Our Mission

One of the missions of Bridgewater State College is to serve the Southeastern Massachusetts region by working to enhance its intellectual, economic, cultural and civic well-being. To this end, the College established the Institute for Regional Development on September 1, 1996.

The Institute serves as the visible focal point for College initiatives related to enhancing the quality of life in Southeastern Massachusetts. The mission of the Institute is to serve as a resource center for the public, private, and non-profit sectors of Southeastern Massachusetts through applied research, training, and technical assistance programs.

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Southeastern Massachusetts Homeland Security Project

The Institute for Regional Development, in partnership with the Southeastern Regional Homeland Security Advisory Council (SRAC) SPREDD and with John Schaeffer, President, Strategic Solutions Group and consultant to the Central Region Homeland Security Council, has initiated work on a project inventorying public safety resources in Southeast Massachusetts. Bridgewater State College's Institute for Regional Development is implementing and overseeing the utilization of the web based Resource Tracking System here in the Southeast Region.

SRAC is one of five homeland security regions in the Commonwealth and covers all of southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod including nearly 100 cities and towns. SRAC maintains an Access database which is used to inventory a variety of public safety equipment and resources. In the event of a public safety emergency or homeland security event the database could be accessed by public safety personnel to identify needed equipment and/or resources for their community. The database is mandated by the state government and must comply with the National Incident Management System Migration (NIMS) Project Data Collection Tool.

 

 

Last Modified: September 24, 2009

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Contact Us

Institute for Regional Development
Burnell Hall
Room 118
66 Hooper St.
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA 02325
Tel: 508.531.2186
IRD@bridgew.edu