Public Safety

This section assesses the ability of public safety and emergency service providers across the islands to deliver emergency response services to meet the needs of the CNMI, inclusive of DoD programs and future private sector projects.

The areas analyzed as components of Public Safety are (i) Police, (ii) Fire, (iii) Emergency Medical Services, (iv) Criminal Justice System, (v) Animal Care and Control, (vi) Emergency Management and Disaster Response.

Due to the nature of data availability, some items presented here are derived from interviews and data aggregation from the source departments and/or agencies.

 Detailed analysis of this Functional Area of Interest (FAI) can be found here:

Volume VI - Public Safety

Full descriptions of all baseline conditions is contained in the Baseline Report on Current Conditions and Challenges.

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The following documents are resources utilized in the analysis of this FAI:

• 2017 CNMI Catastrophic Typhoon Plan

• CNMI Standard State Mitigation Plan 2014-2018

• 2018 Standard State Mitigation Plan

• 2017 CNMI Judicial Branch Strategic Plan (2018-2022)

• Report on the Feasibility of Establishing National Guard Units in American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

• CNMI Executive Directive 2016-05 - Designation of the Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services (DFEMS) as lead agency on HAZMAT and CBRNE

• Memorandum of Understanding Between Joint Region Marianas and Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Procedures Associated with Requesting Department of Defense Explosive Ordnance Disposal Support

• CNMI Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Records - Number of Driver’s License & Vehicle Registrations Issued, 2015-2020

• CNMI Department of Corrections Baseline Assessment Data

• CNMI Department of Public Safety - Crimes Reported, 2017 through 2019

• CNMI Department of Public Safety - CNMI Traffic Cases, 2016-2018

• CNMI Department of Public Safety - Budget and Personnel Data, 2015-2020

• CNMI Department of Fire & Emergency Medical Services - Baseline Assessment Survey Results, 2015-2020

• CNMI Department of Fire & Emergency Medical Services - Baseline Survey Statistics