This 2019 monthly newsletter provides updates on what has recently occurred and what is coming up next for the St. Louis Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attack (CCTA) Program.
September 2019 – Issue 9 — Articles include Upcoming Activities: Intelligence and Information Sharing Functional Exercise, Area Command Coordinated Functional Exercise, and CCTA Capstone Functional Exercise; A Year In Review; Hunter Seeker Exercise; IL and MO Response Drill Series: Strengths and Areas of Improvement; Fusion Center and Suspicious Activity Reports; CCTA Training For Senior And Elected Officials; Regional Training Offerings: Emergency Response to Domestic Biological Incidents and Bomb Scene First Responder and Homemade Explosives Class; and Maritime Training Opportunities.
August 2019 – Issue 8 — Articles include Upcoming Activities: Intelligence and Information Sharing Functional Exercise in January 2020, Area Command Coordinated Functional Exercise in February 2020, and CCTA Capstone Functional Exercise in May 2020; IL and MO Response Drills Recap of the 2-Day Progressive Drill Series held at Scott Elementary in Illinois and the Convention Center in Missouri; Summary of the National Homeland Security Conference from June 2019; Fusion Center and Suspicious Activity Reports; Maritime Training Opportunities; and Regional Training Offerings
July 2019 – Issue 7 — Articles include Upcoming Activities: Illinois CCTA Response Drill I and II; Missouri CCTA Response Drill I and II; Regional Response Plan Development; and Area Command Coordination Functional Exercise; CCTA Response Drills: 2-Day Progressive Drill Series – Call for Participants/Players and Call for Role Players; Response Drill Schedule for Immediate Response Drill I, Immediate Reponse Drill II, Immediate Response Drill I, and Special Operations Drill II; Public Information Functional Exercise Overview and Feedback; Maritime Training Opportunities; Regional Training Offerings: Bomb Scene First Responder And Homemade Explosives Class And Hope Coalition – Healthcare Organizations Preparing For Emergencies; And Fusion Center And Suspicious Activity Reports.
June 2019 – Issue 6 — Articles include Upcoming Activities: Public Information Functional Exercise, CCTA Response Drill I & II, and Regional Response Plan Development; Public Information Functional Exercise; Operational Guide Series – Training Workshops And Response Drills: Illinois Response Drill I, Illinois Response Drill II, Missouri Response Drill I, And Missouri Response Drill II; Participant Feedback From The Workshops; Maritime Training Opportunities; Regional Training Offerings: Bomb Scene First Responder and Homemade Explosives Class; and Hope Coalition – Healthcare Organizations Preparing For Emergencies; and Fusion Center And Suspicious Activity Reports
May 2019 – Issue 5 — Articles include Upcoming Activities: River Response Workshop – Law Enforcement, River Response Workshop – Fire/EMS, and Public Information Functional Exercise; Operational Guide Series: Training Workshop Outcomes; Response Drills: Locations and Dates; Law Enforcement And Fire/EMS River Response Workshops; Regional Training Offerings: Bomb Scene First Responder And Homemade Explosives Class; Hope Coalition – Healthcare Organizations Preparing For Emergencies; Radresponder & Chemresponder Training; and Fusion Center and Suspicious Activity Reports.
April 2019 – Issue 4 — Articles include: Program Snapshot; Program timeline and activities for April and May 2019; Operational Guide Series: Planning and Training Workshops – Recap of Planning Workshops and April Training Workshops; Law Enforcement and Fire/EMS River Response Workshops; Regional Training and Workshops: Bomb Scene First Responder and Homemade Explosives Class; Regional PIO Meeting and TTX; and Fusion Center and suspicious activity reports
March 2019 – Issue 3 — Articles include: Updated Training Workshop Dates; Program Timeline And Activities; Operational Guide Series: Planning And Training Workshops; Regional Pio Meeting And TTX; and Fusion Center and suspicious activity reports
February 2019 – Issue 2 — Articles include: Program Snapshot; Program timeline and activities for March and April 2019; Operational Guide Series: Planning Workshops for the Planning Series for Command and Control and Communications and Dispatch and Training Workshops focusing on reviewing specific functional-area guides; Featured Person: David Fellows; Regional trainings and workshops for March 2019; and Fusion Center and suspicious activity reports
January 2019 – First Issue — Articles include: Program Snapshot; St. Louis Region Awarded DHS Grant; Program Timeline and Activities; St. Louis Fusion Center Tabletop Exercises; Operational Guide Workshops; and News and Recognition