MERCED COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
BIG FIVE MEETING AGENDA
September 25 @ 9:00 AM
1 Big Five Designees
AGENDA
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Review Meeting Minutes – June 24, 2025
Motion to Approve: Seconded Motion:
3. Regulating County Assets
4. PSAP Project – Frequency Channels
5. Ongoing Project Updates
6. Proposed Projects
7. SHSGP FY23- Performance Ending Date 5/31/26 ($346,225) – Approved A. FEMA required minimum distribution $121,179 (35%)
No Minimum Cyber Security
3% Soft Targets/Crowded Places - $10,387
3% Information Sharing - $10,387
3% Combating Domestic Extremism - $10,387
3% Community Preparedness and Resilience - $10,387
3% Election Security-$10,387
B
. SHSGP FY23 - Performance Ending Date 5/31/26 ($346,225) – Approved
1. XMD Maintenance - $73,729-Completed (original amount $100,000; moved remaining $26,271 to Interoperable Communications)
2 . Everbridge Emergency Notification (Enhancing Community Preparedness and Resilience) - $24,400- Completed
3. ICS 300/400 Training - $6,000– Ongoing
4. REMS-UTV- (Combating Domestic Extremism)- $50,000 – Completed
5. MX908 Handheld Mass Spectrometer (Soft Targets/Crowded Places & Enhancing Info and Intelligence Sharing) - $110,000 – Completed
6. KnowBe4 Cybersecurity (Cybersecurity)- $12,000– Completed
7. Perimeter, Public Safety Platform- $20,000 – Ongoing
8. Merced PD Tango Tango - $12,585 – Ongoing
ATTACHMENT #1
MERCED COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
BIG FIVE MEETING AGENDA
September 25 @ 9:00 AM
2 9. Merced County DPW- iPads, iPhones - $4,184 (original amount $7,267; moved remaining $3,083 to Interoperable Communications) – Completed
10. Merced PD Tactical Flight Helmets - $14,344 – Ongoi ng
11. Dos Palos PD Tango Tango - $8,985 – Completed
12. Interoperable Communications (Unobligated) - $9,998
8. SHSGP FY24-Performance Ending Date 5/31/27 ($315,459) – Approved A. FEMA required minimum distribution $110,410 (35%) No Minimum Information and Intelligence Sharing
No Minimum Soft Targets/Crowded Places
No Minimum Cyber Security
No Minimum Community Preparedness and Resilience
No Minimum Combating Domestic Extremism
3% Election Security - $9,463
B. SHSGP FY24 - Performance Ending Date 5/31/27 ($315,459) Approved
1. XMD Maintenance - $75,000 - Ongoing
2. Everbridge Emergency Notification (Enhancing Inf o and Intelligence Sharing & Combating Domestic Extremism)- $24,400- Completed
3. Perimeter, Public Safety Platform (Enhancing Community Preparedness and Resilience)- $22,500 - Ongoing
4. Bomb Squad Suit-Merced PD (Soft Targets/Crowded Places) - $45,018 - (Pending HSGP MOU FY24 Approval)
5. Bitdefender Endpoint Security (Enhance Cybersecurity) - $12,541 - Ongoing
6. Akamai DNS Threat Protection (Enhance Election Security) - $10,000 - Ongoing
7. ICS Training - $6,000 – Ongoing
8. Portable Xray Machine- Merced PD - $69,252 – (Pending HSGP MOU FY24 Approval)
9. Interoperable Communications (Unobligated) - $50,748 (Public Health/EMS Med 9/Med 8 Project)
9. SHSGP FY25-Performance Ending Date 5/31/28 ( $315,459 ) ($345,978)– Submitted Advanced Application..again due to changes in IJs.
OLD Requirements
A.
FEMA required minimum distribution $100,410 (35%)
No Minimum Information and Intelligence Sharing
No Minimum Soft Targets/Crowded Places
No Minimum Cyber Security
No Minimum Community Preparedness and Resilience
No Minimum Combating Domestic Extremism
3% Election Security - $9,463
MERCED COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
BIG FIVE MEETING AGENDA
September 25 @ 9:00 AM
3 NEW Requirements
FEMA required minimum distribution $121,093 (35%)
10% Minimum Supporting Border Crisis and Enforceme nt – $34,598 No Minimum Supporting Homeland Security Task Force s and Fusion Centers
No Minimum Soft Targets/Crowded Places
No Minimum Cybersecurity
3% Election Security - $10,380
B. SHSGP FY25 - Performance Ending Date 5/31/28 ($3 45,978) – Submitted Advanced Application..again
1. XMD Maintenance - $75,000
2. Cellebrite Investigative Digital Intelligence-LB PD (Homeland Security Task Forces and Fusion Centers & Border Crisis Response and Enforcement)- $74,256
(IJ1 $39,658/IJ4 $34,598)
3. Everbridge Emergency Notification (Soft Targets/ Crowded Places) $24,400
4. Perimeter, Public Safety Platform - $25,000
5. County VPN (Enhance Cybersecurity) - $10,000
6. AuthX (MFA-Multi-Factor Authentication) (Enhance Election Security) - $35,500
7. ICS Training - $6,000
8. Interoperable Communications (Unobligated) - $95 ,822
10. Proposed Projects
Atwater PD-Cellebrite Investigative Digital Intell igence, $36,818 Livingston PD-Cellebrite Investigative Digital Int elligence, $53,708 MC Public Health/EMS- Med 9/Med 9 Upgrade, $100,00 0 ($500,000 for a total of 5 years)
11. Project/Training Updates
A. ICS 300 / 400:
October 20-24, 2025
March 9-13, 2026
12. Round Table
13. Adjourn
Next Meeting: December 11, 2025 @ 9 AM