Topic Suggestions for the System Assessment & Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER) Program

Submit a category of emergency responder equipment or technology

The SAVER program provides information on commercially available technologies to the responder community to assist with equipment selection and procurement decisions. SAVER publishes this information, including market surveys and the results of responder-conducted comparative, operational assessments at: www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/SAVER.

Emergency responders' recommendations regarding equipment to assess, evaluation criteria, test scenarios, and information needs are essential to ensure the publications are relevant.

We are seeking your input to determine what equipment to review next. Questions marked with an asterisk are required, others are optional.

Thank you.

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* 1. Please identify the equipment or technology that you would like the SAVER program to address.

* Equipment:

* Describe the operations or applications it is used for:

* Identify key features needed (separate by comma):

Any additional comments:

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* 2. What disciplines and missions are associated with this equipment / technology? (choose all that apply)

Fire Service

Hazardous Materials

Emergency Medical Services

Search and Rescue

Rescue Task Force

Law Enforcement

SWAT / Tactical Teams

EOD / Bomb Squad

Counter-Terrorism

Command and Control

Emergency Management

Public Health

Public Safety Communications

Transportation

Critical Infrastructure

Wildland Firefighting

Dispatch / 9-1-1

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What is the reason for interest in this equipment? (chose all that apply)

Considering new equipment purchase

Need to replace / refresh current inventory

Recent event or incident highlighted need

Other:

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* 4. What is the timeline if this technology being considered for purchase or replacement?

Within 3 years

Longer than 3 years

Not sure

Comments:

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* 5. If planning to purchase, will federal grant funding be used?

Yes (If the grant name is known, please enter in "Grant information" section below)

Not sure

Grant information:

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* 6. If you are replacing equipment, please explain why:

Outdated

Poor performance

Usable lifetime expiring

Upgrade

Routine refresh

Lacking specific feature - explain below

Other (please explain)

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* 7. Your Organization

* Agency:

* City:

* State, Territory, or Tribal Land:

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* 8. Occupation and Affiliation - please check all that apply

State or Local Responder (active)

Federal Responder (active)

Responder (retired)

Member of First Responder Resource Group

Member of InterAgency Board for Emergency Preparedness and Response

Other (please specify)

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* 9. If you would like to be contacted to provide additional information about the equipment requirements and use cases, or to potentially participate in SAVER focus groups and assessments, please provide your contact information here.

Name:

Email address:

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* 10. Have you or others at your agency read a SAVER document or used one when selecting equipment?

Yes

If you answered yes, please describe your use of SAVER documents:

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* 11. We encourage you to provide any additional comments, suggestions or feedback about the SAVER program in the box below.

If you have additional SAVER topic suggestions, you may repeat this survey after selecting "SUBMIT" below.

An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

The collection of this information was approved by OMB on 3/10/2020.

OMB Control Number: 1640-0018

ICR Reference Number: 201806-1640-001
Expiration Date: 9/30/2022

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