Item 18 - Adopt Resolution for FY 2021 Emergency Management Performance Grant

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EMPG Program Appendix | February 2021 Page H-2 The core capabilities contained in the Goal are highly interdependent and require the use of existing preparedness networks and activities to improve training and exercise programs, innovation, and appropriate administrative, finance, and logistics systems. Implementation of the National Preparedness System Identifying and Assessing Risk and Estimating Capability Requirements By December 31, 2021, recipients are required to complete a THIRA/SPR that addresses all 32 core capabilities and is compliant with Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 201, Third Edition. Specific guidance on the requirements for each core capability will be forthcoming in 2021, as some core capabilities have fewer reporting requirements than others. Building on the requirement implemented in 2020, recipients must respond to a series of planning-related questions as part of the THIRA/SPR process. Recipients are required to submit a THIRA every three years to establish a consistent baseline for assessment. Although the THIRA will be only required every three years, recipients will continue to be required to submit an SPR annually. For additional guidance on the THIRA/SPR, please refer to Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 201, Third Edition. Reporting: • In each EMPG Program recipient’s Biannual Strategy Implementation Report (BSIR), as part of programmatic monitoring, the recipient is required to describe how expenditures support closing capability gaps or sustaining capabilities identified in the THIRA/SPR process. EMPG Program recipients will, on a project-by-project basis, check one of the following: o Building a capability with EMPG Program funding; or o Sustaining a capability with EMPG Program funding. Building and Sustaining Core Capabilities Recipients must describe how proposed EMPG Program-funded projects will close capability gaps or sustain capabilities identified through the THIRA/SPR process or other relevant information sources that identify capability needs. See EMPG Program Work Plan section for additional guidance and requirements. National Incident Management System (NIMS) Implementation EMPG Program recipients and subrecipients are required to implement NIMS. EMPG Program funds may be used to meet the requirements described in the NIMS Implementation Objectives for Local, State, Tribal, and Territorial Jurisdictions. This document should be used as a guide for both identifying NIMS implementation objectives and needs and as a tool for evaluating NIMS compliance. NIMS guides all levels of government, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from incidents. NIMS provides stakeholders across the whole community with the shared vocabulary, systems, and processes to successfully deliver the capabilities described in the National Preparedness System. EMPG Program recipients must use standardized resource management concepts for resource typing, credentialing, and an inventory to facilitate the effective identification, dispatch, deployment, tracking, and recovery of resources. National Qualification System (NQS) EMPG Program recipients are strongly encouraged to implement components of the NQS and may use their EMPG Program funds to support NQS implementation efforts. Beginning in FY 2022, FEMA intends to