Item 35 - FY 2022 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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EMPG Program Appendix | 2023 Page H-13 o Recipients are encouraged to submit AAR/IPs reflecting tabletop exercises that validate critical plans or those reflecting large-scale functional or full-scale exercises that took place at the state, territorial, tribal, or regional level. Recipients are discouraged from submitting AAR/IPs specific to local jurisdictions that reflect drills. o If a state, territory, or local jurisdiction has experienced a major disaster and they would like to request exemptions for a scheduled exercise, the recipient should send this request to its assigned Regional EMPG Program Manager through the quarterly PPR. Exemptions will be reviewed by the Region on a case-by-case basis. o Recipients can access a sample AAR/IP template at Preparedness Toolkit Improvement Planning Templates. Training Similar to the exercise guidance above, training activities should align to a current, multi-year IPP developed through an annual IPPW and build from training gaps identified in the THIRA/SPR and work plan development process. Further guidance concerning the IPP and the IPPW can be found at HSEEP Resources - Preparedness Toolkit. Through the National Preparedness Directorate’s training and education enterprise, consisting of the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), the Emergency Management Institute (EMI), and the National Training and Education Division’s partnerships with the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium, Continuing Training Grants partners, and the Center for Homeland Defense and Security, FEMA develops and delivers training and education programs to increase capabilities, reduce risk, and build resilient communities. Over 700 tuition-free courses are offered to members of state, local, tribal, and territorial communities. By accessing the National Preparedness Course catalog, users will find all courses to include EMI training and includes links to the basic, advanced, and executive emergency management academies. FEMA’s National Preparedness Course Catalog This online searchable catalog features a compilation of courses managed by the three primary FEMA training organizations: the Center for Domestic Preparedness, EMI, and NTED. The catalog features a wide range of course topics in multiple delivery modes for federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal audiences. The catalog is located at First Responder Training and Education Division. Training should foster the development of a community-oriented approach to emergency management that emphasizes engagement at the community level, strengthens best practices, and provides a path toward building sustainable resilience, all of which is included in the curriculum of the EMI Basic Academy. The EMI Basic Academy provides a foundational education in emergency management as a way for emergency managers to begin or advance their career. The goal of the Basic Academy is to support the early careers of emergency managers through a training experience combining knowledge of all fundamental systems, concepts, and practices of cutting-edge emergency management. EMPG Program funds used for training should support the nationwide implementation of NIMS. The NIMS Training Program establishes a national curriculum for NIMS and provides information on NIMS courses. Recipients are encouraged to place emphasis on the core competencies as defined in the NIMS Training Program. NIMS is also included in the curriculum of the EMI Basic Academy. The NIMS Training Program can be found at NIMS Implementation and Training. All EMPG Program-funded personnel are expected to be trained emergency managers (see NQS Implementation section). All EMPG Program-funded personnel must complete either the Independent Study courses identified in the Professional Development Series or the National Emergency Management Basic Academy delivered either by EMI or at a sponsored state, local, tribal, territorial, regional, or other