The InterAgency Board Structure
The IAB is organized into 4 committees and 5 SubGroups that are chaired by a First
Responder, supported by a Federal Co-Chair, and staffed with subject matter experts
in that SubGroup's area of interest.Each SubGroup is responsible for maintaining
its subsection of the SEL. The Federal Agency Coordinating Committee (FACC) is the
exception as it is chaired with a Federal Chair and composed of supporting federal
government representatives.
The InterAgency Board
The IAB Chair is selected from the ranks of the local and state membership. The
Chair administers, organizes, and facilitates the actions of the IAB.
CHAIR
Robert Ingram, Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY)
VICE-CHAIR
Glenn Jirka, Miami Township (OH) Division of Fire and EMS
Compatibility and Interoperability Committee (CIC)
The Compatibility and Interoperability Committee (CIC) serves as the focal point
for the coordination of interoperability and compatibility issues identified by
the IAB. The CIC consolidates and prioritizes equipment, standards, training and
operational interoperability and compatibility concerns identified by the IAB SubGroups
and Committees.
INTERIM CO-CHAIR
Robert Ingram, Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY)
INTERIM FEDERAL CO-CHAIR
Philip Mattson, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office of Law
Enforcement Standards (OLES)
Federal Agency Coordinating Committee (FACC)
The FACC is a coordination committee that provides the interface between the IAB
and sponsoring federal government agencies.
CHAIR
TBD
Standards Coordination Committee (SCC)
The SCC ensures that weapons of mass destruction (WMD) response equipment and technology
is integrated in the existing standards boards and regulatory bodies.
CO-CHAIR
Glenn P. Jirka, Miami Township (OH) Division of Fire and EMS
FEDERAL CO-CHAIR
Kathleen Higgins, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Office
of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES)
Science and Technology (S&T) Committee
The S&T Committee is focused on advanced concepts entering development and newly
emerging technologies that might be applied to crisis and consequence management.
CO-CHAIR
Malcolm Trigg, Seminole County (FL) Fire Department
FEDERAL CO-CHAIR
Gabriel Ramos, Technical Support Working Group (TSWG)
Personal Protective and Operational Equipment (PP&OE)
SubGroup
The PP&OE SubGroup addresses individual equipment, support systems, and area
protection for WMD response.
CO-CHAIR
Douglas Wolfe, Sarasota County (FL) Fire Department
FEDERAL CO-CHAIR
William E. Haskell III, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL)
InterOperable Communications and Information System
(ICIS) SubGroup
The ICIS SubGroup deals with communications, information management, technical information
support, and public awareness issues.
CO-CHAIR
Christopher Lombard, Seattle Fire Department
FEDERAL CO-CHAIR
Mike Tuominen, National Interagency Fire Center
Detection and Decontamination (D&D) SubGroup
The D&D SubGroup concentrates on intrusive and non-intrusive detection; monitoring,
sampling, and analysis of suspected toxins; and methods to mitigate or dissipate
a contamination.
CO-CHAIR
Thomas Brandon, Suffolk County (NY) Police Department
FEDERAL CO-CHAIR
Elaine M. Stewart-Craig, Department of Defense, Research, Development and Engineering
Command (RDECOM), Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center (ECBC)
Medical SubGroup (MSG)
The MSG SubGroup engages the issues of casualty treatment for victims of a conventional
or non-conventional WMD attack and also preventive measures to avert victimization.
CO-CHAIR
Thomas Walsh, Seattle (WA) Fire Department
FEDERAL CO-CHAIR
Stephen Skowronski, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Training
The Training SubGroup provides review and input on training doctrine and guidance
developed for the first responder community.
CO-CHAIR
Alan (A.D.) Vickery, Seattle (WA) Fire Department
FEDERAL CO-CHAIR
Barbara Biehn, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United States Customs and Border Protection