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Emergency Management Performance Grants
(EMPG) Description Document
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FEDERAL AGENCY:
Office of National
Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency
AUTHORIZATION:
Departments of
Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Independent
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, Public Law 106-74; 38 U.S.C. 301;
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as
amended, Title II, Section 201(d), Title VI, Sections 611 and 613,
42 U.S.C. 5196 and 5196(b); Public Law 93-288, as amended; 42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq., 42 U.S.C. 5195 et seq.
OBJECTIVES:
To assist the
development, maintenance, and improvement of State and local
emergency management capabilities, which are key components of a
comprehensive national emergency management system for disasters and
emergencies that may result from natural disasters or accidental or
man-caused events. By combining former program activities into the
Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG), FEMA is providing
States the flexibility to allocate funds according to risk and to
address the most urgent State and local needs in disaster
mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Working within the
standard Federal government grant administration process, EMPG
provides the support that State and local governments need to
achieve measurable results in key functional areas of emergency
management:
1.) Laws and Authorities;
2.) Hazard
Identification and Risk Assessment;
3.) Hazard
Management;
4.) Resource
Management;
5.) Planning;
6.) Direction,
Control, and Coordination;
7.) Communications
and Warning;
8.) Operations and
Procedures;
9.) Logistics and
Facilities;
10.) Training;
11.) Exercises;
12.) Public
Education and Information; and
13.) Finance and
Administration.
USES AND USE
RESTRICTIONS:
EMPG funds may be
used for necessary and essential expenses involved in the
development, maintenance, and improvement of State and local
emergency management programs. EMPG may be used from time to time as
the instrument for delivering Federal assistance for specified
program activities subject to terms and conditions established by
the Director of FEMA.
Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG)
Description Document
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