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professional networking, collaboration and communication platform

First Responder Communities of Practice is a professional networking, collaboration and communication platform created by the Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate to support improved collaboration and information sharing amongst the nation's First Responders and other Federal, State, Tribal, Territorial, and local governments and private sector stakeholders supporting homeland security efforts. This vetted community of members focuses on emergency preparedness, response, recovery and other homeland security issues.

 
 

Who Can Join?

  • First responders
  • Members of the following groups engaged in homeland security:
    • Government employees
    • Government-sponsored contractors
    • Government-sponsored academia
    • Government-sponsored citizens

What Can I Do Here?

 
 

Site Security

All prospective members of the site are vetted to verify their identity. Members of First Responder Communities of Practice may post public, For Official Use Only (FOUO) or Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU) documents and information. Users may not post Classified or Law Enforcement Sensitive information or documents to the First Responder Communities of Practice under any circumstance. It is the user's responsibility to avoid the creation of information that could be considered SENSITIVE of CLASSIFIED in aggregate. For more information, click here. To read the site Rules of Behavior, click here.

About Us

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) First Responder Group (FRG) works to protect America against terrorism and disasters by providing first responder solutions for high-priority capability gaps through rapid prototyping, technical assistance, and information sharing to save lives and maximize preparedness.

 
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