The State-Wide Strategic Plan for Communications and Interoperability is the product of a series of regional focus group sessions and a strategic planning session held from September through December 2005 in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. During these gatherings, Kentucky’s public safety practitioners shared experiences and visions for improving public safety communications and interoperability state-wide. The plan relies on a locally driven strategy, in which the knowledge and needs of local responders are drawn on to build the appropriate initiatives for improved emergency response.