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<br />Preparedness Grants Manual <br />HSGP and THSGP. This continued partnership and collaboration helps provide recipients with the <br />greatest number of resources required to effectively manage and implement funds as well as <br />promotes transparency. Therefore, FEMA is providing links to information on various subjects and <br />policies that are relevant to the mission and intent of FEMA and its preparedness grant programs. <br />8.12.1. CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR DETECTION <br />The Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Office is a support component within DHS <br />established in December 2017 to counter attempts by terrorists or other threat actors to carry out an <br />attack against the United States or its interests using a weapon of mass destruction. The CWMD <br />Office provides guidance to improve national coordination on CBRN issues and works with federal <br />and SLTT agencies to ensure operators have better access to current data and subject-matter <br />expertise they need. FEMA offers implementation support on the THIRA/SPR for SLTT partners and <br />the CWMD Office offers TA to provide guidance to SLTT partners seeking to address CBRN threats <br />and to build or sustain CBRN detection and response capabilities. For more information or <br />assistance, please contact CWMD-THIRA@hq.dhs.gov. <br />8.12.2. NATIONAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE MODEL <br />National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) is a common vocabulary that enables efficient <br />information exchange across diverse public and private organizations. NIEM can save time and <br />money by providing consistent, reusable data terms and definitions and repeatable processes. To <br />support information sharing, all recipients of grants for projects implementing information exchange <br />capabilities are required to use NIEM and to adhere to the NIEM compliance rules. Go to NIEM.gov <br />for guidance on how to utilize FEMA award funding for information sharing, exchange, and <br />interoperability activities. <br />The NIEM Emergency Management domain supports emergency-related services (including <br />preparing first responders and responding to disasters), information sharing, and activities such as <br />homeland security and resource and communications management. The NIEM Emergency <br />Management domain has an inclusive governance structure that includes federal, SLTT, industry, <br />and, where necessary, international partnerships. The NIEM Emergency Management domain is <br />committed to community support via TA and NIEM training. For more information on the NIEM <br />Emergency Management domain, to request training or TA or to just get involved, go to the <br />Emergency Management page on NIEM.gov. <br />8.12.3. INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE PLANNING FRAMEWORK <br />SLTT governments are faced with complex long-term decisions, limited sources of revenue, and <br />changing populations. CISA developed the Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework (IRPF) as a <br />resource for SLTT planners. The IRPF provides a process and a series of tools and resources for <br />incorporating critical infrastructure resilience considerations into planning activities. The IRPF can be <br />used to support capital improvement plans, hazard mitigation plans, or other planning documents, <br />as well as funding requests. For more information, see the IRPF. <br />8.12.4. INTEGRATED PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEM <br />The Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) is FEMA's national system for local alerting <br />that provides authenticated emergency and life-saving information to the public through mobile <br />phones using Wireless Emergency Alerts, to radio and television via the Emergency Alert System, and <br />80