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FEMA
released the guide on "Engaging
Faith-based and Community Organizations: Planning Considerations for Emergency
Managers" on June 14, 2018. Faith-based and community organizations offer a wide variety of
human and material resources that can prove invaluable during and after an
incident.
This guide provides a
methodology for emergency managers to engage with faith-based and community
organizations to enhance the resiliency of our nation. By building partnerships
with these groups, particularly those in diverse communities, emergency
managers can provide training and technical assistance to strengthen their
skills, connect them with existing partners, and integrate them into emergency
management plans and exercises before an event occurs. This increases community response and recovery capability. This document also provides
lists of resources available to help build relationships between emergency
management officials and faith-based and community organizations.
To download a copy of the guide, visit www.fema.gov/plan.
On Monday, May 21, 2018, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and
FEMA
announced the release of Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Notices of Funding Opportunity
for eight DHS preparedness grant
programs totaling more than $1.6 billion. The grant programs provide funding to
state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, as well as transportation
authorities, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector, to improve the
nation’s readiness in preventing, protecting against, responding to, recovering
from and mitigating terrorist attacks, major disasters and other
emergencies. The grants reflect the Department’s focus on funding for
programs that address our nation’s immediate security needs and ensure public
safety in our communities.
The
FY 2018 grant guidance will continue to focus on the nation’s highest risk
areas, including urban areas that face the most significant threats. For
FY 2018, the Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI) will enhance regional
preparedness and capabilities by funding 32 high-threat, high-density urban
areas. This represents Congressional intent to limit FY 2018 UASI funding
to those Urban Areas that represent up to 85 percent of the nationwide risk, as
stated in the Explanatory Statement accompanying the Department of Homeland
Security Appropriations Act, 2018 (Pub. L. No. 115-141). Consistent
with previous grant guidance, dedicated funding is provided for law enforcement
and terrorism prevention throughout the country to prepare for, prevent and
respond to pre-operational activity and other crimes that are precursors or
indicators of terrorist activity.
Grant
recipients are encouraged to use grant funding to maintain and sustain current
critical core capabilities through investments in training and exercises,
updates to current planning and procedures, and lifecycle replacement of
equipment. New capabilities that are built using homeland security grant
funding must be deployable if needed to support regional and national
efforts. All capabilities being built or sustained must have a clear
linkage to the core capabilities in the National Preparedness Goal.
All
preparedness Notice of Funding Opportunities can be found at www.grants.gov.
Final submissions must be made through the Non-Disaster
(ND) Grants system located at https://portal.fema.gov.
Further information on DHS’s preparedness grant programs
is available at www.dhs.gov
and www.fema.gov/grants.
After the application period
closes at 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday June 20, 2018, the applications will undergo critical, in-depth
reviews. All awards for these grants will be made no later than September 30,
2018.
FEMA released 107 National
Incident Management System
(NIMS) Job Titles/Position
Qualifications and Resource Typing Definitions on June 19, 2018. These define
minimum qualifications and capabilities for personnel and their equipment
within their assigned teams to manage all threats and hazards, regardless of
the incident’s cause or size. NIMS is a key
component of U.S. incident management efforts and enables organizations from
across the country to work together during incidents of all kinds and sizes.
Implementing NIMS across the nation is a fundamental part of building our
national preparedness.
The release includes Job
Titles/Position Qualifications and Resource Typing Definitions under the
following core capabilities: critical transportation; environmental response/health and safety; fatality management services; infrastructure systems; on-scene security; protection and law enforcement; operational coordination; public health, healthcare, and emergency medical services; risk management for protection programs and activities; and situational assessment.
To view the NIMS Job Titles/Position
Qualifications and Resource Typing Definitions, go to the Resource Typing
Library Tool online at https://rtlt.preptoolkit.fema.gov/Public/Combined.
June is National Pet Preparedness Month. Since pets cannot plan for themselves, it is important to make a plan for your pet’s safety. The Ready Campaign offers guidance and tips to:
- Make
a pet emergency plan.
- Prepare
to shelter with your pet.
- Protect
your pet during and after a disaster.
- Care
for large animals.
