STARRS ST Louis Area Regional Response System

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How Safe Are We? A Report Card on Regional
Security
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STARRS Mission Statement

• To help local governments, businesses and
  citizens plan for, protect against, and recover
  from critical incidents in the St. Louis region.

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Critical Incidents

• All inclusive definition natural and man made
  disasters, or intentional acts involving
  chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or
  explosive (CBRNE) agents.

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Aum Shinrikyo on March 20, 1995. In five
coordinated attacks, the conspirators released
sarin gas on several lines of the Tokyo subway,
killing twelve people and injuring nearly a
thousand others.
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• "When we have a free path, we go forward. If we
  meet an obstacle, we go around it. If the object
  cannot be overcome, we retreat. When the enemy is
  unprepared, we surprise him. If he is alert, we
  leave him alone."
• - The
  Baader-Meinhoff Gang
• German terrorist group active from 1968 - 1977

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Federal Terrorism Funding

• Defense Against Weapons Of Mass Destruction Act
  Of 1996
• Also known as the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Amendment
• The possibility of domestic terrorism involving
  nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons is a
  significant threat to U.S. national security,
• The United States can only prepare itself for
  domestic acts of terrorism involving nuclear,
  biological or chemical weapons by improving its
  domestic response capabilities at the local,
  state, and federal levels. Improvements are
  needed in equipment, training, national
  coordination, multi-agency exercises, and
  disease-outbreak detection.

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The Birth of STARRS

• Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) Grant.
• Provided financial assistance to 45 selected
  urban areas to address the unique equipment,
  training, planning, exercise, and operational
  needs of large urban areas.
• Assist in building an enhanced and sustainable
  capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from
  threats or acts of terrorism.
• Planning, Operational Activities, Equipment,
  Training Exercises.

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UASI Grant

• Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI)
• Requires Regional Coordination
• Franklin, Jefferson St. Charles, St. Louis City
  St. Louis County in Missouri
• Madison, Monroe St. Clair in Illinois

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Funding Summary

• Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI)
• FY2003 through FY2007
• Health Resources and Services Administration
  (HRSA)
• Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS)
• St. Louis Area Hospital Donations

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STARRS Organization

• STARRS Board of Directors 20 members
• Gil Copley, President
• St. Charles County Health Department
• Ed Hassinger, Vice President
• Missouri Department of Transportation
• Stan Schaeffer, Secretary
  Mayor of
  Collinsville, Illinois
• Nancy Bates, Treasurer
  St. Louis Chapter
  of the American Red Cross

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STARRS Organization, cont.

• Advisory Council 24 members
• Chief Greg Brown, Co-Chair
  
  Eureka FPD
• Debbie Mays, Co-Chair
  BJC
  Emergency Management
• Don Schneider, Vice Co-Chair
• Belleville Memorial Hospital
• Gary Christmann, Vice Co-Chair
  
  City of St. Louis Emergency Management
• Working Committees

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Emergency Operations Center
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Major Projects Summary

• Emergency Response Incident Support Teams
• Virtual Emergency Operations Center
• Patient Tracking System
• Regional Universal I.D. for First Responders
• Enhancing Interoperable Communications
• Missouri/Illinois Mutual Aid Agreements

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Major Projects Summary

• ESSENCE Syndromic Surveillance System
• Hospital Surge Trailers
• Citizen Corps Councils
• Development of a Regional Catastrophic Plan
• Training Exercises

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So, is the region safer?
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Regional Panel

• Nancy Bates, Executive Officer
• Emergency Services American Red Cross
• Tim Bonno, President
• Gateway Citizen Corps Coalition
• Lt. Chuck Boschert, St. Louis Co. PD
• St. Louis Terrorism Early Warning
• Debbie Mays, Director Emergency Management
• BJC Health Care

• Chief Ernie Rhodes
• St. Charles City Fire Department
• STARRS Critical Response Team
• Capt. Robert Young, St. Louis Co. PD
• St. Louis County Office of Emergency Management
• Hope Woodson, Public Health Planner
• St. Charles Co. Department of Community Health
  and the Environment

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• 14301 South Outer 40 Drive
• St. Louis, Missouri 63017
• 314-244-9600