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<br />FY 2006 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM -.. DECEMBER 2, 2005
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<br />. Coordinate homeland security preparedness assistance expenditures and planning efforts
<br />on a regional basis to avoid duplicative or inconsistent investments.
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<br />During FY 2006 and FY 2007, DHS will continue to review progress on several ongoing
<br />regional collaboration efforts, including:
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<br />. Progress made by Urban Area Working Groups under the UASI program with regard to
<br />implementing the vision, goals, and objectives outlined in the Urban Area Homeland
<br />Security Strategies.
<br />· Progress on Regional Transit Security Strategy Working Group structure supported by
<br />the Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP), under which State, local, Tribal, and parish
<br />leadership joined the respective transit leadership to coordinate a collective approach to
<br />managing the needs of the eligible transit grant recipients in concert with the balance of
<br />the transportation providers for that region.
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<br />C.2. Implement the NIMS and NRP
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<br />Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5 (HSPD-5), "Management of Domestic Incidents,"
<br />mandated the creation ofNIMS and NRP. The NRP establishes a comprehensive all-hazards
<br />approach to managing domestic incidents. The plan incorporates best practices and procedures
<br />from incident management disciplines - homeland security, emergency management, law
<br />enforcement, firefighting, public works, public health, responder and recovery worker health and
<br />safety, emergency medical services, and the private sector - and integrates those best practices
<br />and procedures into a unified structure. The NIMS provides a consistent framework for entities
<br />at all jurisdictional levels to work together to implement the NRP and manage domestic
<br />incidents, regardless of cause, size, or complexity. To promote interoperability and compatibility
<br />among Federal, State, local, and Tribal capabilities, the NIMS includes a core set of guidelines,
<br />standards, and protocols for command and management, preparedness, resource management,
<br />communications and information management, supporting technologies, and management and
<br />maintenance ofNIMS. The NRP, using the template established by the NIMS, is an all-
<br />discipline, all-hazards plan that provides the structure and mechanisms to coordinate operations
<br />for evolving or potential Incidents of National Significance. Based on the criteria established in
<br />HSPD-5, Incidents of National Significance are those high-impact events that require a
<br />coordinated and effective response by an appropriate combination of Federal, State, local, Tribal,
<br />private sector, and nongovernmental entities in order to save lives, minimize damage, and
<br />provide the basis for long-term community recovery and mitigation activities. DHS and other
<br />Federal agencies are currently reviewing implementation of the NRP during Hurricanes Katrina
<br />and Rita.
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<br />The implementation of the NIMS within every State, Territory, Tribal, and local jurisdiction
<br />creates a common framework and system that, once established nationwide, will be the
<br />foundation for prevention, protection, response, and recovery operations. Full NIMS
<br />implementation is a dynamic and multi-year phase-in process with important linkages to the
<br />NRP, Homeland Security Presidential Directive - 8 (i.e., the Goal) and the interim NIPP. The
<br />NIMS Integration Center (NIC) will continue to work with Federal Departments and agencies to
<br />ensure Federal implementation ofNIMS and that all FY 2006 Federal preparedness assistance
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