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Recipients will use the components of the National Preparedness System to support building, <br />sustaining, and delivering these core capabilities. The components of the National Preparedness <br />System are: Identifying and Assessing Risk; Estimating Capability Requirements; Building and <br />Sustaining Capabilities; Planning to Deliver Capabilities; Validating Capabilities; and Reviewing <br />and Updating. Additional information on the National Preparedness System is available at <br />httl2://www.fema.gov/national-preparedness-syst . <br />Reporting on the Implementation of the National Preparedness System <br />Identifying and Assessing Risk and Estimating Capability Requirements <br />In order to qualify for EMPG Program funding, all recipients shall develop and maintain a <br />THIRA, which informs and supports an annual SPR. A THIRA provides a comprehensive <br />approach for identifying and assessing risks and associated impacts. It expands on existing local, <br />tribal, territorial, and state Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (HIRAs) and other risk <br />methodologies by broadening the factors considered in the process, incorporating the whole <br />community throughout the entire process, and by accounting for important community - specific <br />characteristics. A guide on how to complete a THIRA is available at <br />httns: / /www.fema. aov/ threat - and - hazard - identification -and- risk - assessment. <br />In Step Four of the THIRA process, a jurisdiction should estimate the resources required to <br />deliver the capability targets established in their THIRAs. Communities express resource <br />requirements as a list of resources needed to successfully manage their threats and hazards. <br />Through the capability estimation process, jurisdictions should identify the resources from across <br />the whole community needed to meet capability targets. Each jurisdiction should decide which <br />combination of resources is most appropriate to achieve its capability targets. <br />The SPR is an annual self - assessment of state preparedness submitted by the 56 states and <br />territories to the FEMA. The Post - Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 <br />(PKEMRA) requires an SPR from any state or territory receiving Federal preparedness <br />assistance administered by the Department of Homeland Security. <br />Reporting: <br />• States are required to submit an annual update to their THIRA. For FY 2016, <br />EMPG recipients should complete THIRA, Step 4 for all Response and Recovery <br />core capabilities, including the common core capabilities for those mission areas. <br />States will submit their THIRA update along with their SPR through the URT and <br />email a copy of the URT to their respective FEMA Regional Federal Preparedness <br />Coordinator and copy fema- sprna,fema.dhs.gov. THIRA submissions shall be in <br />alignment with CPG 201, Second Edition. State submissions of the THIRA and <br />SPR are due no later than December 31 annually. <br />Building and Sustaining Core Capabilities <br />EMPG Program recipients should ensure that grant funding is utilized to sustain critical core <br />capabilities within the National Preparedness System that were funded by past EMPG Program <br />funding cycles. New capabilities should not be built at the expense of maintaining current and <br />critically needed core capabilities. If new capabilities are being built utilizing EMPG Program <br />Page 26 of 46 <br />Appendix A - FY 2016 EMPG Program Priorities <br />55A -96 <br />