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

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EMPG Program Appendix | February 2021 Page H-3 make the implementation of NQS a requirement of award for EMPG Program funding. Jurisdictions should achieve, or work toward achieving, each of the activities listed below. The activities that support NQS implementation include: • Ensuring that incident personnel qualifying for a position meet the minimum training requirements from the Job Title/Position Qualification for that position. All of the NIMS resource typing definitions and job title/position qualifications can be downloaded from the Resource Typing Library Tool (RTLT). • Developing organizational qualification procedures in alignment with the NIMS Guideline for the National Qualification System (NQS). These procedures include: o Qualification, certification, and credentialing processes for incident management and emergency management personnel. o Qualification review board, or equivalent review processes for incident management and emergency management personnel qualifications. o Individual and team coach and evaluation processes for incident management and emergency management personnel qualifications. • Conducting exercises in accordance with the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program. Data collection methods of the implementation of the NQS include the following: Ways that the NIC is tracking collecting data on NQS: • NIMS Survey • Unified Reporting Tool questions • NIMS Regional Coordinator Program Guide that allows NIMS Regional Coordinators to review state NIMS programs Reporting: • Recipients will answer questions in the applicable secondary NIMS assessment portion of the Unified Reporting Tool (URT) as part of a jurisdiction’s THIRA/SPR submission. This involves reporting on the status of the qualification system used within the jurisdiction and sub-jurisdictions, as outlined in the EMPG Program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). • Reporting will also be through a review by the FEMA Regional NIMS Coordinators during annual technical assistance visits with the states, tribes, and territories within their regions. Logistics Planning Distribution Management Plans Continuing the mandate from 2020, EMPG Program recipients are required to develop and maintain a Distribution Management (DM) plan as an annex to their existing Emergency Operations Plan (EOP). Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101 provides guidance on the fundamentals of planning and development of Emergency Operations Plans. The FEMA Distribution Management Plan Guide (August 2019) provides information on how to develop the DM plan annex, key DM plan components, how to review and update a DM plan, and how FEMA reviews and evaluates the plans. The DM plan must be reviewed by recipients on an annual basis and updated as necessary by September 30 of each year. A question in the URT under the CPG 101 captures whether a jurisdiction has developed and incorporated a DM plan in its EOP. • The DM plan should focus on the distribution of commodities and supplies such as food, water, generators and tarps to survivors following a disaster