Meeting __July 7, 2009__

Resiliency



Planning



Dif f icult



Economy

Inconjunctionwiththe

AnnualUniversit

ofWashin

ton

y g

Conference onSafetyandSecurity

Education&Research

(SASER)

“

Be a Leader in Transportation Security

”



Leader



Transportation



Security

Presented by:

Other Sponsors:

Hosted and

Sponsored by:

Focus of Summit

Focus



Summit

• Participants were primarily those who work in,

and around Ports, and the connecting Rail and

Highway infrastructure.

•

Underscored the importance of both Security &

Underscored

the

importance

both

Security

Resiliency Planning at not only Ports, but all

Intermodal Nodes.

Two major areas of discussion:

Two



major



areas



discussion:

Maritime Security:

)



Maritime



Security:

– PortSecurity&PrivateSectorMaritimeSecurityIssues.

– USCG:TheWayAhead/CoastGuardplanningovernext2‐5years.

–

ComplexityofInter‐jurisdictional SecurityIssues.

– HowMaritime,RegulatoryandLawEnforcementagenciesestablish

theirspheresorauthority,responsibilityandresponseprotocols?

2.)EconomicResiliency

Recovery vs Resiliency

–

Recovery



.

Resiliency

– PostIncident‐ HowdowetransitiontoaResiliencyRole?

– CargoSecurityvs.EconomicPriority.

–

Inte r‐jurisdictionalIssuesandEconomicPrioritization.

Key Outcomes

Key



Outcomes

Th P Phi ll bli h d i bhSi/E

•

e

ort

artners

psarewe

esta

bli



n



ecur

mergency

Planning&Cooperation.

• ImportanceofregularcommunicationswithElectedOfficialsatall

levels

government .

• EssentialneedforPortRecovery&ResiliencyPlanning.

• UWPacificRimVisualizationandAnalyticsCenter(PARVAC)

tocharteconomicrealitiesofPortSecurity&Emergencydecisions.

• Resiliencyofdeep‐waterPortsalwaysfacilitatesregionalreliefeff orts.

•

Strategic Jurisdictional Integration Planning & Understanding is critical.

Strategic



Jurisdictional



Integration



Planning



Understanding





critical.

• FeasibilityofaPugetSoundSecurityConsortiumshouldbeexplored.

Next Steps



Steps

1. Effective Cross-Port and Multi-A

enc

Plannin

gy g

2. Ensure Communications Inter-Operability

3. Continue Preparedness / Readiness Planning

 Exercises & Drills

 Training Needs



Sli&I t



upp

nven

ory

 Equipment & Tools

 Staff Back-up & Assistance

4. Promising New Initiatives

Â University of Washington PARVAC project

The Puget Sound Security Consortium

The

Puget

Sound

Security

Consortium