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After
three years of application, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) extended the Public Assistance Alternative Procedures Debris Pilot for another
year, effective June 28,
2016. During the last three years, FEMA used the alternative procedures
pilot to award more than $576
million across 117 disasters.
The
Public Assistance Alternative Procedures Debris Pilot program for debris
removal was one of the first provisions to be developed under the authorities
of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act, which President Obama signed into law on
January 29, 2013. The alternative procedures were first offered during the
Oklahoma Tornadoes in May of 2013 and were then expanded to include all new
declarations with the pilot program on June 28, 2013.
Additional
information on the Public Assistance Alternative Procedure Debris Removal Pilot
can be found at www.fema.gov/alternative-procedures.
FEMA congratulates the
23 graduates from the National Emergency Management Basic Academy on June 30,
2016. The graduates representing emergency management professionals
from federal, state, local government, universities and private sectors completed
the full Basic Academy curriculum, which provides basic knowledge and skills to
help meet the unpredictable challenges in the field of emergency
management.
The National Emergency
Management Basic Academy is the entry-point for individuals pursuing a career in
emergency management, offering tools to develop comprehensive foundational
skills. For those who are new to emergency management, the Basic Academy
also provides a unique opportunity to build camaraderie, to establish
professional contacts, and to understand the roles, responsibilities, and legal
boundaries associated with emergency management.
The Basic Academy is
the first of a three-level Academy series in the Emergency Management
Professional Program (EMPP). The EMPP curriculum is designed to guide and
educate emergency management professionals as they progress through their
careers, providing a lifetime of learning for emergency management
professionals.
The EMPP
includes three separate training programs: the Basic Academy, the National
Emergency Management Advanced Academy, and the National Emergency Management
Executive Academy. The Advanced Academy program is geared towards the
next generation of emergency management leaders trained in advanced concepts
and issues, advanced leadership and management, critical thinking and problem
solving. The Executive Academy is designed to challenge and enhance
the talents of the nation’s emergency management senior executives through
critical thinking, visionary strategic planning, challenging conventional concepts,
and negotiation and conflict resolution applied to complex real-world
problems.
Emergency management professionals should visit www.training.fema.gov/empp for more
information.
The Department
of Homeland Security Secretary, Jeh Johnson announced on Wednesday the final allocations of
the $275 million for six Fiscal Year 2016 DHS competitive preparedness grant
programs.
The allocations are being used to assist states, urban areas, tribal and
territorial governments, non-profit agencies, and the private sector with their
preparedness efforts.
The competitive grants for 2016 included:
•Intercity Bus Security Grant Program provides $3 million.
•Nonprofit Security Grant Program $20 million.
•Operation Stonegarden $55 million.
•Port Security Grant Program $100 million.
•Transit Security Grant Program $87 million.
•Tribal Homeland Security Grant Program $10 million.
The non-competitive grants for 2016 included:
•Emergency Management Performance Grant Program $350.
•Intercity Passenger Rail - Amtrak Program $10 million.
•State
Homeland Security Program $402 million.
•Urban
Areas Security Initiative $580 million.
Further
information on DHS’s preparedness grant programs is available at www.dhs.gov and http://www.fema.gov/grants.
Updated National
Planning Frameworks Released
FEMA and its partners
released the updated National
Planning Frameworks for each mission area: Prevention, Protection,
Mitigation, Response, and Recovery. The National Planning Frameworks, which are
part of the National
Preparedness System, set the strategy and doctrine for building,
sustaining, and delivering the core capabilities identified in the National
Preparedness Goal of building a secure and resilient nation.
On July 6, FEMA
is hosting engagement
webinars to highlight key changes to the Frameworks and to
answer questions participants may have. All webinars are open to individuals
and communities, the private and nonprofit sectors, faith-based organizations
and all levels of governments. For a copy of the document, summary of changes
and webinar registration information, visit http://www.fema.gov/national-planning-frameworks.
For more information on national preparedness efforts, visit: http://www.fema.gov/national-preparedness.
FEMA Extends Public
Comment Period for Draft Public Assistance Required Minimum Standards
FEMA extended the
comment period for an additional 30 days on the draft Public Assistance Program
Minimum Standards replacement language for the Public Assistance (PA) Program
and Policy Guide. The minimum standards will be used for all buildings in
tornado, wind, seismic, and flood-prone areas identified in the International
Building Code, regardless of the type of incident that caused the damage.
As FEMA works to
implement the new standard for its PA program, it is requesting input on the
draft language from the public and emergency management community. The draft
language is posted to the Federal Register,
and will be available for comment until July 8, 2016.
