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<br />FY 2006 HOMELAND SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM - DECEMBER 2, 2005 <br /> <br />and Border Protection), <br />. Training on the use of interoperable communications equipment. <br />. CIP training, <br />. Training associated with the collection, analysis, mapping, integration, and dissemination <br />of geospatial data and imagery, <br />. Geospatial database use, design, development, and management training, <br />. Agricultural/food security-related training, <br />. Training for citizens in terrorism awareness and for volunteer participation to support law <br />enforcement activities, to include the Volunteers in Police Service and Neighborhood <br />Watch programs, <br /> <br />Multi-level training should be focused on a regional model. Grantees using these funds to <br />develop their own courses should address the critical training areas and gaps identified in the <br />State's Homeland Security Strategy and must adhere to the G&T Emergency Responder <br />Guidelines and G&T Homeland Security Guidelines on Prevention and Deterrence, Training <br />should address specific capabilities and related tasks articulated in the TCL and the UTL. It <br />should also comport with all applicable Federal, State lInd local regulations, certifications, <br />guidelines and policies deemed appropriate for the type and level of training, <br /> <br />C.5. Exercises <br /> <br />LETPP funds may be used to design, develop, conduct, and evaluate terrorism prevention-related <br />exercises, including the following: <br /> <br />. Exercises to evaluate the effectiveness of information sharing plans, policies, procedures <br />and protocols. <br />. Exercises to evaluate NIMS implementation, <br />. Exercises to evaluate facility and/or vessel security protection, <br />. Exercises to evaluate area maritime security protection, <br />. Exercises to evaluate threat recognition capabilities, <br />. Exercises to evaluate cyber security capabilities, <br />. Exercises to evaluate agricultural/food security capabilities, <br />. Exercises to evaluate prevention readiness and techniques. <br />. "Red Team" (force on force) exercises. <br />. Interoperable communications exercise, <br />. Critical infrastructure vulnerability, protection, and/or attack exercises, <br /> <br />Where practical, these exercises should involve the public sector, non-governmental partners, <br />trained citizen volunteers, and the general public, State and local governments should work with <br />their Citizen Corps Councils to include volunteers from programs such as Volunteers in Police <br />Service, Neighborhood Watch, and the general public. <br /> <br />C.6. Personnel <br /> <br />Hiring, overtime, and backfill expenses are allowable only to perform programmatic activities <br />deemed allowable under existing guidance, Supplanting, however, is not allowed. <br /> <br />PREPAREDNESS DIRECTORATE'S OFFICE OF GRANTS AND TRAINING <br /> <br />91 <br /> <br />