The Emergency Management monthly report outlines multiple Homeland Security (SHSP) and EMPG grants in various stages, including an approved MRG grant for an Emergency Management building, new consolettes (with one installed), siren updates in final design, an AED program for patrol vehicles, a defibrillator/monitor/EKG machine, two siren upgrades, and a partial award for a RIMS server. It also notes a 2023 Short Term SHSP grant for a courthouse magnetometer and an outdoor warning siren encoder, along with a denied request for IT data storage and a cybersecurity package, and a 2025 EMPG approval of 38549. These grants indicate active and upcoming purchase and implementation of public safety equipment, warning systems, and back-end servers, with design and procurement work still in progress for some elements. Vendors in public safety communications, sirens, AEDs/medical devices, secure servers, and cybersecurity can use this as a signal that Goshen County is actively using federal and state funds to upgrade emergency infrastructure and may need support with system design, integration, and resubmission of previously denied IT/cybersecurity components. A practical next conversation would explore where they still need vendor input, especially for siren upgrades, the RIMS server, and a robust cybersecurity/data storage solution that aligns with future SHSP opportunities.

Some equipment (consolettes, magnetometer, encoder) is already delivered or awarded, but siren updat...