55B - RESO - AA - AGMT - EMPG - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

using these funds. In addition, agencies will be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all necessary certifications and licenses for the requested equipment. Training: EMPG Program funds may be used for a range of emergency management - related training activities to enhance the capabilities of State and local emergency management personnel through the establishment, support, conduct, and attendance of training. Training activities should align to a current, Multi -Year Training and Exercise Plan (TEP) developed through an annual Training and Exercise Plan Workshop (TEPW). Exercises: Exercises conducted with grant funds should test and evaluate performance towards meeting capability targets, established through the development of a jurisdiction's THIRA for the core capabilities needed to address their greatest risks. Exercise priorities should align to a current, Multi -Year TEP developed through an annual TEPW. For more details on the EMPG Program Work Plan, please refer to Appendix C -FY 2015 EMPG Program Work Plan. Threat and Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment ( THIRA) Recipients must update their THIRA by December 31 annually. Further details on the THIRA as it relates to EMPG Program requirements can be found in Appendix A — FY 2015 EMPG Program Priorities. For additional guidance on THIRA, please refer to Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 201, Second Edition, available at httos: / /www. fema.QOV/ threat - and - hazard - identification- and- rislc- assessment State Preparedness Report (SPR) Submittal Section 652(c) of the Post- Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (Pub. L No. 109 -295), 6 U.S.C. §752(c), requires any state that receives Federal preparedness assistance to submit an SPR (OMB Control Number: 1660 -0131) to FEMA. States submitted their most recent SPRs in December 2014, thus satisfying this requirement to receive funding under the FY 2015 EMPG Program. Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) Recipients must update their EOP at least once every two years to comply with Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101 v.2, Developing and Maintaining Emergency Operations Plans. Recipients will use the SPR to communicate their compliance with this reporting requirement. Biannual Strategy Implementation Reports (BSIR) In addition to the Quarterly Performance Progress Reports, recipients are responsible for completing and submitting BSIR reports. The BSIR is due within 30 days of the end of the reporting period (July 30 for the reporting period of January 1 through June 30 (the summer BSIR); and January 30 for the reporting period of July 1 through December 31. Updated obligations and expenditure information must be provided within the BSIR to show progress made toward meeting strategic goals and objectives as well as how expenditures support Planning, Organization, Equipment, Training and Exercise 18 FY 2015 EMPG Program 55B -26