SAFECOM adheres to a bottom-up approach, which means the program relies heavily on local and state emergency response practitioners for input and guidance as it works to define and implement solutions for the interoperability challenge.
As a practitioner-driven program, SAFECOM has developed a governance structure that facilitates the input of local and state emergency response practitioners. Through the Program’s Executive Committee (EC) and Emergency Response Council (ERC), the emergency response community and local, tribal, state, and Federal policy makers provide strategic input to the SAFECOM Program.