Homeland Security Advisory Council
On July 21, 2005 Executive Order 05-20 was signed, authorizing the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) to review state and local security plans and grant funding requests and make recommendations for changes to better protect Missourians. The HSAC included the Director of the Department of Public Safety, Homeland Security Director, Missouri State Highway Patrol Superintendent, State Emergency Management Agency Director, State Fire Marshal and directors of other state departments with key roles related to homeland security. This was to ensure a statewide focus for homeland security and an effective means for coordinating resources. The HSAC was tasked with ensuring that homeland security plans were coordinated at the state and local level and that homeland security grant expenditures were made in a coordinated and efficient way.
On February 10, 2006 Executive Order 06-09 was issued making the HSAC a permanent governing body and facilitating the formation of the RHSOCs to provide local input from all areas of Missouri to the HSAC. This is essential to Missouri’s regional approach to homeland security, which enables regions to have key input into the selection of homeland security priorities and the allocation of funding to best address regional needs. The executive order also added the Director of the Department of Mental Health to the HSAC.
Most recently, Executive Order 18-03 further expanded the council to include all a broader group of stakeholders working together in Missouri’s Homeland Security efforts. Membership now includes:
- 911 Service Board
- American Red Cross
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Corrections
- Department of Economic Development
- Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Department of Health and Senior Services
- Department of Higher Education
- Department of Mental Health
- Department of Natural Resources
- Department of Public Safety
- Department of Social Services
- Department of Transportation
- Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area
- Kansas City Regional Fusion Center
- Missouri Association of Fire Chiefs
- Missouri Emergency Management Association
- Missouri Emergency Medical Services Association
- Missouri Fire Marshal
- Missouri Information Analysis Center
- Missouri Interoperability Center
- Missouri Fraternal Order of Police
- Missouri Office of Homeland Security
- Missouri Sheriffs’ Association
- Missouri State Council of Fire Fighters
- Missouri State Highway Patrol
- Missouri Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters
- Office of Administration – Information Technology Services Division
- Public Service Commission
- Regional Homeland Security Oversight Committees Chairs’ Subcommittee
- Saint Louis Fusion Center
- St. Louis Area Regional Response System
- State Emergency Management Agency
- And individual governor appointees.
Information from the Governor’s Boards and Commissions Office and names of individual governor appointees can be found here.
The HSAC meets quarterly.