FEMA Tribal
Consultation Period on Hazard Mitigation Planning Continues Until July 8
FEMA is updating its
policy that guides how Agency officials interpret regulatory requirements in
their review and approval of tribal mitigation plans. FEMA is seeking feedback
from tribal governments regarding this updated policy, “Tribal
Mitigation Plan Review Guide.” Tribal officials’ suggestions and
comments will inform further development of the Tribal Mitigation Plan Review
Guide.
Tribal officials can
submit comments on the Tribal Mitigation Plan Review Guide: Key Concepts
document until July 8, 2016, either by e-mail to tribalconsultation@fema.dhs.gov
or by mail to ATTN: Tyler Corson-Rikert, Federal Insurance and Mitigation
Administration, DHS/FEMA, 400 C Street SW, Suite 313, Washington, DC
20472-3020. Visit FEMA’s Tribal Affairs
web page for more information on the tribal consultation period for this
policy.
FEMA Region III Hosts
Public-Private Sector Tabletop Exercise
On July 21, 2016,
FEMA Region III will host the third annual Public-Private Sector Tabletop
Exercise in Philadelphia, PA, which will focus on cyber as the threat scenario.
This full-day event will bring together members of the public and private
sectors to educate and inform participants on contemporary cyber threats.
Throughout the course of the day’s events, participants will be invited to
share best practices, information sharing methods, capabilities, resources, and
incident response plans for cyber attacks. For more information on this event
or to register, click here.
FEMA Posts Draft
Individuals and Households Program Unified Guidance for Public Comment
On June 15, 2016, FEMA
posted the draft Individuals and Households Program Unified Guidance (IHPUG) to
the Federal Register
for public comment. FEMA strongly encourages the public and emergency
management community to submit comments. The Individuals and Households Program
(IHP) is the most publicly recognizable FEMA program and this is an excellent
opportunity for the public to provide their input.The draft guidance is posted
to the Federal Register,
and will be available for comment until August 1, 2016.
Apply for the 2017
National Emergency Management Executive Academy
The objective of the
Executive Academy is to engage, challenge and enhance the talents of emergency
management executives through critical thinking, visionary strategic planning,
and negotiation and conflict resolution when applied to complex real-world
problems. The Executive Academy consists of four resident sessions, webinars,
distance learning, and literature reviews. Executives will explore how they can
leverage science, technology, engineering, and data analysis to impact critical
decisions and guide informed policy development. Executives will have the
opportunity to work collaboratively on projects, share smart practices, and
participate in exercises on cascading and catastrophic events.
The four resident
sessions, to be conducted by EMI at the National Emergency Training Center, in
Emmitsburg, Maryland, will include:
• Systems
Thinking& Research Methods for Executives: February 13 – 16, 2017
• Executive Emergency
Management Leader Core Competencies I: April 24 – 27, 2017
• Executive Emergency
Management Leader Core Competencies II: July 10 – 14, 2017
• Executive Emergency
Management Leaders Core Competencies III: September 18 – 22, 2017
Applications will be
accepted through August 5, 2016. There are a limited number of seats and
enrollment is competitive. For more information on the Executive Academy and
the application and selection process, visit www.training.fema.gov/EMPP/executive.asp.
The Executive Academy
is the pinnacle of a three-level Academy series in the Emergency Management
Professional Program (EMPP) which includes Basic, Advanced, and Executive
Academies. Emergency management professionals should visit the EMPP page for more information about which
academy best suits their needs.
Draft Disaster Resilience Indicators Concept
Released By Mitigation Federal Leadership Group Subcommittee
FEMA, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration and their federal partners in the
Mitigation Federal Leadership Group (MitFLG) Disaster Resilience Indicators
Subcommittee released a “Draft
Interagency Concept for Community Resilience Indicators and National-Level
Progress Measures."
This concept is the
result of a year-long effort to identify potential indicators of community
resilience capacity building that align with the Mitigation and Recovery Core
Capabilities under the National Preparedness Goal. Learn more details about
this joint FEMA/NOAA initiative here www.fema.gov/community-resilience-indicators.
The document, compiled
in response to broad public interest in identifying key factors of community
resilience nationwide in order to promote better-informed capacity building
strategies, is intended to start a broad conversation among public- and
private-sector stakeholders on how best to define and track improvements in
community resilience capacity across 28 key indicator categories.
Interested
stakeholders seeking to add their input can submit comments and feedback to the
Disaster Resilience Indicators Subcommittee of the MitFLG at FEMA-CommunityResilience@fema.dhs.gov
by August 15, 2016.
The MitFLG
subcommittee was led by representatives of FEMA and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration and includes significant contributions from federal
partners such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Geological Survey and others.
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