# Presentation: 412034

## National Communications System (NCS)ESF-2 Training ConferenceAnalysis Response Team (ART) Discussion

**Bernie Farrell**
**Booz Allen Hamilton**
**Farrell_bernard@bah.com**
** ****	****703-235-5265**
**28 November 2007**

## ART Mission

**The Analysis Response Team (ART) was established in early 2006 in order to improve coordination within the telecommunications sector and complete a comprehensive analysis of the communications infrastructure before, during, and after an event of significance**
**The mission of the ART is to conduct an exhaustive analysis of the communications infrastructure during all stages of a crisis or significant incident**

## ART Participants 

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**The ART is comprised of representatives from different parts of the NCS and has access to critical network information from other NCS member agencies**
**Full-time ART participants include:**
**NCC Watch**
**NCS Operational Analysis Branch**
**Department of Defense - Dahlgren **
**The ART also reaches out to the NCS Standards and Technology Division, the FCC, Noblis, and industry members**

## ART Activation History

**The ART was activated for the following exercises:**
**Hurricane Leslie Emergency Support Function (ESF)-2 Training Exercise conducted in May 2006, in which a comprehensive pre-landfall communications infrastructure analysis was performed**
**NCS Operational Analysis Tabletop Exercise conducted in April 2007, in which ART participants walked through roles, responsibilities, and procedures**
**NCS Operational Analysis Live-Scale Exercise conducted in July 2007, in which a communications infrastructure analysis was performed in response to a bomb scenario in Chicago**

**Analytic elements of the ART have been applied for several NCS responses: California Wildfires, Minneapolis bridge collapse, etc.**

## ART Activation

**Under the direction of the NCC Manager, the Operational Analysis (OA) Branch Chief Manager guides the ART in the execution of analyses of the communications infrastructure pre and post-impact**

## ART Process

**Watch distributes analytic product to clients**

**Analysis Response Team conducts quality check on the analytic product**

**Analysts integrate the analytic product and perform initial quality check**

**Analysis Response Team contacts analysts or other organizations (on an as needed basis) to perform analyses**

**NCS OA Branch Chief confirms requirements, assigns responsibilities, and determines plan of action  to complete analysis**

**NCC Manager identifies analytic requirements and due date for the analysis**

**NCC Manager notifies Analysis Response Team of the event**

**An event occurs; and is realized**

**NCS OA Branch Chief coordinates a lessons learned meeting**

| Watch | NCC Manager | NCC Manager | NCS OA Branch Chief | Analysis Response Team | Analysts | Analysis Response Team | Watch | Analysis Response Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

**Who?**

**Where?**

| Watch | Watch | Watch | Various Locations | Various Locations | Watch | Watch | Watch | Watch |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

## ART Analytic Steps

**When an event occurs, the ART uses various tools and data sets in order analyze the impacts on the telecommunications infrastructure.  Results of the analysis include:**
**Definition of the scope of event**
**Characterization of the impact area**
**Initial assessment reports**
**Up-to-date visualization of telecommunications sector status**
**These products are most often delivered to DHS leaders in briefing format and to other DHS elements in electronic format for integration into other elements (e.g., iCAV, etc.)**

## Data and Tool Example - IMT 

**The NCS Infrastructure Mapping Tool (IMT), supports ART critical analyses through advanced GIS capabilities for incident management, decision support, and status tracking**

| Geospatial Analysis | Available Data  |
| --- | --- |
| GIS overlay, spatial queries and buffering
Charts, cross-tab and text-based reporting
Status tracking | Telecommunications Assets
Government Agency Buildings
First Responder Buildings
Other Critical Infrastructures (e.g., electric power, finance, transportation, etc.)
Public Safety Answering Points
FEMA Flood Hazard Zones
Satellite Imagery
Real-Time Weather |

## Reporting Examples 

**ART participants generate reports on the impact of the incident.  Some of the reports may include:**
**Estimated number of users affected by the incident**
**Affected assets by carrier**
**Affected assets by asset type (e.g., REM, EO, TDM, etc..)**
**Homing chain analysis of affected asset types**

## Product Catalog 

**The Operational Analysis Product Catalog describes sample analysis products that may be requested from the ART**

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## Questions?