Learn more about how to prepare your pets for
emergencies at www.ready.gov/animals.
Help spread the word about National Pet Preparedness Month with the Pet Preparedness
Social Media Toolkit.
FEMA’s Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Virtual Tabletop
Exercise (VTTX) Program will offer three cyber security breach scenarios August
7, 8, and 9, 2018.
The VTTX occurs 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET. To participate,
send an email to Doug Kahn at douglas.kahn@fema.dhs.gov or call 301-447-7645. Also, send
a courtesy copy email to the Integrated Emergency Management Branch at fema-emi-iemb@fema.dhs.gov or call 301-447-1381. Content is
the same each day and participants would attend only one session. Additional
information is available at https://training.fema.gov/programs/emivttx.aspx. The registration
deadline is July 20.
The VTTX:
- Is designed to examine the ability of federal, state, local,
tribal, and territorial jurisdictions to a respond to a cyber attack
- Involves key personnel discussing simulated scenarios in an
informal setting
- Can be used to assess plans, policies, training, and
procedures during a cyber attack
Each month, EMI conducts a VTTX series using a Video
Teleconference (VTC) platform to reach community-based training audiences
around the country by providing a virtual forum for interactive disaster
training. The VTTX is designed for a group of 10 or more
representatives from state, local, tribal, and territorial emergency management
communities of practice. It provides a unique opportunity for responders across
the nation to simultaneously participate in a hazard-specific,
facilitated discussion. Participants will need to connect via a site equipped
with the appropriate VTC capability (not Adobe Connect or FaceTime-based), but
alternate ways to participate are also available upon request.
FEMA is hosting a webinar on simple and low or no-cost activities for individual and community preparedness. These actions will cover household safety, as well as financial and emergency preparedness.
Title: Webinar - Life
Saving Skills: Simple, Low-cost Activities for Individual and Community Preparedness
Date: Wednesday, June 20, 2018
Time: 2 – 3 p.m. ET
How to Join the Webinar:
- Please,
click on the link to sign up for
the event.
- Be
sure to test Adobe
Connect before the meeting.
- This
event will include captioning.
To learn more, please contact FEMA-Prepare@fema.dhs.gov.
FEMA is hosting a webinar on cyber
threats. This webinar will highlight best practices you can use to prepare for and stay safe from cyber threats.
Title: Webinar -
Community Conversation: How to Prepare for Cyber Threats
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2018
Time: 12 – 1 p.m. ET
How to Join the Webinar:
- Please,
click on the link to sign up for
the event.
- Be
sure to test Adobe
Connect before the meeting.
- This
event will include captioning.
To
learn more, please contact FEMA-Prepare@fema.dhs.gov.
The
mandatory purchase requirement of the National Flood Insurance Program seems to be one aspect of the
program that drives a significant amount of public questions. On this week's episode
of the FEMA Podcast, we explore this requirement and explain who is and who is not
required to buy flood insurance, as well as how everyone is at some risk of
flooding
The FEMA Podcast is a new audio program series available to anyone
interested in learning more about the Agency, hearing about innovation
in the field of emergency management, and listening to stories about
communities and individuals recovering after disasters. The FEMA Podcast is available on Apple iTunes
to stream or download. Approximately 20 to 30 minutes in length, the
podcast will be updated with a new episode on a weekly basis. By
subscribing, new episodes will automatically update on a listener's
device. For more information, visit www.fema.gov/podcast.
Apply to the Master Public Information Officer Program at FEMA's Emergency Management Institute
FEMA Emergency Management Institute's (EMI) Master Public Information Officer Program is a
three-course series designed to prepare public information officers for an
expanded role in delivering public information and warning using a strategic
whole community approach.
The course is open to full time public information officers
with a minimum of five years of experience
and who have a demonstrated sphere of influence capable of advancing the
relevance of whole community external affairs. For more information go to: https://training.fema.gov/programs/pio/masterpio.aspx#E0389,
or send an email to FEMA-Master_PIO_Program@FEMA.DHS.GOV. The application deadline is June 30, 2018. For instructions how to apply for the program, go
to the Training
Bulletin.
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