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The National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP) is the nation’s strategic plan to strengthen and enhance emergency communications capabilities. The NECP navigates the complex mission of maintaining and improving emergency communications capabilities for emergency responders and serves as the nation’s roadmap for ensuring emergency communications interoperability at all levels of government. The NECP establishes a shared vision for emergency communications and assists those who plan for, coordinate, invest in, and use operable and interoperable communications for response and recovery operations. This includes traditional emergency responder disciplines and other partners from the whole community that share information during incidents and planned events.

Title XVIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as amended, requires that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) develop the NECP to “provide recommendations regarding how the United States should support and promote the ability of emergency response providers and relevant government officials to continue to communicate in the event of disasters and to ensure, accelerate, and attain interoperable emergency communications nationwide.” The law also directs CISA to develop and periodically update the NECP in coordination with federal, state, local, territorial, tribal, and private sector stakeholders.

 

NECP Vision

Enable the nation’s emergency response community to communicate and share information securely across communications technologies in real time, including all levels of government, jurisdictions, disciplines, organizations, and citizens impacted by any threats or hazardous events.

National Priorities

  • Enhance effective governance among partners with a stake in emergency communications, embracing a shared responsibility of the whole community from traditional emergency responders and supporting entities to the citizens served
  • Address interoperability challenges posed by rapid technology advancements and increased information sharing, ensuring the most critical information gets to the right people at the right time
  • Build resilient and secure emergency communications systems to reduce cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities

NECP Goals

Governance and Leadership

Develop and maintain effective emergency communications governance and leadership across the Emergency Communications Ecosystem

Planning and Procedures

Develop and update comprehensive emergency communications plans and procedures that address the evolution of risks, capabilities, and technologies across the Emergency Communications Ecosystem

Training, Exercises and Evaluation

Develop and deliver training, exercise, and evaluation programs that enhance knowledge of and target gaps in all available emergency communications technologies

Communications Coordination

Improve effective coordination of available operable and interoperable public safety communications capabilities for incidents and planned events

Technology and Infrastructure

Improve lifecycle management of the systems and equipment that enable emergency responders and public safety officials to share information efficiently and securely

Cybersecurity

Strengthen the cybersecurity posture of the Emergency Communications Ecosystem

Read the NECP

Learn more about the nation's roadmap to ensuring emergency communications interoperability at all levels of government.

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Webinars: Implementing the National Emergency Communications Plan

Designed to provide the public safety community with practical solutions, this webinar series helps organizations improve their emergency communications capabilities through the implementation of the NECP.

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NECP Spotlights

NECP Spotlights

MAR 30, 2023 | PUBLICATION

NECP Resources

National Emergency Communications Plan Resources

MAY 11, 2023 | PUBLICATION
A collection of documents related to the National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP).
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