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Funding Allocations oased upon Risk
<br />Based upon ongoing intelligence analysis and extensive security reviews, DHS
<br />continues to focus the bulk of SHSP, UASI, and OPSG funds based upon risk analyses.
<br />Risk is evaluated at the Federal level using an analytical model developed by DHS in
<br />conjunction with other Federal entities. -Risk is defined as the product of three principal
<br />variables:
<br />• Threat— the likelihood of an attack occurring
<br />• Vulnerability — the relative exposure to an attack
<br />• Consequence — the expected impact of an attack
<br />The risk model used to allocate HSGP funds considers the potential risk of terrorism to
<br />people, critical infrastructure, and economic security to estimate the relative risk of
<br />terrorism faced by a given area. In evaluating risk, DHS considers the poputations,in a
<br />particular area that could be at risk, the concentration of people in the area, and specific
<br />characteristics of their location that might contribute to risk, such as Intelligence
<br />Community assessments of threat, proximity to national critical infrastructure, and the
<br />economic impact of an attack. In considering threat, DHS uses the Intelligence
<br />Community's best assessment of areas of the country and potential targets most likely
<br />to be attacked. For vulnerability and consequence, DHS considers the expected impact
<br />and consequences of successful attacks occurring in specific areas to people, the
<br />economy, national critical infrastructure, and national security facilities. In addition to
<br />updating population, economic, infrastructure and national security statistic to compute
<br />the risk formula, in FY 2011, the risk formula places greater weight on threat and
<br />calculates the contribution of vulnerability and consequence separately compared to FY
<br />2010.
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<br />MMRS program supports the integration of emergency management,
<br />health, and medical systems into a coordinated response to mass
<br />casualty incidents caused by any hazard. Successful MMRS grantees
<br />MMRS
<br />reduce the consegUences of a mass casualty incident during the initial_
<br />period of a response by having augmented existing local operational,
<br />response systems before an incident occurs.
<br />CCP's mission is to bring community and government leaders
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<br />together to coordinate the involvement of community members and
<br />organizations in emergency preparedness, planning, mitigation
<br />response, and recovery.
<br />Funding Allocations oased upon Risk
<br />Based upon ongoing intelligence analysis and extensive security reviews, DHS
<br />continues to focus the bulk of SHSP, UASI, and OPSG funds based upon risk analyses.
<br />Risk is evaluated at the Federal level using an analytical model developed by DHS in
<br />conjunction with other Federal entities. -Risk is defined as the product of three principal
<br />variables:
<br />• Threat— the likelihood of an attack occurring
<br />• Vulnerability — the relative exposure to an attack
<br />• Consequence — the expected impact of an attack
<br />The risk model used to allocate HSGP funds considers the potential risk of terrorism to
<br />people, critical infrastructure, and economic security to estimate the relative risk of
<br />terrorism faced by a given area. In evaluating risk, DHS considers the poputations,in a
<br />particular area that could be at risk, the concentration of people in the area, and specific
<br />characteristics of their location that might contribute to risk, such as Intelligence
<br />Community assessments of threat, proximity to national critical infrastructure, and the
<br />economic impact of an attack. In considering threat, DHS uses the Intelligence
<br />Community's best assessment of areas of the country and potential targets most likely
<br />to be attacked. For vulnerability and consequence, DHS considers the expected impact
<br />and consequences of successful attacks occurring in specific areas to people, the
<br />economy, national critical infrastructure, and national security facilities. In addition to
<br />updating population, economic, infrastructure and national security statistic to compute
<br />the risk formula, in FY 2011, the risk formula places greater weight on threat and
<br />calculates the contribution of vulnerability and consequence separately compared to FY
<br />2010.
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