ECF Volume 18, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Emergency Communications’ (OEC) official eNewsletter, has just been released. DHS OEC ECF Volume 18.pdf includes an interview with Bob Schwent, Washington Statewide Interoperability Coordinator, about communications interoperability planning for the U.S. Open Golf Championship; an inside look at the continued importance of emergency communications planning; highlights from the 2015 Maryland Command and Communications Rally; and a recap of recent OEC engagements at the All-Hazards Incident Management Teams Association Training and Educational Symposium and a joint meeting between SAFECOM and the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators.

These stories and more appear in this issue of the ECF. For questions or more information, please visit OEC’s website at www.DHS.gov (keyword ‘OEC’) or email us at OECOutreach1@hq.dhs.gov.