Item 18 - Adopt Resolution for FY 2021 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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NSGP Appendix | February 2021 Page C-3 National Incident Management System (NIMS) Implementation Recipients receiving NSGP funding are strongly encouraged to implement NIMS. NIMS guides all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from incidents. NIMS provides stakeholders across the whole community with the shared vocabulary, systems, and processes to successfully deliver the capabilities described in the National Preparedness System. Incident management activities require carefully managed resources (personnel, teams, facilities, equipment, and supplies). NIMS defines a national, interoperable approach for sharing resources, coordinating, and managing incidents, and communicating information. Incident management refers to how incidents are managed across all homeland security activities, including prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery. Utilization of the standardized resource management concepts such as typing, credentialing, and inventorying promote a strong national mutual aid capability needed to support delivery of core capabilities. Recipients should manage resources purchased or supported with FEMA grant funding according to NIMS resource management guidance. Additional information on resource management and NIMS resource typing definitions and job titles/position qualifications is on FEMA’s website at https://www.fema.gov/emergency- managers/nims/components. Additional information about NIMS in general is available at https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/nims. Allowable Direct Costs Planning Funding may be used for security or emergency planning expenses and the materials required to conduct planning activities. Planning must be related to the protection of the facility and the people within the facility and should include consideration of access and functional needs considerations as well as those with limited English proficiency. Examples of planning activities allowable under this program include: • Development and enhancement of security plans and protocols • Development or further strengthening of security assessments • Emergency contingency plans • Evacuation/Shelter-in-place plans • Coordination and information sharing with fusion centers • Other project planning activities with prior approval from FEMA Equipment Allowable costs are focused on target hardening and physical security enhancements. Funding can be used for the acquisition and installation of security equipment on real property (including buildings and improvements) owned or leased by the nonprofit organization, specifically in prevention of and/or protection against the risk of a terrorist attack. This equipment is limited to select items in the following two sections of items on the Authorized Equipment List (AEL): • Physical Security Enhancement Equipment (Section 14) • Inspection and Screening Systems (Section 15)