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NH purchases first responder training and communications system

Emergency Management Alert, March 2, 2004

New Hampshire became the first state yesterday to purchase a first responder training and communications system, the Business Wire reports.

A $1.7 million grant from the NH Department of Justice went to PRIMEDIA Workplace Learning to install Homeland One, a statewide first responder training and communications network. Homeland One will install at 607 sites across NH, including law enforcement, fire, and emergency medical service agencies.

"Through this effort we hope to enhance the level of training across New Hampshire and, at the same time, lessen the burden that training often carries with it for the first responder," says NH Attorney General Peter W. Heed. "This is especially true in the northern regions of NH, where training content is often limited and traveling to access it can be both time-consuming and costly."

Homeland One is a customizable training module, modeled on the National Interagency Incident Management System, and based on the Department of Homeland Security's first responder training and emergency management system standards.

Beyond just enabling state-of-the-art modular homeland security training, Homeland One First Responder Network can also brief first responders in emergencies, Business Wire reports.

For more information on Homeland One and PRIMEDIA, visit http://www.primedia.com/

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